Thing 22 Week 9

This applies to the entry below.

The World Public Library, Ebook Project and Project Gutenberg make available thousands of books and other printed material that would be out of most people's reach without digital technology and the web. It is really quite amazing. However, I do think that the majority of the titles are things very few people will ever use. Thorstein Veblen? Just lots of esoteric stuff. Although I think this will benefit some, these titles will seldom be used by the students at my school. In fact, we have a subscription to a Questia which is a research tool that has a number of similar resources. The problem is that they are all fairly old and mostly very academic. I have watched the students try to use them with very little success. Most of them are more suitable for upper division or graduate students. At any rate, if they are needed these resources are available for the entire world.

Week 9 Thing 21 Podcasts

Podcasts are very handy. I have been using them since about 1999. I upload radio programs that I cannot hear live for listening at a later time. I use the Google Reader and Subscribe to a number of subscriptions. A Couple of them are:

Left Right and Center from KCRW, and National Security with Ian Masters on KPFK, Los Angeles. I also found many new podcasts of interesting programs and will listen to them when I get a chance.

You Toob

I tried to imbed and this is what happends:

YouTube - Cochon and Liuzza's in New Orleans

YouTube - Cochon and Liuzza's in New Orleans

Week Nine You Tube Video Thing # 20

Here is a video of my former school system. I worked in NOPS for two plus years and it was beyond doubt the worst school system in the country. I could tell you stories you would not believe. You would thing I was making them up. Like for example the valedictorian at Fortie High School who could not pass the exit exam. Any way I will try to put a you tube video about this on my blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUes3Qgxy4

I don't know how to imbed it. Or, you know have it play and show right in the entry....Where can I find out how to do that? Anyway, I use you tube for entertainment instead of tv. It is real reality TV. Plus, it can be used to show current events and other things to students.

Ciao

Week 8 Thing #19 Library Thing

The library thing is a neat thing, as are many of the things that consitute the 23 things. The thing about this thing is that it is a thing that does lots of things. It serves as a book search, an on line community about books, topical forums, just thing after thing after thing. What a thing this thing is. My books were a wide spread in popularity. One was a very popular books and another had only been added by, I thingk 9 people only had one of the titles.

My Library Thing is http://www.librarything.com/home/Elphage

I did find comments on books on my list.