Today we learned so much things:):)
But we learned sooo much things that I'm sure I won't be able to write about them all:)
I'll just pick up several things from today's class.
www.freedocumentaries.org
This is a site where you can get free online videos. The videos on this site have general information and high quality.
Media Education Foundation
This site also has free online videos. Compared to Freedocumentaries, the information is more deeper into detail but with lower quality.
The great thing about this site is that you can get more information about the video by reading Materials&Resources.
For other video sources, you can use Google Videos which can sort videos by length, and YouTube which can make you add videos on favorites and even add the channel page to get new upload notices, and Veoh which is also a video providing site.
In sites like Youtube, you can find sources that are not shown in Japanese TVs such as the nuclear ginza problem.
Finally, Rab warned us how dangerous facebook could be. Because the privacy settings change often without letting us know, the information which we think is private could become public. After class I quickly checked my facebook profile settings... Nothings seemed to have changed so far.. But I need to keep on checking:P
Rab told us that it was hard to get your personal information out of facebook once you made an account on it, and that made me scared a bit. But considering that this is nearly my only way to connect to friends in other countries, I think I'll keep on using facebook.. with a little more care. I wonder if other services like mixi also have the same kind of risk.
Today's class was another informative sophomore class and I really enjoyed it X)lol
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
4/25/2011
Before posting a blog about today, I have to finish my post for the class before this:P
I already knew about Zotero because we learned it in Freshmen ELP.
I remember making a portable zotero on my USB, but I hadn't used it because portable zotero takes so much time to connect online. So I hadn't used zotero for a long time.
I didn't know that there was a zotero online and that you can simply sync your home zotero to the online version.
There were tools that I didn't know on zotero that makes research more efficient. For example, you can use tags to instantly filter your source, instead of making a file for each.
Zotero groups will also be useful in classes(maybe not in TW) when there is a need to share source and information.
Then Rab introduced us some useful database on library in W3.
LexisNexis, JSTOR, Pubmed, etc.
You can choose the best database for the type of information you are looking for.
Now I'll move on to the post for today:)
I already knew about Zotero because we learned it in Freshmen ELP.
I remember making a portable zotero on my USB, but I hadn't used it because portable zotero takes so much time to connect online. So I hadn't used zotero for a long time.
I didn't know that there was a zotero online and that you can simply sync your home zotero to the online version.
There were tools that I didn't know on zotero that makes research more efficient. For example, you can use tags to instantly filter your source, instead of making a file for each.
Zotero groups will also be useful in classes(maybe not in TW) when there is a need to share source and information.
Then Rab introduced us some useful database on library in W3.
LexisNexis, JSTOR, Pubmed, etc.
You can choose the best database for the type of information you are looking for.
Now I'll move on to the post for today:)
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
4/20/2011
I already knew about google books because Rab introduced it to us in the freshmen ELP, but I realized I had never gotten the best from it because I hadn't used the Library tool. You can save google books with full view, and create shelves as well.
"Reader" in Safari was a fascinating tool because it can get rid of all the advertisements and weird formats of online texts.
This way it would be like reading a sheet of paper and I can concentrate on my reading .
Instapaper is similar to reader except it can save and sort texts to Unread, Like and so on. You can browse it from any computer with internet access.
Then we got used to evernote. This is also simular to instapaper, except the great thing about it is that it can save not only texts but also videos, and photos. Moreover, evernote can search texts on PDFs and photographs. This will make it more easier to research. Evernote has a home computer version and an online version, and they can sync so that when you add something on online evernote, it is also saved on the home computer evernote.
Then Rab introduced us google reader. I already had a CB folder, but I had forgotten about it. I made a new sophomore folder and added all the students' blog on it. On safari, if there is a page with RSS button after the url, it means you can add the page on google reader. I added Professor Inaba's blog:)
Today is ORCA's shinkan day. I'm still scared of 15 chan.. I'll have to try my best to be friendly and talkative:P
Anyways see you all in next class!
"Reader" in Safari was a fascinating tool because it can get rid of all the advertisements and weird formats of online texts.
This way it would be like reading a sheet of paper and I can concentrate on my reading .
Instapaper is similar to reader except it can save and sort texts to Unread, Like and so on. You can browse it from any computer with internet access.
Then we got used to evernote. This is also simular to instapaper, except the great thing about it is that it can save not only texts but also videos, and photos. Moreover, evernote can search texts on PDFs and photographs. This will make it more easier to research. Evernote has a home computer version and an online version, and they can sync so that when you add something on online evernote, it is also saved on the home computer evernote.
Then Rab introduced us google reader. I already had a CB folder, but I had forgotten about it. I made a new sophomore folder and added all the students' blog on it. On safari, if there is a page with RSS button after the url, it means you can add the page on google reader. I added Professor Inaba's blog:)
Today is ORCA's shinkan day. I'm still scared of 15 chan.. I'll have to try my best to be friendly and talkative:P
Anyways see you all in next class!
Monday, April 18, 2011
4/18/2011
Today Rab introduced us igoogle, which is a personalized google page that you can edit in any useful way. You can add and delete gadgets on the page to suit you.I liked the turtle and the hamster gadget (but I am sure to get bored with both of them soon).
Then he showed us Tinyurl, which can make long urls shorter to paste on twitter or buzz.
After that he showed us Picasa, which is a site that you can upload images.
Then, he briefly introduced us different internet browsers, such as Opera, Onlymac and
Google Chrome. I only knew Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome, and the one I usually use at home is Google Chrome because it is fast. So it was my first time to hear about Opera and Onlymac. Opera can exchange datas between other Operas so there is no worry even if your computer breaks down. Onlymac is a browser that only mac users can use and Rab says it is useful too. I'd like to know more about them so that maybe I can download it at home.
Firefox Add-ons
1.Easyaccent
This add-on can enable you to type accented characters easily. It might eventually be useful for me because I am taking French now and I could use when I have to type something in French. It has many accented characters so it also works for Spanish and some other languages too.
2.Wikilook
With this add-on you can look up a word you don't understand on a website in Wikipedia or Wictionary instantly without opening a new tab. Recently, thesaurus is also added. This tool works for more than 70 languages. It can make your research more instant and convenient.
Then he showed us Tinyurl, which can make long urls shorter to paste on twitter or buzz.
After that he showed us Picasa, which is a site that you can upload images.
Then, he briefly introduced us different internet browsers, such as Opera, Onlymac and
Google Chrome. I only knew Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome, and the one I usually use at home is Google Chrome because it is fast. So it was my first time to hear about Opera and Onlymac. Opera can exchange datas between other Operas so there is no worry even if your computer breaks down. Onlymac is a browser that only mac users can use and Rab says it is useful too. I'd like to know more about them so that maybe I can download it at home.
Firefox Add-ons
1.Easyaccent
This add-on can enable you to type accented characters easily. It might eventually be useful for me because I am taking French now and I could use when I have to type something in French. It has many accented characters so it also works for Spanish and some other languages too.
2.Wikilook
With this add-on you can look up a word you don't understand on a website in Wikipedia or Wictionary instantly without opening a new tab. Recently, thesaurus is also added. This tool works for more than 70 languages. It can make your research more instant and convenient.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sophomore Class! 4/13/2011
This blog used to be the one I used in my first ELP class with Rab.
I'm so happy to be in Rab's class again and moreover,some of my CB section mates are still in the same class for Sophomore:)
I'm also glad that some of my other friends are in the same class as well.
Today we first got into pairs and talked about google ninja.
There were quite a lot of things I didn't know, such as Archive, Filter, Buzz, Labels, Themes and Labs.
There tools and settings would not only be convenient in our school life, but it would also be really useful once you graduate university and start using gmail for work.
After that Rab showed us how to google chat.
Chatting on google would make it easier to communicate instantly than just replying.
Although I thought it might be hard for the chat to succeed because the other person might not be online at the moment or might not realize that he is being invited to chat.
Then, Rab introduced us some add-ons on Safari.
I usually use firefox or google chrome as internet browsers, so I didn't know there were add-ons for Safari as well.
Awesome Snapshot was a tool to take digital pictures of the screen. This is similar to screenshot, except I think it's easier to save the image or to send it online.
He also introduced us an extension called Cool Iris, which is a really cool add-on that helps you display images and videos in 3D. It can work as a browser and it can also search your computer data, so you can also display presentation slides. It is sort of like iPod where images of CD jackets are displayed on the screen and you can scroll through them.
When I get home I am sure to go and look for more add-ons on Safari and also on Firefox to make my research more convenient and efficient.
I'm so happy to be in Rab's class again and moreover,some of my CB section mates are still in the same class for Sophomore:)
I'm also glad that some of my other friends are in the same class as well.
Today we first got into pairs and talked about google ninja.
There were quite a lot of things I didn't know, such as Archive, Filter, Buzz, Labels, Themes and Labs.
There tools and settings would not only be convenient in our school life, but it would also be really useful once you graduate university and start using gmail for work.
After that Rab showed us how to google chat.
Chatting on google would make it easier to communicate instantly than just replying.
Although I thought it might be hard for the chat to succeed because the other person might not be online at the moment or might not realize that he is being invited to chat.
Then, Rab introduced us some add-ons on Safari.
I usually use firefox or google chrome as internet browsers, so I didn't know there were add-ons for Safari as well.
Awesome Snapshot was a tool to take digital pictures of the screen. This is similar to screenshot, except I think it's easier to save the image or to send it online.
He also introduced us an extension called Cool Iris, which is a really cool add-on that helps you display images and videos in 3D. It can work as a browser and it can also search your computer data, so you can also display presentation slides. It is sort of like iPod where images of CD jackets are displayed on the screen and you can scroll through them.
When I get home I am sure to go and look for more add-ons on Safari and also on Firefox to make my research more convenient and efficient.
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