Testing Zoho Writer

Testing the abilities of Zoho Writer:

   I am testing this document. 

       Changing the Font in Zoho Writer.  

  Changing the Font. 

  Highlighting.    

   Emoticons!

   Changing the Font color.

     Adding an Anchor

   ♥ΔÅ©®¾½¼∏  - Special Characters

  

Insert

A

Table

   Found out you can't edit the size of the Table. 

   Bold. Underline. Italics. All Three Together.

   Strikethrough.

   http://thefrogladysblog.blogspot.com/  - Inserting an HTML

 

     - Adding Pictures! Tiny Frog!

 

   Horizontal Rule

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  This is all I can do for this document.  I just had one more smiley to use.  It was fun!

Week 7

#17: Sandbox Wiki

I added my blog as a link in the Maryland Libraries Sandbox today! Find it here: http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/Favorite%20Blogs?lo=46ba1ce7 I've edited web pages before, so this one was easy for me. Simple clicks here and pastes there make it so easy to maneuver. I've never edited a Wiki before, so this was an experience for me. I liked the easy navigation and the clarity of each part of the page. It helped me to NOT get lost in the process of editing. If every wiki is this easy, than I can see why people use wikis everyday.

Week 7

#16: Wikis

Wikis seem great. They allow people to add or edit information on a special website. So many different places out there use wikis. I only thought of a wiki as attached to Wikilpedia though. I never knew so many existed out there. What I find interesting about wikis is that anyone can edit the information that is on the page. I wonder sometimes though if that information listed is correct or not. A good idea for libraries to use a wiki is to create a wiki that gives information about how to use different technologies, such as Firefox and Instant Messaging. With a site like this, people who use it for the instructions, can also edit it if there are any corrections, such as a missing step. Libraries can use this to an advantage and I think customers may find it appealing.

Week 6

#15: Perspectives

Librarians go through so much just to keep up with the changing world around. New technologies come out, and they are on top of it. There is one article I wanted to comment on: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm. Transformations in the library over many years is only creating new ideas for the future. Starting out with just books on a shelf has changed to a magnitude of electronic resources for libraries. The future has so much to offer us as new ideas and technologies are appearing and, of course libraries, keep up with the changes. Library 2.0 is only the beginning for libraries. According to this article, the future of the library is to become a place of 'retreat.' The library has so many different ideas and thoughts, that it's best to put everything together as one. I think it's a great idea to merge all these ideas together as one and create one community. The future is going to happen, and the library is a part of this future.

Week 6

#14: Technorati

Technorati is a great tool. It searches for many different things with one keyword. I searched for Learning 2.0 and returned several results in Posts. Different questions that are asked can be answered by anyone who spots them in this search engine. Blogs return a different search. It will return anything that relates to a '2.0' of anything, such as Engineering. But it does return results for Library Learning 2.0...you just have to search for it to find it.

Technorati has already put aside some popular searches with tags on the homepage. Click on one of these words and you are taken to another site with all related links to that particular wording. Take for instance, Harry Potter since I'm a Harry Potter fan. This is one of the popular links that Technorati has on the homepage. Click on that link and you are taken to many photos, blogs, and clips/videos about the movie. It's rather a great way to explore the Internet from one site.

Week 6

#13: Tagging and del.icio.us

Tagging and Bookmarking are great ideas for those who want to search for something and not constantly repeat their actions. Particular sites and forums can be bookmarked for use later on. Tagging works with one just one word. You can choose a word that's pretty close to the idea of a page, and when you click on that word, you also get many other pages in relation. Also, you can see other's ideas of sites even before you enter them. You can read their comments and then judge for yourself.

I found many different things while exploring these two ideas. I found more sites I never knew existed that can help with learning. One such site that I was particularly interested in was ZOHO Planner (http://planner.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp?targetURL=%2Flogin.do) I came across this site when searching for online learning tools. This is an office online! You can do everything here...chat, have conferences, calendars, you can organize things, and you can even create documents to use later on, sort of like using a WORD document.

Clicking around and reading different stories and blogs can really teach you a lot of things. I enjoyed every minute of it. I think bookmarking and tagging is very useful. It can be used for both research and just an easy way of accessing previously found sites. If used for research, someone could find one word (tagging) and be sent to many different places on the Internet. They can view people's thoughts about that site as well. If used for fun, creating an account and saving sites (bookmarking), someone could access their information from wherever they are. Bookmarking and Tagging are great!

Week 5

#12: Rollyo

I love to play the piano, so I thought why not a search for online piano lessons? Maybe others can learn how soothing and exciting playing the piano can be. Here's my Rollyo:

http://rollyo.com/froggirl/piano_lessons/

I think creating a Rollyo is very good for people who search for the same things over and over and want to share their findings with others who may search for the same thing. It's an easy way to put many different websites together into one search. It also saves time searching throughout the Internet to find exactly what one would want. It's an excellent tool and I had so much fun creating one!