Week 7, Thing#17

In classroomlearning 2 Wiki/SandBox, all topics are on Cats and Dogs. I do not keep pets and have nothing to add to the Wiki.

Week 7, Thing#16

Wikis allows individual to create, add and edit any entry. It was developed to allow for easy, fast collaborative development and editing of a website by users who choose to participate.
Wikis are a great way of collaboratively developing a website. Patrons can add to the collection of useful resources and can prune away the dead links. The librarian can moderate the Wiki and decide what websites can stay in the guide. He/She can let everyone contribute freely and update the subject guide quickly and easily.

Week 6, Thing #15

Internet contains vast resources in videos, photos, musics, technical papers etc. It is a place you can share your creativity with others in this cyberspace. We need a copyright law to protect our creativity. One place we can share and protect our intellectual property and at the same time allow others to use them is "Creative Common". Users need to answer a few simple questions in a few minutes and is totally free. In "Creative Common" users can obtain relevant resources without violating the copyright law.

Week 6, Thing # 14

Technorati surfaces millions of blog posts in seconds. This site is the source of the top stories, opinions, photos, videos, technology, business etc. It is the most comprehensive and current index of who and what is most popular in the Blogosphere.

Week 6, Thing #13

I have created a Del.icio.us account for myself which helps me to bookmark my previous favourite websites on one page. I can access to these favourite websites on any computer when I login with my delicious.com's account.

Week 5, Thing #12

There are many things you can search through ROLLYO. I use this search engine to obtain some useful sites that offer useful information in Precision Engineering.

The URL to Precision Engineering site is below.

http://www.pec.ncsu.edu/

Week 5, Thing #11

My favourite site from the Web 2.0 Awards is Google Maps which is more than just lines on the screen. It allows you to search for any map you want in the world. With Street View, Aerial View, Advanced direction, Google Maps leads the mapping field.