MP3 Player

What am I going to do with my MP3 player? Well, hopefully, I'm going to learn how to use it and download some music on to it. Then I can use it whenever I go to the gym or for a walk or on vacation. Maybe I'll find some Star Wars music to put on it. He, he, he

I already record podcasts for the Children and Teen Podstories that OCLS provides, so I didn't record a new one. Learning a little more about the technical aspects of podcasting was fun though, rather than just writing and recording a podcast.

Digital Music and Star Wars?

Okay, I had to stretch a bit here to connect this lesson to Star Wars, but I did. On the LivePlasma site, I looked up John Williams, the composer of the Star Wars music, and found out what other artists were similar to him. Now, I found a little bit that explained the map, but I think it would have been better if there was a legend or something that showed what the different colors and sizes meant.

I listened to a little bit of music on the LastFM site, and glanced at the other two, but I didn't really play with any of the features because I didn't want to sign up for another thing.

I guess I'm not sure where I stand. I think it would be great if mass sharing was allowed, but I know that would cause problems for the artists. I haven't ever downloaded music because I don't have an Ipod or MP3 or anything. Besides the fact that it would probably take forever for me to do on my dinosaur of a computer.

Flickr and Star Wars

I enjoyed the investigation and playtime with flickr. After looking for the OCLS images, I decided to search for some Star Wars images. (I had to connect this lesson somehow...). I found a lot. I liked the Easter Egg pictures. I had bought that kit, but we never got the chance to use it this year, so I guess we'll try again next year.

I like on-line learning. After completing my Master's Degree online, I'm pretty used to it. I have helped a few people in this course with keeping up (or trying to keep up) and with posting pictures and Meez's on the blog. I have received a little bit of help as well.

Star Wars 2.0

This was a fun week. I've been trying every week to connect what we learn to Star Wars, which hasn't always been easy. This week was easy. I wanted to find out if my favorite hobby-Star Wars had anything related to 2.0. I discovered that there is! It is "The Force 2.0." They just started an area on their site that has video mashups. I watched a few of them, and while the idea is pretty cool, none of the combinations is very interesting. You can read the article here:
www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9722743-2.html and check out the site: www.starwars.com

As for the lighter side of Web 2.0, I enjoyed most of it. I glanced at Trainco, but it doesn't really appeal to me. I liked dogster and catster, but they seem a little obsessive. Blufr was interesting, but I didn't play it for long. I didn't even look at Chugged or Bottletalk because I don't drink.

However, I loved The Puzzle Player. I am a big Sodoku fan. I played Soduko and Shapeshifter, and enjoyed those. I tried to play Kakuro and Addoku, and they were a little harder. I plan to go back and play some more of those when I have more time. I also hope to go and create my own Star Wars mashup at some point in the future.