Week 10 - Yippee!!!

This has been an interesting journey! I am looking forward to expanding my technological horizons!

As for the MP3 Player - well, I have a teenager who is asking about it.

Hmmmm .... Need I say more?

Week 9 - Music and Copyright and Bears - Oh My!

Copyright is a fairly complex topic; and Fair Use allows for certain exceptions with regard to copying materials in limited form for educational purposes.

Essentially, I think that music deserves the same copyright protection as other printed/created works; so in general, free music downloads seem to me to be in violation of the concept, with the exceptions of use in an educational setting. I noted on the MLA site that sheet music could be copied under certain circumstances and in a limited way. However, if the artist is not paid for his/her work, or album sales are impacted, then it seems to me that their rights have been violated by free downloads.

Week 8 - Part Two

Since I completed a good portion of my master's program online, I feel fairly comfortable with online learning. It's great that the computer makes it possible for us to cover class material (more or less) at our convenience and opens up resources beyond the limits of what constitutes a reasonable commute.

Since there were aspects of this class that I'd not participated in before, it was great to have a class partner/resource person.

Week 8 - A work in progress...

My Flick'r foto is here.

Week 7 - Exploring Web 2.0

I found that my favorite subject area - home decor and design - has a link to a blog on the HGTV website. It appears to be very interactive. (I will be exploring this one further!)

Week 6 - Would You Believe???

I actually referred a patron to Book Mooch, after this week's assignment. She had made mention of the fact that she had books she no longer wanted -- and other books she'd like to acquire.

She was really tickled with the concept.