Maybe you have a business and want to send a slide presentation out to the world.
Or you are an artist wanting to share some images with a potential buyer.
Or you have learnt something clever and want to make an instructional presentation to share your newfound skill.
Microsoft Office Powerpoint is easy to pick up and use.
If you need a hand, ask a primary school child - they probably know how to assemble a slide presentation, having used Powerpoint for school assignments.
You can save the finished presentation to your blog or http://www.slideshare.net or
http://www.scribd.com
Slideshare accept presentations in these formats:
Presentations: pdf, ppt, pps, pptx, ppsx, pot, potx (Powerpoint); odp (OpenOffice); key, zip (Apple Keynote).
Documents: pdf, doc, docx, rtf, xls (MSOffice); odt, ods(OpenOffice); Apple iWork Pages.
Max file size: 100MB for presentations & documents.
Scribd
As their blurb explains, "On Scribd, you can easily turn any file—such as PDF, Word and PowerPoint—into a web document and immediately connect with passionate readers and information-seekers on our thriving community, through connected sites such as Facebook or Twitter and search engines such as Google. Scribd users have shared tens of millions of free and for-purchase documents and books ranging from vampire fan fiction to research reports and business presentations.
There's something for everyone—students and teachers, business professionals, companies and organizations, writers and artists. Millions of people contribute to the conversations happening on the site through comments (scribbles), ratings and other sharing features. They also read in whatever way they choose, including on Scribd.com, mobile devices, through downloads or even in print."
You can then embed your presentation in your blog or other social networking sites that support that format.
Voila! You are now sharing with the world, or just the friends you nominate.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Family reunions
There comes a time when people need to gather to celebrate being family, and to ask questions of older members while they are still able to remember family facts and stories. People don't stay in the one town all their lives anymore, and it is easy to lose touch with all your cousins and aunties and uncles.
Family reunions are a perfect chance to catch up with all those relations you haven't seen for years.
Once again, social networking and the internet are there to help.
In order to to invite your relations, why not send out a group email to multiple recipients? Any email addresses you don't know can be added by those relations who have kept in touch. Ask everyone to hit "reply all" on emails as the suggestions and plans roll in, as using that same group emailling can save a lot of phone calls.
If you are lucky, someone in the clan will have already developed an interest in family history, and may have a family tree that they can bring along. Before the day, if you are able to email the family tree to all your guests (using a spreadsheet or Word document or pdf file) you can ask them to check the family tree and make any corrections before the day. That way any new babies or new partners will not feel left out.
Be sure to use name tags if you are thinking that you will hardly recognize some guests, due to the fact it has been years since you saw them last.
Have a time where clan members can talk about their memories of grandparents and fun times they shared as children. Perhaps you can ask each guest to bring a photocopied baby photo and shuffle these up and hand them a different photo to go find the person whose photo it is - a handy icebreaker that will get shy relatives mixing and asking questions.
Afterwards, why not set up a blog where any photos taken on the day can be posted for all to see and comment on?
Picasaweb is one photo host that allows multiple people to add their photos to the one album. Just have one person set up the album so that any others from your set of email addresses can contribute.
Family reunions are a perfect chance to catch up with all those relations you haven't seen for years.
In order to to invite your relations, why not send out a group email to multiple recipients? Any email addresses you don't know can be added by those relations who have kept in touch. Ask everyone to hit "reply all" on emails as the suggestions and plans roll in, as using that same group emailling can save a lot of phone calls.
If you are lucky, someone in the clan will have already developed an interest in family history, and may have a family tree that they can bring along. Before the day, if you are able to email the family tree to all your guests (using a spreadsheet or Word document or pdf file) you can ask them to check the family tree and make any corrections before the day. That way any new babies or new partners will not feel left out.
Be sure to use name tags if you are thinking that you will hardly recognize some guests, due to the fact it has been years since you saw them last.
Have a time where clan members can talk about their memories of grandparents and fun times they shared as children. Perhaps you can ask each guest to bring a photocopied baby photo and shuffle these up and hand them a different photo to go find the person whose photo it is - a handy icebreaker that will get shy relatives mixing and asking questions.
Afterwards, why not set up a blog where any photos taken on the day can be posted for all to see and comment on?
Picasaweb is one photo host that allows multiple people to add their photos to the one album. Just have one person set up the album so that any others from your set of email addresses can contribute.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Teaching about blogs
In my job, I have opportunities to hand on the skills I learn, and this is one of the best parts about being a librarian. Not only can I find people books they might like to read and specific information they are asking for, either in books or on the internet, but I can show them how to use the internet for self-expression and communication with others.
Because I will soon be teaching a group about blogging, I decided to set up my own training materials as a Powerpoint slideshow with links to the sites I want to use to demonstrate.
Having published this slideshow at slideshare.com, it can now be viewed by a lot more people than are coming to my class.
Then I decided to post it here as well for you to see....
Because I will soon be teaching a group about blogging, I decided to set up my own training materials as a Powerpoint slideshow with links to the sites I want to use to demonstrate.
Having published this slideshow at slideshare.com, it can now be viewed by a lot more people than are coming to my class.
Then I decided to post it here as well for you to see....
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Looking@ 2.0
If Facebook fills you with fear, Twitter sounds like twaddle and Flickr seems as though it is spelt incorrectly, this is the course for you. Jump online, register here, have a go and learn a bit about web 2.0.
Looking @2.0 is a free, online course presented by the State Library of Queensland, supported by OPAL funding.
Queensland Public libraries are joining forces with the State Library of Queensland to offer an online introduction to many popular forms of social networking. Participants can learn in their own homes at their computers, at a time and pace that suits them. Or they can go to the public library to attend sessions and ask the librarians questions about the course. There are great prizes to be won such as digital cameras and iPod shuffles.
Many people are interested in learning more about skype, or starting a blog, or sharing photos on the internet.
I've even found a site where you can make your own animated cartoon style movies with all sets and characters already supplied - you just add your own script and imagination.
It is called xtranormal.com. as with many other sites, there are some free characters and settings and you can pay a fee to access more characters and advanced features. However the free option gives enough features for you to have lots of fun.
For example there's a great comment on the life of a dentist for those who don't mind a bit of tension and swearing ;-)
The great thing about a lot of these sites is that they provide all the computer expertise, and there is no software to buy for the results you can quickly achieve.
You can learn anything like how to knit or how to make pasta carbonara from short videos on sites like commoncraft. Or upload your own videos to youtube and see if they are popular with those who visit and view them.
Heaps of fun and very addictive, that's for sure. You'll gain some internet friends with common interests as well.
Looking @2.0 is a free, online course presented by the State Library of Queensland, supported by OPAL funding.
Queensland Public libraries are joining forces with the State Library of Queensland to offer an online introduction to many popular forms of social networking. Participants can learn in their own homes at their computers, at a time and pace that suits them. Or they can go to the public library to attend sessions and ask the librarians questions about the course. There are great prizes to be won such as digital cameras and iPod shuffles.
Many people are interested in learning more about skype, or starting a blog, or sharing photos on the internet.
I've even found a site where you can make your own animated cartoon style movies with all sets and characters already supplied - you just add your own script and imagination.
It is called xtranormal.com. as with many other sites, there are some free characters and settings and you can pay a fee to access more characters and advanced features. However the free option gives enough features for you to have lots of fun.
For example there's a great comment on the life of a dentist for those who don't mind a bit of tension and swearing ;-)
The great thing about a lot of these sites is that they provide all the computer expertise, and there is no software to buy for the results you can quickly achieve.
You can learn anything like how to knit or how to make pasta carbonara from short videos on sites like commoncraft. Or upload your own videos to youtube and see if they are popular with those who visit and view them.
Heaps of fun and very addictive, that's for sure. You'll gain some internet friends with common interests as well.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
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