Exercise: Blog Exercise 15– commenting on other blogs

Exercise: Blog Exercise 15– commenting on other blogs

I was very fortunate to be able to view Linda McGuire's blog, as it was beautifully presented and its' substance was thoroughly researched and all encompassing!
I particularly enjoyed reading about Linda's home area of Bega Shire, which is a part of N.S.W. I am quite unfamiliar with, but whose reputation leaves us dreaming of a lush, unspoiled paradise. Bega cheese and the like.....yum!!

   

I also enjoyed reading Linda's Current Awareness post about Eli Pariser's Youtube video, as this was the same one I chose. It was great to read a differing perspective to my own, but still recognise  that we were both rather stunned with the way these huge internet search engine companies like Google, are dictating what we should and shouldn't see. Very Orwellian........

Investigative Exercise 2. Blogs

Investigative Exercise 2.  Blogs 

These were three very interesting blogs.

The "Librarian in Black" was extremely interesting with fascinating, even ground-breaking stories about privacy issues revolving around Adobe eBooks, and a litany of "sad but true" tales of sexual harassment within the workplace, which were eye-popping to say the very least!!

However, I chose the "eRecords Project" blog from the SLNSW, predominantly because of the post regarding Pinterest, which I only recently found out about myself! It was inspiring, if a little mind boggling to read of all the different ways the working group found to fully utilise this medium.

There were many obvious examples for its' use, but the “reading list” of books set, published or written in NSW, and an area for research guides and resources for HSC students and teachers were novel and valuable ideas I thought. Despite the fact that it wasn't something I would have thought of immediately, the fact that the most popular board continues to be HSC resources, targeting high school students and their teachers, shows the benefits Pinterest has brought to all users of this exciting medium!

I hadn't realised that Pinterest had any issues regarding gender specificity either!