Still watching the lynda.com tutorials. I could not watch the videos on the link that Ken sent. I am starting a list of things to ask about in class. I kind of have an idea on how to do them but like to have someone there if I screw up. checked out the second life site and am going to set one up this weekend.

Searching

I have been searching for articles to add to my new blog. Thanks to the tutorial I learned how to incorporate pics into the blog. I am messing around with a few of the other options, in the video, not sure if I want to use them in my new blog.

blogger tutorial

I just scanned through the chapters to set up my new blog for the final project. It came in handy because I forgot how to set up a few items. I also watched the first 8 chapters of the podcast video. It is interesting to see the different types of products out there and how many different venues can be used to create a podcast.

picture

Yipee, I just got a picture on my blog page. I thought it was going to be hard. I am learning!!! I did not try it because I just assumed I could not do it. Hmm... maybe I should be more confident and not be afraid of the computer lol.

Podcast tutorial

I am still not convinced I am capable of doing a podcast. I watched the tutorial and it seems cool for people who have a strong background. I laughed at the one where it says to have no background noise. I never realized that a car would be sound proof. There are so many different tools out there. I have been checking out some pods on the internet, but not finding any that really interest me.

panic

Ok so I am halfway through the podcast tutorial and am freaking out. It is very informative, but I do not feel confident at all that I can actually do this. Will I do it at the center, what on earth do I have to give of any interest to anyone? Does my windows vista work with the equipment? and will I be borrowing it from school.? I don't have a mac so the music will become an issue. I feel as if I should not be in this class. I have no background on any of this stuff and feel like I am on a sinking ship. I am not confident at all about what I will be doing and am afraid to watch the rest of this tutorial. I am only halfway through and not sure I can do this. I have not even been able to get the video cam to work on my computer, how will I do a whole project. I think that there should be something in the course description before someone signs up for the class. I am not going to be able to learn all of this in this short amount of time in order to finish the clas.

dvd

Getting ready to watch the google docs training.

web cam

Trying to use the webcam and cannot get it to work. Had a friend try to help but it still is not working.

facebook article

Read the article about the guy who used his facebook post to get out of trouble. That is very interesting, but I don't know if that is not something that can easily be used as an alibi without it being the person. I found the comments quite entertaining too.

funny

Last night I was at the center and had a funny conversation regarding the class. I spoke to a student who was way more experienced than I am at all this techy stuff and she made me laugh. I guess everyone has a few glitches no matter how good you are with all this. I am planning on watching all the videos this weekend. I watched all the blogger one's. They are very helpful and speak in simple terms, what I need lol. I still need to use the webcam this weekend too. I was wondering if I need to have a microphone to post on the u-tube site. I also need to get the steps again to post on it. I wrote it down, but seem to be missing a step.

Ok so I am having too much fun with this aardvark. I even asked it a question about a paper I have to write. It is cool having people respond from other countries.

Holy cow. I just tried aardvark. It is so cool. I am having fun with it. I am starting to get better at trying new things and new sites. Not as gunshy as I was before.