Some pictures of my neighbourhood

Discovery Exercise - Using Slide and Image generators

Playing around with Slide was pretty fun, as you can probably tell by the pictures I've posted here. I also tried to use Picnik, but most of the cool features were only available if you bought the upgrade (boo). I began by uploading pictures of my dog and I added some basic things to the pictures - the hat, cigar, etc. I didn't get into the hang of things until I started to muck around with pictures of my neighbourhood and I didn't really get time to find other image generators to play around with.

Some Doggy Pics

A Crappy PowerPoint Presentation!

A Crappy Presentation

Michael Lyne's photostream

Michael Lyne's photostream on Flickr.

Discovery Exercise - Using Flickr

Here's a random picture of Verona, Italy I found on Google. I then uploaded the URL to my Flickr account and added it to my album. I then connected Flickr with my blog account (which took a little while to figure out) and it was only a simple matter of clicking the share option to add the picture to the blog.

http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/verona

First Exercise - Information Literacy Video

All right, to business then.

The video on information literacy was pretty well set out and easy to understand. Some of the main points included information literacy being a solution to data smog (where too much information can create a barrier in ourl lives) and allowing us to cope by giving us the skills to know when we need information. The DISCOVER method (Define, Inquire, Search, Collect, Organise, Verifying, Express and Reflect) comes into play here and is something useful to remember. Personally I do consider myself as information literate because I usually follow these steps when researching and evaluating information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWzigkpR7yg

Again with the blogging

Yep, I'm back again. Seeing as how such a long time has passed since my previous post, I thought I might come back and check in. Thus far everything is fine.

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I'm hungry.

There are probably many thoughts I would like to express right now, some of them quite vulgar in nature, but I guess it would be quite inappropriate to publish them here since my teacher and fellow students would be reading this some time during the next couple of weeks. Thus I will attempt to keep the madness to a minimum.

On a final note, I hate my neighbour. Rich, snobby bitch.

Well I'm here

Yes, here I am, ready to begin the exciting journey of blogging.
Despite what some may think is an unfortunate title of my blog, I will not engage in mindless rants about every little thing that crosses my mind, nor will I embark on a brutal campaign to humiliate my enemies and close family...unless they deserve it.
No, loyal reader, this blog is created for the sole purpose of pursuing a project in a class I'm currently undertaking, so put away your scandal sheets and dirty minds and prepare to be enlightened and educated by my clumsy attempts to be a master blogger.

God help us all...if he exists.