And in the end...

I really enjoyed this class.  In fact, this is probably one of my favorite classes I have taken at UB.  I really liked learning how to use Dreamweaver.  I don't know how many tutorials I watched trying to figure out how to use Div tags but I finally figured it out and I feel like Dreamweaver is just an awesome tool to be familiar with.

My experiences with this class convinced me to register for some other technical classes in the program because of how much I enjoyed learning about Dreamweaver and trying to tackle relational databases.

Web 2.0: Team Snap

This is a tool that helps you manage a sport team that you may be running.  I feel like this would be a really useful application. I have managed a few bar league soccer and roller hockey teams and it gets pretty crazy trying to keep track of everything such as schedules and payments.

With this tool you can upload the team members and keep track of who made payments, who missed games, and you can even keep track of team stats.  Web 2.0 really is making things much easier and the organization and ease of mind it provides is extremely valuable.

Library 2.0

I really liked Michael Stephens' view into a new world of librarianship.  He stressed that everything will become user-orientated and as librarians we are responsible to accomodate them with the information and tools they need and want.  Also, he stressed that librarians must stay on top of trends in the field especially in regards to technology.  We can't just use technology because its there but we must analyze what will be useful and beneficial to our community and patrons.

Zotero

My Zotero Library

Rollyo

Rollyo Guitar tab

I created a rollyo that includes a few music sites I go to for guitar tablature.  It was pretty nice to be able to create a search engine instead of having to go to the various sites separately.

I think this would be really useful to create search engines for academic purposes.  I can see how something like this could become very complex and offer plenty of worthwhile sites. It makes searching so much easier as it can be done in one place.  It takes an extra step out of the process as one search query operates over a variety of sources.

A Thing About LibraryThing

My Librarything

I thought this was a really cool site.  I like how it uses the tags to relate and suggest books.  Some of my favorites had over ten suggestions which I think would be really useful when I look for other materials to read.

I also liked the review feature.  It is very similar to Amazon as everyday readers are commenting and reviewing the materials.

IGoogle and Google Calendar

iGoogle is an awesome interface for all the Google apps and features. I have access to my documents, calendars, rss feeds, as well as my gmail, that I linked to my buffalo account, all in one convenient place.

Google Calendar is by far my favorite Google app.  It allows to create one time events and events that repeat (such as classes).  You are also able to create different calendars such as work, school, etc.  This is nice because you can toggle between the different calendars and just helps with organization.

The best feature is how you are able to share calendars.  You can adjust your settings so that possibly other colleagues or family members can see when you are available or busy.  There is also a meeting scheduling wizard that will find common free time between all parties and create the event in the appropriate time slot.