My professional Profile

I've had some really helpful comments about my CV and I'm still working on it but I thought I would upload my professional profile. At the moment it's a bit impersonal but I'm not sure if it's already too long winded as it stands? Here's the link: Professional Profile. Thank you

Task 1a My CV

Previously I uploaded my CV to a new gadget to the right hand side of my blog. I listened to what Aicha had to say and also had a look at other people's CV's and saw some really professional work.

I decided to use google docs to upload a new draft of my CV to my blog so I removed my CV from the gadget and it's here instead.Emily Brenchley CV

It's just a draft again and I hope to improve on it some more but let me know if you have any suggestions,

thank you, Emily

Task 1C Starting out on BAPP

Hello! I've just uploaded my video about starting out on BAPP to you tube but I'm not sure how to add it to the channel. It's really embarassing for me to watch, I'm even cringing seeing it below in my blog. I hope I've gone about it in the right way. Please let me know your thoughts, 

Thank you,

 Emily

Further research into web 2.0

Hey everyone. I read Justin Reich Reworking the Web 2008 and he asks "Will online communities within firms represent a new avenue for employee advancement?"  On the news recently there has been a huge story about how scientists have used web 2.0 to help them discover the structure of a retrovirus molecule similar to HIV. In this case though scientists have gone outside of their firms to the public to ask for their help and ideas.

Scientists have been trying to work this out for over a decade but they couldn't find the answer. They then decided to turn their problem into a game called fold it which they posted online and also created a wiki on wikia where the players could upload and edit information they learned. The gamers solved the problem in only 3 weeks meaning that scientists are now able to go on to design retroviral drugs and hopefully find cures for diseases such as HIV, cancer and Alzheimer's.

This is such a good example of how web 2.0 can be used to help solve serious issues and shows just how important the technology has become to us. It could be life saving. 

Here's a link to the full article.

http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail

On a note more relevant to us I wondered if anybody had heard of Reddit? It's a site that users can post anything online and other users can comment and up or down vote the post so it becomes more or less popular. There are different categories within the site and there's one specific to dancehttp://www.reddit.com/r/dance take a look and see.

Task 1a My CV and 1d photos of my work

Hello everyone! I have created a gadget to the right of my blog page with the first draft of my CV, I have included a photo stream from flickr with my portfolio pictures.
I have also uploaded a photostream of " photos of my work" but if the photo stream is too slow to load please click the link to be taken straight to the website.
Any helpful comments are very welcome,
Thanks,
Emily

Initial thoughts on Reader 1

So, I had a read (or 3) of the first reader. ( I had to read it 3 times  because I was so overwhelmed at the information I couldn’t process it!) Now I reckon I understand what we mean by web 2.0 sites. I can’t believe how many web 2.0 sites I hadn’t heard of, so for research reasons and pure curiosity on my behalf, i’m going to sign up to a few and see what the benefits are from them all... I’ll keep you posted.

Anyway the idea behind web 2.0 is that the more popular the site is the better it works. This is because the more people share with each other, the more information and knowledge everybody has.  This is what Alicia Beck was saying on her blog when she spoke about Wikipedia. Because anybody can upload information to the site there is a lot more information available to everyone, and the information can be continuously updated.  Boggled yet?

This is all amazing, anything I want to know I can find in a matter of seconds. But, with everybody being a “prosumer”( valtysson (2010) pg 7 reader 1) now how do I know which information is fact? What can I trust? If anybody can write anything surely this is where web 1.0 becomes a more reliable source? Well this brings us back to the popularity of the site. If somebody posts incorrect information but many people access the site then the information will be changed or questioned by other readers, so yes the more popular the site and the more it is used the better it works and the more reliable it is. What do you think?

Also has anybody noticed how facebook shows what people have “tweeted” I’d have thought this a big no no as surely these are two competing social networking sites but they are both working together. Why do they do that? 

Induction Day

Hey everyone. I just wondered how the induction day went?
Im so disappointed that I couldn't be there! I had a look at the slideshow on Paula's Blog but it's left me a little confused if I'm honest although I did understand that some of the slides were from the libguide site and uni hub so possibly explaining them.
I was wondering if anybody would mind summarising what happened?
Hopefully it will all be clearer when I can see the video of Alan talking about module one. Were there a lot of people there? Hope to meet you all in person soon.
Best wishes, Emily

First Blog

Well I'm a little bit apprehensive about writing this.
I generally don't enjoy posting things online for others to read because I am usually worried about how other people may take them. Even when it comes to updating my facebook statuses (which I do once in a blue moon) I will sit there for about twenty minutes sometimes, thinking of a good way to word something and even then I will wonder if I have made myself look silly.
But I suppose a part of this course is about learning different techniques of expressing yourself in this way and so I hope I become a bit more confident in expressing my personal opinions and commenting on other people's posts by the end of it all.
I'm still a little confused about everything with all of the information that we have been given but I hope that it will all become clear once the course begins. I've had a read through most things and actually I can't believe how much I already rely on web 2.0 features. I use facebook almost everyday and many casting websites when I am looking for jobs and auditions. I also like to use you tube to see if there have been shows posted up online of the jobs I would like to audition for.
I have also learned a lot from the handbook that I had never heard about before! The google reader is actually amazing!. I wish I'd known about that a while ago, It could have saved a lot of time! (its a bit like the news feed on facebook but for updates on all of the different websites that you subscribe the reader to)
Unfortunately I can't attend the enrollment days because I'm working abroad. I'm disappointed because I would have liked to have met everyone and hopefully got a bit more of a grasp on the course.
But I'll keep an eye on the google reader to check for any updates.
Hope to hear from you all, Best wishes Emily