I am moving right along with my next assignment for LS5013 Information Storage and Retrieval. I am now getting ready to add a "Podcast" to my Blog site for competency three.
I was not sure how to go about this assignment in the beginning so I Googled the word Podcast. From that search it allowed me to begin surfing all over the place. Using the Google search engine allowed me to stumble upon other search engines for my topic of discussion.
I am interested in learning more about African American writers. I want to know who they are, where are they from and what contributions and impact have they made in America. When I typed in the word 'podcast" using the Google search engine, it led me to Podcast Alley.com, Babblebooks.com, YouTube.com and Video.aol.com. At all of these sites I was able to type in the keyword Booker T. Washington and come up with many successful hits.
The Babblebooks.com site was very unusual for me; the audio book was reading like a computer or something I thought some was wrong with my speaker or that particular video clip. I came to find out that’s the way it is. It is not in a normal tone of voice.
YouTube was a fun site for me. I did not know that one could get such a variety of information in one location; it was great. The site was very friendly and easy to navigate around in. It allowed me to view the Podcast with clarity and good sounds. When I typed in Booker T. Washington, it gave me a variety to choose from. It also included how many times the video had been viewed by other people. The Podcast had a share button on it so that you could send it to people such as your family and friends.
If you don’t want to send it by email it gives you the option to copy and paste the link into an email or instant message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hsd55AK53U that is what I did I copied and pasted I also sign up for a YouTube account. It was very easy to set the account up.
The best part about this: it’s all free and very informative.
You can go directly to these search engines to get information about African American writers. http://www.youtube.com/, http://www.video.aol.com/, http://www.podcastalley.com/ and http://www.babblebooks.com/ just type in the keyword and search.
I have truly had a blast with this assignment.
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