Narrowband not Garageband

I am SO frustrated. Trying to do this course from a developing country is REALLY good for me - it reminds me how frustrated my colleagues must get when we say .... oh you just go to this website and upload the file ....

I've made my audio file using Audacity (I couldn't replay it but I can see it so hopefully it is there.) but I cannot for the life of me upload it to Podbean. Mind you - this is from a location where we cannot use VOIP on skype so that might be an indication.

And I really want to learn how to use more audio in my courses ... humph!

Syndication

I've been running a family and friends blog in Blogger for about a year now - so I already knew how to link to other blogs. But I'd never taken the time to learn how to put an Atom or RSS site feed onto my own blog - and now I can do it - yay!

Like one of my classmates commented, I've been subscribing to newsfeeds and blogs for a while but not using an aggregator like Blogbridge - I only knew how to do it by email before - so that is a second new skill - yay again!

I think class blogs could be great fun for learners . I'm trying to think of a sensible way to use blogs in a project I'm working on in Botswana. The problem is that the participants have already had to learn Basecamp and Moodle and there's only so much they can take in at a time ...

... more to ponder on ...

To HTML or not to HTML ...

... that is the question!
My colleagues in the Stardust Team all seem very comfortable and skilled in using HTML - which I am not. I've never really felt the urge to take the time to learn HTML properly but they present some compelling arguments as to why it is a useful skill. I am starting to feel like a bit of a Luddite! Maybe I need a re-think ...