The semester is mercifully over. I had a great time and learned a lot but I also had to put some of my own stuff on hold. The past few days I have been reveling in free time and spent most of it in front of the PowerBook. I installed moodle…not too hard and have been playing with some of its features. I also installed the hot potatoes module today. In addition, I’ve been having a blast downloading music from iTunes and exploring the new world of podcasting. I listened to Dawn and what’s his name and was not impressed. Sorry…I suppose it’s funny in a kitchy kind of way but I was much happier with teach42 and have already set up my del.icio.us account. I’ve had a backflip account for years but haven’t used it recently and wasn’t happy with the folder system because stuff did need to be crossfiled. Can’t wait to get some time to do some experimenting with tags and rss feeds.
Meanwhile, it occurred to me that simplykaren needs a homepage. Right now, the index page is just links to my php exercises from the past semester. They could go away or at least be buried someplace else. The rest of the website is devoted to my growing collection of open source applications including this blog, a wiki that I’m going to use with my undergrads next semester, and now moodle. I’ve also installed wikindx but I haven’t used it at all since Noter came together so nicely.
I’m listening to the MacCast podcast right now. I wonder how many other people will listen to this today? And how long will it be before I try my own?? I am feeling a little ADD right now: too much fun playing with software and finding this whole world of interesting STUFF out there and thinking about the paper/keynote/presentations I should be working on for the new year. But for awhile I’m just going to let it flow and be on vacation.
