Gadgets and widgets

I am a tad confused about gadgets and widgets. I saw an ad for adsense (a blogger can use this to add ads to their blogs and get money from it and also Zemanthe - which is a gadget that allows you to boost your blogs by enabling you to add pictures, links etc to your blogs. Do I have this information correst? and if so is it wise to use things like Zemanthe? I wouldn't use adsense as i hate ads!!!

Preparing to start 'Online Facilitating Course' (OFC)

Well, I will say that new online technology can test the patient of a saint or in my case a frustrated mother in between school pickups and exchanging faulty headsets (AH AH AH). Despite these hiccups - once you get the hang of it, it is quiet addictive and I have to stop myself following every blog and playing with Elluminate. I have started a list of definitons (blog, wiki, podcast, blogging etc) and brief notes to keep the new knowledge I am acquiring in some form of order. Playing on Elluminate is amazing - so real time and face to face contact. It is easy to understand how exciting it will be to one day catch up with people thousands of miles away that you have only met in the virtual world. I look forward to creating and learning together.

Facilitating online course

I have decided to enrol in Sarah's online facilitation course as part of my Masters in Midwifery course that I will complete in November. As a Midwifery educator, I am interested in utilising the online medium to engage and educate not only midwifery students but any profession involved in maternity care. I hope that after I have completed this course, I will be able to design and implement my own obstetric emergency online workshop that will have a multi-disciplinary approach. I look forward to meeting people from all over the world - another wonderful advantage of online communication and learning.