Posting a comment

Tonight we covered a lot of information which included putting a comment on another blog which was a useful skill to have.  This involved sharing the blog spot address of someone else in the group and then logging on and reading the current post.  I posted a comment on Sheila's blog - she had found a lot of very useful information about iPads, a lot of which I wasn't aware of so have learnt a lot from Sheila tonight.  Thank you Sheila!  We also had a good discussion about the use of blogs and the vast range of different ones which are available.  From my own experience I know that blogging takes a long time to do it well, particularly if you are using photographs.  I read a lot of craft blogs and the variation in terms of quality is tremendous.  There are many decisions to make before starting a blog including what you are going to write about, how much of yourself/family you are going to share and how often you will be posting a comment.  Some of the blogs I have read will post comments several times a week so they do take up a vast amount of time, thought and preparation.
We also looked at the use of maps through the iPad.  I use this app a great deal and find it so useful.  It is a wonderful resource to have particularly when going somewhere new.  It can reduce stress levels significantly particularly when you only have a certain amount of time to get to a destination.  We had more practise using bookmarks whilst using the maps and again, this is so useful when you might be revisiting a destination later in the year.
Overall I have gained a lot of new information from this lesson, thank you Joy!  We are nearing the end of the course and I will be sorry to leave the group but hope that there will be a follow-on from this so I can maintain and increase my iPad/blogging skills.