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Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Breathing new life into old e-maps using Pearltrees

Greetings on this cold, grey and rather miserable Tuesday afternoon. Fear not, though, I bring shinies. Or, more accurately, pearlies.

Yes, today I have been exploring Pearltrees, as a way of recycling the Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy e-maps from the old VLE. I'm quite pleased with the look of the 'Pearltrees' and the interface is very user-friendly, although it does keep badgering me to upgrade to a premium account. I mean, really, do I look like i'm made of money?

Hairdressing e-resources in Once More (oncemore)

I'm enjoying this method of presentation for the old 'e-maps', it's much more interesting than looking at a list of hyperlinks, although it has more potential for confusion. In an ideal, non-premium world I would like to have spaced the pearls out a bit more to reduce this, but alas, organisational freedom comes at a price. As does changing the background picture of each pearl, hence why the 'notes', or groupings, are all the same.

Thanks to Lorraine for giving me a heads up on this resource, it is indeed excellent :)

Coming soon, my half-hearted adventures into the realm of Twitter. I mean, really, 140 characters? An alien concept for someone who still uses full words and punctuation in text messages.

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