Traditional Music Instruments (Uganda)

Topic that is poorly covered:

Ugandan instruments:
http://www.musicugSample of traditional anda.com/musical%20instruments.htm

Digital Technologies

Today, I have had a nice experience at OUC-LATINA LAB. I created a gmail account, a blog and ofcourse this post. This is an exciting learning experience for me and others at the Summer School 2009 in Oslo.

Multilingual Learning and Teaching

I found out that the Luganda Wikipedia is still under construction without articles. See link below:
http://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omuko_Ogusooka

Music Video

Digital Story telling

Today I learnt how to create digital stories. My project was ‘Diversity in daily life’.
I chose Diversity in footwear. I went out to collect pictures for my story. I then created a video which I have uploaded to YouTube
You can view this video at:

Change in Teaching and Learning

At Makerere University, the library is moving away from the traditional way of doing thing to a modern library. We have improved facilities thanks to our development partners.
Facilities available:
-Discussion rooms on the Ground floor of the New Library Building.
-Multimedia center-number of PCs has greatly increased.
-Electronic databases which are accessed at the campus.
-Seminar rooms-make presentations
-Silence still observed in the other areas of the library
-Library users still consult librarians about the OPAC and Electronic resources.
-Lots of books b’se lecturers always insist on scholarly publications for students. For each coursework atleast 8 references are required.
-Individual visits to the library

Biogas

This is an alternative source of energy and there are many initiatives in diferent countries.

End of Summer School

Today 10th July 2009, is the last day at Summer School, University College of Oslo. I have acquired new invaluable skills. The LATINA course is about Learning and Teaching in the Digital World. I have learnt how to use digital technologies. Everything here was new to me and had never used these technologies although I had heard people talk little about them. It was always a mystery when people talked about blogs, social networks etc. I have been able to creat my own blog and  joined online social networks. During LATINA I have met wonderful people and I believe this kind of interaction is healthy because we have shared alot during these 3 weeks.

We used to work in groups and this has taught me alot about group dynamics. Learning is a life learning process and as students we should be open to new ideas. I have now one task ahead of me when I return to Uganda. I need to organise training sessions for all library staff  so as to share and disseminate these skills gained at LATINA. This is one way of building capacity in my own Institution.

Tourist Attractions

There are so many tourist attractions in Uganda. Visit this website: http://www.ugandatourism.org/Uganda%20Museum.php

Powerpoint Presentation

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=ddc86pvx_75dqf5pwf9&hl=en