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Singing Cockatiel

2007-08-06T13:55:00.001-07:00

Week # 9

2007-07-24T12:42:00.000-07:00

20. I visited YouTube and took advantage of the massive number of videos. I watched a British rock music show from 1964. Ready, Steady, Go. They had the Beatles, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers all performing before a live audience not three feet away from them. Similar to American Bandstand but not as polished. I listened to a performance of an old radio show, Our Miss Brooks. The specific program was broadcast in April of 1949. I can see how you could spend a lot of time with YouTube.
21. I explored the websites for locating podcasts, visited some of the more interesting looking sites and viewed some library podcast sites. I was really impressed with the Kankakee, Ill. podcast site because they podcast authors that have presented programs at the library. They're impressive list include Elizabeth Berg, & Lois Lowry. What a wonderful way to expose more people to the programs. I would like to see CCPL do something like this with author programs.
22. I have worked with overdrive and actually downloaded something. More and more customers are interested in using this service.
23. This has been a very horizon broadening experience. There are so many technologies that I wasn't aware of. I have been able to visit flickr,YouTube, Zoho Writer, create a blog add thoughts& pictures. Some of the sites visited I don't think I'll use again but there are so many that I will be using. I've been telling my children about the cool things that the 23 things have enabled me to try. I keep updating my blog and want to keep it beyond the work with the 23 things!

Week # 7 Wikis

2007-07-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

16. I read the information regarding wikis and visited several of the library websites. Some did not look like the wikis I'm familiar with. I have posted meeting notes to the Umbrella Group wiki of CCPL so I have a slight knowledge of posting. I'm more adapt at reading the postings!
The wiki lists for the libraries I visited have a visual appeal for customers. Our wiki listing is more business-like and streamlined.

17. I tried to post something to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki but it was not available the day I tried. The next day I checked again and it was up but they were asking that posters be extra careful not to delete everything. So I decided to try later. Success!! After several tries I was able to enter my blog address on the Learning 2.0 Sandbox Wiki.

Week #8

2007-07-17T11:48:00.000-07:00

#18 I tried Zoho writer and published some poems to my blog. Enjoy the selection of poetry by Ogden Nash.

#19 I checked out the Web 2.0 awards list and played a few games. I especially like Guess the Google in which you have to give the keyword that was used to get the corresponding google images. It takes some quick thinking and even quicker typing. I also did an online word search. Same as doing word searches on paper. Both were fun. There were a lot of other sites I just chose to explore the games site.

Week # 8 Zoho Writer

2007-07-16T13:43:00.001-07:00

THE POETRY OF OGDEN NASH

FLEAS

Adam

Had'em

THE COW

The cow is of the bovine ilk;

One end is moo, the other, milk.

THE TURTLE

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks

Which practically conceal its sex.

I think it clever of the turtle

In such a fix to be so fertile.

Week #6

2007-07-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

I viewed the information regarding Del.icio.us and set up an account. I haven't decided how or where I will use it. I also read the information on Technorati and visited the website. It seems a little daunting.
Web 2.0 I viewed the video and it made me think of the Terminator movies where the machines take over. It was a scary thought. Are we using the machines or are they using us?

Beautiful Bride Week #5

2007-07-14T11:26:00.000-07:00

I decided to try some of the image generators and came upon dumpr. I used one of my daughter's wedding photographs as a museum exhibit. I also tried the sketch, easter egg and other options on this site. Fun!

Beautiful Bride

2007-07-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

Week 5 Rollyo

2007-07-06T09:21:00.000-07:00

I created my rollyo using suggested web sites. It was difficult deciding what topic I wanted to use.

Week 5 My avatar

2007-07-03T11:51:00.000-07:00

I'm wearing an Everyone Loves Irish Girls T-shirt 'cause the capitals jersey cost money .

I had a lot of fun creating "me" even though at one time I was completely bald and the program kept telling me that I had hair! It's really nice to be able to pick make-up, hair, and clothes and try them on at the click of a mouse. It's almost an animated paper-dolls, where the clothes can change instantly.

Week 5 #11 Library Thing

2007-07-03T11:47:00.000-07:00

I took the tour of the Library Thing and set up an account. Then I selected 28 of my favorite books /authors for my list. It seems that I lean toward thrillers and romances. I've always kept a list of books and authors I enjoy so that I can read their newest offerings. Sometimes it just doesn't seem like they write fast enough.

I'm looking forward to browsing other people's lists to find new authors.

Week 4 #9

2007-06-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

I already knew something about Merlin. I did two online courses through Merlin /Thomson learning. While visiting library related blogs I found that they are as varied as librarians themselves. To paraphrase "So many blogs so little time"

Week 4

2007-06-29T09:07:00.000-07:00

I've managed to make it through week 4 #8. I set up a bloglines newsreader account and was actually able to add feeds to it. The tutorial that walked you through every step of the set up was a big help . I've changed the look of my blog. It was pointed out to me by a co-worker that the template I had selected did not allow for comments. Now it's more subdued and comment available. Who knows I may change it again later!

2007-06-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

#s 5, 6, 7
I went to the Flickr site and was mesmerized by the changing images on the map. I created an account and posted two pictures. I posted the two images from Flickr to my blog and then deleted them again. I find that it is sometimes frustrating that I cannot accomplish what I think I can using these two sites. I will just need to keep trying.

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2007-06-19T11:53:00.000-07:00

My First Entry

2007-06-16T11:55:00.000-07:00

With much trepidation I have created a blog and found that it was relatively easy to do. I had to go back after I created it and do some "fine tuning" but all in all it was a rewarding experience.

Now that I have a basic understanding of what to do I look forward to the next 23 things experience.

I found the 7 1/2 habits of life long learning very interesting. I want to be as knowledgeable as possible to assist CCPL customer.