#20 Thing-YouTube

Well, as we've been warned, there's some "crappy" stuff out there and some unsavory comments that make me wonder if people don't just have too much time on their hands. But, overall, investigating YouTube was very interesting. Occasionally, I'll hear about something on YouTube, but have never been curious enough to check it out. Now, I will probably be more inclined to do so. I found some interesting entries about Libraries 2.0, but somehow came across the one which I have chosen to embed into my blog. Hope I'm successful! My daughter is an elementary education school teacher, so I'm interested in things related to that. I loved this teacher, Mrs. Cassidy's, approach to using the blog and incorporating it into her classroom learning. I'm not sure exactly how it might relate to use in a library, except that it is a good learning/teaching tool which can be shared, if one chooses to use it that way. That's always a good thing. I also found more of Lee Lefever's "Plain English" videos, which I find very entertaining and informative. My simple mind loves "plain" explanations!! Well, here's the video I'm attempting to "embed" in my blog.

#19 Thing

I went, I looked, I still can't imagine using any of these for work purposes. I love maps and like the GoogleMaps site. I don't know that I would use it for anything other than getting directions or looking up addresses, but I would enjoy playing around with it. Once again, it's finding the time to do it. There sure are a lot of things out there that are interesting, but I'm afraid I'm not inventive enough to figure out just how they can help me. It seems they would just take up more of my time. I am enjoying learning about them, however. Thanks, Learning 2.0!!

#18 Thing-Woe Is Me

Here's the article I published in in Zoho

WOE IS ME

 

 

    Well, here I am, creating my first ZOHO article.  I'm a fifty-nine year old, lowly library associate trying to "master" all of these new "things" in the Learning 2.0 program.  I shouldn't say "master".  I'm really just trying to muddle my way through all of them hoping to retain a little of each new "thing" I've read about and experienced through the program.

 

    My more computer literate children are impressed that I'm tackling this project and my small group of good friends was very impressed that I have my own blog and that I have learned about wikis (they thought it sounded like a dirty word, but I assured them it isn't).  They don't know what a wiki is, but they're impressed never the less.  I was able to explain what a blog is, but I couldn't begin to explain what a wiki is.  I guess I need a little more work on the wikis. 

 

    Well, I believe this is enough for my first time out.  I don't think I'll publish this, since I'm sure no one else would be interested in it.

 

    

#12 Thing-Rollyo

Oh, my! I guess I forgot to blog about Rollyo!! Thanks to Jo, I'm "catching up". I registered on Rollyo and created a "My Travelsites" place so that when I want to check on flights or hotels, I can just check Rollyo. Not that I do that much traveling, but it's fun to dream! Okay, I think I'm caught up now. On to this weeks' "things". I'm a day behind already, since I took a vacation day yesterday.

#17 Thing

After having read this lesson, I was still not clear as to how to add my blog to the list of "Favorite Blogs", so I went to the workshop and Lorraine was very helpful. Now I think I've got it. If I get brave and figure out what I want to add to the other "Favorites", I might do that also. For now, just completing the assignment has used enough "brain power" for one day. I still have work to do!

#16 Thing - Wiki's

Okay!! Now I know what a wiki is. Just don't ask me to explain it to anyone. I hate to sound like a broken record, but once again, this was very interesting, but I don't know that I'll ever use it. It's great that anyone can add to these websites. And, I hadn't realized that Wikipedia isn't a "real, researched" dictionary/encyclopedia. That's probably why I have been able to understand the definitions that I have looked up on Wikipedia. I don't always do well with Webster's!! It's also interesting to see the different "forms" these websites take, and the varied information you can find on each of them. There certainly are a lot of creative people out there!! So, on to #17 thing!

Solo Orange Lily

Solo Orange Lily
Originally uploaded by cmefish

I found this beautiful picture on Flickr and just had to post it to my blog

#15 Thing

I read all five of the "Perspectives on the impact of Web 2.0 on libraries" from the OCLC newsletter. I think I should have stuck to just two, which was suggested in the assignment, since my head was spinning again by the time I read them all. I guess I understood and liked the first one, "Away from the Icebergs", more than the others. When one starts talking about the "future" of this "web/computer stuff", I really get bogged down (or should I say "blogged down"?). I believe our library is fairly progressive when it comes to trying new things and not being "left behind" as far as the Web 2.0 goes. Just the fact that we have the opportunity to participate in this Library 2.0 program proves this point.

#14 Thing

Oh my goodness!!! I had seen the Technorati website before (one of the previous assignments), so I thought this would be a simple assignment. Boy, was I wrong!! I think I'm trying to pack too much technology into my little pea brain and it's not fitting well at all. I think it's going to take some time and effort to digest it all. It's all very interesting, but I still doubt that I'll use a lot of it. I get frustrated spending so much time "looking", but not finding all that much that I'm really interested in. Of course, I'm the first person to admit that I'm not an intellectual type, so that probably contributes to the problem. I'm a "people person", so I'd rather be talking to someone face to face than reading their website. Maybe I should try "talking" with someone on the computer. What's that called??

#13 Thing

Wow! Did I ever get bogged down reading all of this information. I clicked on every highlighted word or phrase and read through the information. I got a little overwhelmed more than once. When I went to the del.icio.us website I think I did okay. I'm registered and have three bookmarks so far, two of which have to do with food/recipes. Go figure!! Okay, I'm ready to tackle the next "thing".