reflective exercise

Experiences with Learning 2.0
Overall, I'm glad that we had this opportunity to investigate some of the new technology.
Its nice to be able to know what some of these prgs actually do! And I like the fact that we could work at our own pace, and really individualize our blogs. There really were no right or wrong answers so the "grade factor" was never a part of the process.
I believe participating in Learning 2.0 makes us more cognizant of the fact that we are all lifelong learners and how important it is to stay open to that idea.
Some of my favorites exercises: youtube!, flickr, eaudio, even podcasts
Help was readily available from fellow employees and the infamous advocates.
Perhaps it would help to recognize that each application will require new sign-in identities and passwords and to keep it as simple and consistent as possible.
Yes, I 'd love to have similar training opportunites and would welcome the chance to participate. I'd love to see training for the use of digital cameras and downloading digital pictures.
I would skip the technorati exerise; too complex for my needs.
I would encourage everyone to use librarything and the podcasts too. I could see podcasts being used in a very practical way for library pages. Certainly as a way to present FAQs and promote events.

Thanks for giving us this opportunity to try a lot of new things! and of course the mp3 player was a great incentive!

eaudio

Yippee! Once you have mastered using this service, you will love it!
Opens up an entire new world, with so many choices.
If you have a favorite narrator, you can search for titles by him/her,
check them out and then download to your mp3. Sweet deal!

podcasts

Podcasting is fun! Now that we're used to it with David on Learning 2.0 its fun to access the outside world! And I like just listening...........
Here's a link to my podcast: http://catcast.podomatic.com/

web 2.0 award nominees

A long list.............pretty challenging to look at very many!
I liked the hipcal for personal organization.
Possibly of use for library employees is the writely.com for collaborative projects.

google labs

fun! I especially liked the google reader and the transit feature.
Lots of ways to fritter away the day! :)

google spreadsheets vs zoho

This feature by google has some very useful adaptations.
I could easily use it when collaborating with a colleague.
And very accessible.
I did not find zoho to be as user-friendly. Guess I'm used to the
google way of doing things!

library 2.0

Interesting articles..........clearly some new ways of approaching the world of librarianship. But the human angle and especially the approachability factor still remain essential and not to be overlooked in the world of technology.

generator blog

Fun site to explore! I liked the idea of creating a magazine cover. That could be fun for a special event. However, I got stuck on the "random kitten generator!" No big surprise!

wikis

A whole new world out there!
I can see how wikis would be useful for maintaining after-conference connections. Also the booklover wikis look promising.
And now I know what a wiki is!

tagging and library thing

Library thing is something I think could be really useful. I loved exploring all the links within it.
Should prove to be one of the sites I'll come back to again.
Here's my website address for librarything: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php

del.icio.us

This was a fun site to play with. I'm not sure that I would use it for anything other than leisure fun, but it was unique.

social networking sites

Whole new world out there..........
These articles present the pros and cons of being involved with this new technology.
I like the websites that were linked to some of the public libraries. They are using this technology to its full advantage.

myspace

I'm officially a member of myspace!
Although no one will recognize my alias! thats the beauty of it I guess! :)

rss

It will be interesting to see what starts coming in through the RSS.
I may have signed up for a few too many!
Time will tell!

mash ups!

What a fun site! I especially liked the site for flickrsudokus.
htt p://www.beckysweb.co.uk/sudoku/flickrsudoku.asp

The interesting part about this website was the ability to change the type of sudokus to play..........instead of numbers you have pix to choose from. And of course you can choose your own favorite category to play the game.
A bit of a challenge to rethink the game.

Loaned goods!

405221878_6bdd8dcd5f, originally uploaded by maisy2007.

Here's your friend William waiting to be claimed and returned to his rightful owner!

sweetpeas1

sweetpeas1
Originally uploaded by maisy2007.

Sweetpeas are the first sign of thinking about spring!
Plant some now!

Frappuccino

frap
Originally uploaded by maisy2007.

Here's a big, beautiful handsome boy!
Frap is quite delightful..........he can play fetch and retrieves quite nicely! He's great about coming when he's called and purrs up a storm on a regular basis! What a boy!

Sweetpeas and spring

Spring is the best time to start thinking about sweetpeas!
Plant them sometime in March (now!) for a colorful summer crop!
Can't wait!

blogging

Here I am...........blogging about blogging!
Pretty fun word to use!

water for elephants

Here's a must-read!
Water for elephants by Sara Gruen.