week 8 #18

Social networking is the in thing for our young people. My son especially, uses MySpace as his connection to his circle of friends. I am not that into computers so the social networks don't really appeal to me. However, I did get a kick out of Dogster and was tempted to open an account for my dog.

week 7 # 17

Technology. . . that field is wide open. The hardest thing to fanthom is how fast it changes. Just when you think you have figured something out and feel really good about it, WAM the technology changes and now you are in the ancient past.

Oh, well. I still have had fun exploring the lessons. Even though some frustrated me, all in all I have enjoyed navigating the river of TECH!

week 7 #16

You definately have to have patience when going to IHCPL's wiki. I had to wait more than once to edit steal lock to enter my views. Once I got in, it also took me a little while to figure out how to add a comment. Simple and obvious is not necessarly easy (for me that is!)

Oh well, that's the point of these exercises . . . learning!

week 7 #16

The world of wikis is facinating. As a creator it is empowering to know that you are able to post your research, feelings, etc about a particular topic. As a user though, you must be careful about believing everything you read on a wiki.

A wiki I especially liked was Library success . I found a very interesting discussion about weeding, which is something I am doing right now at my other job. I was also glad to see some safety features installed to control vandalism. I will definately link this wiki to my blog!

week 6 #15

I read several of the articles on Library 2.0. They were all interesting but the one that struck me as the most as down to earth was the Library 2.0 Manifesto. Laura put into simple language waht we all need to think about and be practicing. In my opinion, HCPL has been and continues to be on the track laid out by the Manifesto.

week 6 #14

Wurfer should be surfer!

week 6 #14

I explored Technorati and found it offering too much information. I am not a wurfer of the web and sometimes feel that there is too much info out there and much of it is frivolous. I did find that the way you type your keyword for a search does matter. Spacing of "learning 2.0" brought up different hits. Even though I do not care for this type of website, I am glad to be exposed to it.

week 6 #13

I ran into problems watching the video. It quite after 32 seconds and I could not get it to run any further for me. I did go the the hcpl deli.ci.ous page and explored some of the links listed. A very handy tool. I will try to watch the video again at home so I can learn a more about this tool.

week 5 #12

The ELF program can be a asset for patrons. However, I feel that HCPL has a great notification system and do not need to use ELF. It is a good idea to learn about all that is out there in cyberspace, but a person needs to carefully consider their options and not overload. Too much of something can be overwhelming and then become a big turnoff.

amsterdam street actor

amsterdam street actor
Originally uploaded by sgreer@hcpl.net

Hey lady, do you think I can survive on 5 Euros?

week 5 #10

The avatars were a trip! It was fun to be creative and just let your imagination run wild.

week 5 #11

The librarything website is pretty cool. Making a catalog of my favorite crazy children
's books was fun. In thhis exercise I also had to review how to add a link to my blog. That was a good thing because I did not remember how to do it.

week 4 # 9

I am not so sure this RSS stuff is anything that really interests me. Sometime the amount of information out there overwhelms me. The sites at which you can find feeds obviously show that RSS feeds are very popular and the easiest one for me to use was Feedster. But it still does not interest me. I prefer to get my news the old fashioned way. I am however glad to learn about these tools, they keep me up to date.

week 4 bloglines post 8

This was an interestign activity. The tutorial was helpful but it took awhile for the info to sink in my brain. With all the information out there in cyberspace, organizing the few you like makes sense. I hope to use my blogline on a regular basis. I needed help to add a participants' blog and I never did figure out how to add flickr. On to the next activity!

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