#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

This learning program has been interesting but extremely frustrating for a few different reasons. Firstly finding the time was always a challenge and if you aren't really really computer literate it was extremely time consuming. Being at Bwhds on me ownsome presented another problem i didn't have sam to help me and it was to hard to do on the telephone because customers would come in and god dammit expect to not only be served but hear their life story at the same time!
The best time was when we were at Belmont and i think this is how this program should have been delivered in full. Certainly would have been easier for me and what about casuals who only have slow poke dial up at home?
However it did present some new worthwhile ideas sush as the RSS feeds that was great and of course it is good to be aware of everything that is out there for not only us library people to access but the ordinary jo blow on the road.
Farewell and so long and thanks for the fish!

#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")

E-books are a great alternative to pulling out the cd's or cassettes. They would be great for train travel but really i don't know that they would be better then the other option otherwise. Once again you have to have the technical knowhow and the hardware to be able to access it to make this an attractive alternative. Most of the time at OG it is the older generation who borrow Audio books and i may be a bit prejudice or is it ageist but i really can't see the greater percentage of them downloading audio books to thier ipod etc. as for the younger more clued in generation maybe they would use this facility but shouldn't they be learning how to read?

#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

Well this took awhile because i had to remeber how to do the rss feeds. I finally rmnembered that you had to go into bloglines a/c not my blogs. So the feed is there-yeah. Of course i can see that podcasts can be of use in libraries for all sorts of reasons. The obvious one is what we are doing right now training.

#20 You too can YouTube

Well had a quick look at you tube because i kept on getting interrupted by customers who were in for the chat. Couldn't work out how to copy and paste a video do you have to join up in you tube? The videos are fun to watch and could be useful to share info between libraries and they have been usefull so far in this training when they have come up as a instruction video. Once again though who has the time to check out all this stuff? I'm lucky to have the spare time to read the newspapers. This is just not a priority for me in my life at the moment!

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Well had a look at library thing which was a very interesting and useful tool -once again though if you had the time to be sitting at a computer all day to play around with this stuff.

#18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

Yeah well what can i say it's a great little package if you had some instructions as to how to use it. I couldn't find any and i haven't really got the time to play around on it for hours on end. I did set up a doc which i saved but didn't do anything else with it

#16 So what’s in a wiki?

This was a good resource i was surprised to discover. I had alook at them all but particulary found the Library Success: A best practice wiki excellent info for librarians. They were all good but this one contained info on everything to do with the organisation of a Library. Or as it states" a one sopt shop for great ideas and info for all types of Librarians.

#6 Web 2.0, library 2.0

Rick Anderson's "icebergs" are real and its interesting what he has to say in his article. It makes sense that the library has to be available to everyone everywhere as much as we may not like this idea. Of course it also has to be user friendly or not many patrons except the whizz kids will be able to access the information the libraries have taken so much time and expense to acquire.
I think though he is right that one can't go all gung ho into purchasing extreme amounts or technology. But this is the future like it or lump it!

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

I searched popular bloggers etc and it seemed to have lots of info on everything other then that who has the time to read this stuff? NOT ME!

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

i did a keyword search for learning 2.0 in blogger central and i feel just from having a quick look that it produced more results then in the blog posts. I elt it was easier to read as well. But for the life of me i coyuldn't work out how to search with a keyword in Tags except for just scrolling down through all the tags which would take forever.

#13 Tagging folksonomies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us

Del.icio.us. appears to have alot of benefits if you want to organise your favorite web sites. It has the added bonus of allowing other people to share your sites through the use of Tags. At first i found the info on this site, especially the beginners guide completely unfathomable at least for me, but thank god for the easy to understand video social bookmarking in plain english.

rollyo

Okay this i can see can be very effective in cutting down time to search the internet -good stuff!

online generator

This was quite difficult to work out needed Sam's help to do the exercise.

library thing

I can see how this could be quite useful and fun to use as well. But once again you need the time to be able to do these things. I am just amazed at all the information out there-it's incredible!

script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=hel65&show=random

news feeds

RSS is good way to keep up to date with a mass of information quickly and easily and relatively - once you know how to subcribe to them- fuss free. I can see how they will be useful in the library world keeping apace with what is going on out there in library land because sometiimes we can seem so isolated behind the circulation desk.
I personally probably wouldn't use it at work being a part-timer i don't have a great deal of spare to sit down and access all this stuff.

technology

Okay there are definately things that i like about technology e.g.
1. not having to use an old fashioned typewriter when typing essays etc
2. being able to search the internet for houses for sale and rent ( need this at the moment)
3. I don't really like emails because i feel pressured to answer them, however on the other hand if i don't want to ring up my sister, who talks for hours on the phone , i can just email her
4. i love the fact that my new mobile phone has a camera and i can take photos whenever and wherever i am
5. not to sure how i'm liking this blogging though.

mashups

really don't understand the blurb about what mashups is but i would like to create a mosiac that looks like fun, and a photobook would be great to create but i think i can do that by going to Harvey Norman, no? Anyway i had a play and to be honest with you can't see when i would use it- still.

flickr!

Ginger-toy poodle on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

okay this photo is cute and as long as i can remember what i did this will be pretty good especially when we use our own photos. I don't know how i was supposed to know to right click on the phot ot send the link to my blog. If janelle didn't prompt me i would not have know what to do. So where was the info on that step?

blogging

hi,
made it this far so i will say so far so good.