#23 The End

» What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?

Most of the information was stuff that I use, but I had fun creating the image post and I really enjoy tags. Sometimes tags can get to be too much but in LibraryThing it's fun.


» How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?

I 've been looking into Mango but I never quite start the course, and I'm a bit more motivated now to learn another language.

» Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?

I like blogging and adding pictures to my site. Although that wasn't exactly a surprise that I like pictures but I enjoyed adding them.


» What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?

If the program was revised to use more tools like the award winning tools list. That website had so much information that can be helpful. I know it was difficult for me to finish because I only work once a week, so it was harder to navigate the websites because of time restriction. Perhaps incorporate pictures to show step by step process for some of the harder posts.




» If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?

I would because it different from what we do everyday. It was kind of fun having some time to explore, and the incentive really helped a lot, we're all human :)

#22 Live-brary

I like books on CD, I drive about an hour a day and am able to listen to books in the car. Live-brary is good becuase I can listen to a book without being in the car.

I usually judge a book by it's cover so I searched through Live-brary and finally found a book that I might want to read.

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

#21 Podcasts

I usually use Itunes for podcasts. I like it because it's Mac and it's very easy to use. I like that I can sort through subjects such as news- or even subscribe to my favorite shows to know the latest.

I don't like bloglines, I find the site very unappealing. I did indeed add 2 items to my list but the organization of the whole site makes me uninterested. itunes is so mnuch better for any podcast, and there are plenty of free podcasts.

I like the Economist, and the Breaking bad edition.

#20 YouTube

I picked this because I sang it in chorus during my Kindergarden graduation, and everyone has to admit it's a pretty great song- O yea, and she has a sparkly dress on!


I like Youtube but it's hard sometimes to sort through videos when you want something very specific like an offical video instead of a home video. Also sometimes you find something your all excited and......you can't watch it for some reason or another.

#19 MANGO

I like the site for Mango.

I like this tool because, I've always had an interest in language. Language is a very important part of culture and education.

I've always wanted to learn a solid third language. In school i took Italian and I know that if i traveled to Italy I would do just find, but I would not say that I'm fluent. I also studied ASL for 2 short semesters In college.
I like the Mango tool because it's not the same boring vocabulary site. It's not like an actual college course, you can take your time (it's free through the library)learning at your own pace.
I will be signing up for a course very soon.

# 18 Google Docs

I like google so much that I'm thinking about naming my first born, google.


ok no, not really but I would love to work there...

I like using GoodleDocs because it's an easy way to share documents with friends and co-workers. I use this when I write papers and have someone update or fix grammatical errors.

This could be very useful for the newsletter. Staff with access to the Newsletter can read and edit grammar all from different locations in the library.

Although I'm not a fan of PB, I like wiki. This tool could be useful within the library staff- like for important announcements, but would be best used for sharing ideas.

Wiki

I think it's interesting that people all over the world can use the wiki websites. People that speak different languages can access wiki and contribute to the website itself. Staff can use wikipedia and other wiki websites to search for certain book titles and type in keywords to search materials, and research topics that pertain to the library.
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
was interesting because it was a whole wiki devoted to Libraries. It had stuff from gaming, technology and training, to searching for a job through tags and keywords.

Library 2.0

Icebergs highlight some of the issues that libraries face today with technology. I think that it is difficult to make certain decisions pertaining to technology. The disappearance of certain reference books and “just in case” collections is a growing fact. Technology is great and makes research easier, but there are still many obstacles, to be discussed.

While the more technology driven generation and advocates may enjoy coming to the library to be helped by robots and all kinds of futuristic machines there are those that would not. In this very complicated world there are always going to be people who are open-minded and thrive on change and those who need the print “just in case” collection. The major difference between the two groups is directly correlated with experience. A patron that uses the self check out machine is most likely to go online and do research for a paper than the one who would prefer to come into the library. Therefore programs like Library Geek are very useful tools in helping open minded individuals, overcome and learn how to navigate technology.
The Library can benefit from “tags” especially in the program department. I think that by placing tags on Library Programs and linking certain programs together, such as crafts, movies etc. Patrons could click on a topic of interest and through tags obtain information in groups. They can even subscribe to certain tags to let them know when these programs would become available, just as they receive e-mails about the holds they place.

technorati

This website has pictures which I love, but I feel like the actual search engine for blogs is not good enough. If you type in Oscar's it comes up with film school blogs and stuff that I really didn't want to see. Then I scroll down the list and finally get a blog with the title Oscar in it. I would expect that link to be at the top of my search.
The top 100 blogs were interesting.
#1 was The Huffington Post- that was a bit surprising to me because I feel like normally gossip and technology would beat out politics.
But don't worry TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip about Charlie Sheen didn't trail to far behind.

Del.icio.us

I'm not exactly a fan of Delicious. I think that the webpage layout is not visually appealing. I like pictures and icons all of which are not part of the website.

I the fact that you can see your bookmarked websites. The library could definitely incorporate this especially for librarians, by bookmarking websites that they often use. Delicious makes these websites easily available in researching at various computers in the library.

#12 Rollyo

This was harder to do then the rest because when I search topics I usually look through the websites to find a site that looks trust worthy. I don't have set places where I look to each time.
I created a search rolls that most people probably use on a daily basis. I called it am I sick? The reason I did that was because people are always looking up symptoms online to see if they have some death threatening illness. Sometime these sites might be helpful but many times these site just scare people- because they end up thinking they're dying.
This could help to job searches- and other websites to help weed out ads and sites that are not trust worthy.


http://rollyo.com/xine526/am_i_sick/

# A Thing about LibraryThing

I like LibraryThing- It's good and easy to look books up and add them to you catalog. I like the fact that it's linked to amazon and you can easily search by title, keyword, or ISBN # to quickly add items.

I like the tag options because you can keep searching for items easily, within the same topics and it gives you suggestions to look into.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Xine526

#10 Image Generators

It's a picture of me. From an image generator site I found http://www.writeonit.org/

I liked it more than letter James.

#9 Finding Feeds

Blogline’s Browse Categories Feature was my least favorite, there was a lot going on and the icons are small- not always geared towards what you were actually searching for.
http://www.syndic8.com/ website is not user friendly. It was too black and white.
http://technorati.com/ had pictures and categories that actually fit as well as sub categories which I found very helpful on my search.
In Technorati I found a few good technology and politic feeds.

#8 Make life “really simple” with RSS & a newsreader

I created the Bloglines account and added a few feeds that seemed cool or interesting. I felt that there was too much of a repetition with some feeds while searching to add. On the other hand if there was a website that you really wanted to follow it was easy to copy and paste the websites, just like following blogs.

#7 Blog about Technology

I love technology, with technology you can do anything. Specifically google- if someone mentions a person, movie, or anything else I can find out who or what they are and it's such a great tool.

I can even post pictures that I like!

#6 More Flickr Fun

http://cardkarma.com/explore/occasions/valentines-day/

I like this one because I can use photos from flickr, or upload my very own personal photo to use in my e-card. I can also use youtube videos to create my own personalized e-card to send to my friends and family <3

#5 Discover Flickr

I like this picture because it reminds me of when I was younger. When I was in elementary school Nintendo was so the newest best thing and I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas. I’m still not the best gamer; actually I would say I’m pretty sad when it comes to video games.

7 1/2 Habits :)

I think using technology to my advantage is the easiest for me. I grew up around technology and simple tasks like using Google come easily to me. Technology is all around us and to me it’s the simplest habit to use. Although I wish I could say the same thing about viewing problems as challenges. It is easy to make excuses and run the other way when challenges arise.