THING #23

WELL, WHAT D'YA KNOW? I MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE... I'M GLAD I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO CHALLENGE MYSELF TO JOURNEY THROUGH THIS UNKNOWN TERRITORY.
I STRUGGLED WITH SOME OF THE EXCERCISES, BUT WITH PERSERVERANCE AND A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS I MADE IT THROUGH.
I ESPECIALLY LIKED BLOGLINES, LIBRARYTHING, YOUTUBE, AND OF COURSE THE GENERATORS... WHAT I LIKED LEAST WAS ROLLYO.
THANK YOU TO LOUISA AND TO MY CO-WORKERS THAT I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH SO MUCH.
I WOULD DEFINITELY TACKLE ANOTHER LEARNING CHALLENGE IF IT WAS OFFERED.

THING #22

AS I CHECKED OUT NETLIBRARY, I NOTICED THAT ALMOST ANY REFERENCE ITEM COULD BE FOUND. I TYPED IN THE KEYWORD "DIABETES" AND IT BROUGHT UP EVERY MANUAL OR BOOK WITH THAT WORD IN IT. IF YOU CLICK ON THE MANUAL IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THE CHAPTER AND PAGE THAT EXPLAINS DIABETES. THIS COULD PROVE VERY BENEFICIAL TO REFERENCE LIBRARIANS, TO STUDENTS LOOKING UP INFO FOR A PROJECT OR ANY PATRON TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT A CERTAIN SUBJECT. AS FOR FICTION TITLES, I COULDN'T FIND TOO MANY, BUT
NETLIBRARY IS A FAST-GROWING COLLECTION SO I GUESS WE SHOULD JUST GIVE IT TIME.
I LIKE THAT YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON "VIEW THIS PAGE" OR "VIEW THIS BOOK" AND IT WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.

YPL WEBSITE OFFERS MANY MORE FICTION TITLES FOR E-BOOKS. BUT THERE'S A CATCH. YOU NEED A LIBRARY CARD AND ONE OF 3 SOFTWARES DOWNLOADED.
I DOWNLOADED "ADOBE" ON MY HOME COMPUTER.

BOTTOM LINE -- I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH NETLIBRARY AND ITS USER-FRIENDLY METHOD.

THING #21

PODCASTING - I'M SO GLAD THAT I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THIS FORM OF TECHNOLOGY.
I LISTENED TO MANY, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS "NANCY PEARL BOOK REVIEWS." IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO READ NEXT, SHE CAN CERTAINLY ACQUAINT YOU WITH SOME EXCELLENT BOOKS. AND EVEN IF SHE IS REVIEWING A BOOK ON A SUBJECT THAT YOU ARE NOT TOTALLY INTERESTED IN, IT IS STILL ENJOYABLE TO JUST LISTEN TO HER COMMENTS.
http://www.kuow.org/podcast/NancyPearl20070820.mp3
I ALSO ADDED NANCY PEARL'S PODCAST TO MY BLOGLINES ACCOUNT.

AS FOR USING THIS FORM OF COMMUNICATION IN THE LIBRARY, SHORT PODCASTS COULD BE MADE TO EXPLAIN EACH OF THE NEW TECH THINGS THAT WE ARE LEARNING HERE. AND OF COURSE, THE PODCAST IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THROUGH TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE EDUCATIONAL OR FUN.
ONCE PATRONS OF ALL AGES KNOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE, THEY CAN NOT ONLY REFER TO BOOKS, BUT ALSO LISTEN TO A PODCAST ABOUT ALMOST ANY SUBJECT.

THING #20

I ORIGINALLY ADDED THIS VIDEO TO MY BLOG ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT AS I LOOKED OVER EVERYTHING I SAW IT DISAPPEARED, SO I'M ADDING IT AGAIN. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS TIME.

YOUTUBE IS A FUN SITE. HERE'S A VIDEO THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH.

WE CAN REFER PATRONS TO CERTAIN LIBRARY RELATED VIDEOS OR EVEN HAVE CONTESTS TO HAVE PATRONS CREATE THEIR OWN.

THING #19

THE "HEALTH" WEBSITE IS THE ONE I EXPLORED SINCE HEALTH & FITNESS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN JOIN A WEIGHT LOSS & FITNESS ON-LINE GROUP USING DAILY JOURNALING AND PEER SUPPORT WITH PEERTRAINER.

SECONDLY, YOU CAN SEARCH FOR ANYTHING HEALTH-RELATED WHETHER IT BE A DISORDER, A DRUG OR A TREATMENT WITH MEDSTORY.

AND FINALLY YOU CAN ACCESS HEALTH BLOGS WITH NEWS AND INSIGHTS AND BE REFERRED TO LINKS RELATING TO ANY QUERY WITH HELIA.

I LIKE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT PRIVATELY WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE.

LIBRARY STAFF CAN ESPECIALLY USE "PEERtrainer" TO JOIN OTHERS TO TRACK WEIGHT LOSS OR TO VIEW NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES. WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS WE STRIVE FOR BETTER HEALTH HABITS.

THING #18

WELL, I CREATED MY 1,000th ACCOUNT (JUST KIDDING), BUT IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT.
http://writer.zoho.com/index.do
I TRIED OUT SEVERAL DOCUMENTS ON ZOHO INCLUDING 2 EXCEL SHEETS, A MEETING FORM AND A NOTEBOOK PAGE. VERY EASY EVEN FOR "NOT-SO-SMART" PEOPLE LIKE ME.
TO ACCESS THIS FROM ANY COMPUTER IS A PLUS. I SEE "ZOHO" TO BE VERY USEFUL WHEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE WORKING A PROJECT. IT CAN BE WORKED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. AND YOU CAN SPECIFY WHO YOU WANT TO SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH OR YOU CAN MAKE IT PUBLIC TO ALL.

I HAD ONE PROBLEM WITH "ZOHO." I ADDED THE RESUME TEMPLATE TO MY ACCOUNT, (AND BY THE WAY, THERE ARE 50 TEMPLATES TO WORK WITH) BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T ACCESS IT ANYWHERE TO ACTUALLY CREATE ONE. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
THANKS SO MUCH TO LOUISA. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED.

THING #17

I CREATED A LOGIN ACCOUNT AS I SAID IN #16: http://momerr2212.pbwiki.com/
I ALSO ADDED MY BLOG TO http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/Favorite%20Blogs.
AND THEN I ADDED TO 3 OTHER "FAVORITE LISTS" - RESTAURANTS, MUSIC AND SPORTS STARS.
LIKED BEING ABLE TO VIEW OTHERS OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
AND I ADDED A POST TO THE SANDBOX WIKI:http://momerr2212.pbwiki.com/SandBox

THING #16

WELL, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THIS WIKI THING WOULD NOT BE GOOD SINCE ANYONE COULD EDIT IT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE OF OPIONATED POSTS. BUT AS I READ ON, I SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE CONTRIBUTORS WOULD NOT ALLOW FALSE INFORMATION TO BE POSTED AND WOULD CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY.

MANY LIBRARIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEW TOOL. FIRST, IT CAN BE USED FOR STAFF COLLABORATION. NO SINGLE STAFF MEMBER COULD KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT COLLECTIVELY THROUGH WIKIS, MUCH KNOWLEDGE CAN BE SHARED, SUCH AS REFERENCE PROCESSES, INFORMATION SOURCES, ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, TO NAME A FEW.
WIKIS CAN ALSO BE USED TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN STAFF AND PATRONS. SOME EXAMPLES ARE LISTING RECOMMENDED BOOKS, INFORMATION SHARING AND REVIEWS ON BOOKS, FEATURED AUTHORS, TUTORIALS AND RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS - WIKIS CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING.

I CREATED A WIKI SO I COULD SEE IT IN ACTION. I ADDED SEVERAL PAGES OF RECIPES.
http://momerr2212.pbwiki.com/
MY PASSWORD IS "LOLLIPOP" JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT.

http://pbwiki.com/?r=pob

THING #15

THE WORLD AND LIBRARY USERS ARE CHANGING AND THE LIBRARY STAFF MUST BE PREPARED AND UP TO SPEED WITH THE NEW TECNOLOGY TO BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES.
AFTER READING THE PERSPECTIVES ON LIBRARY 2.0, I SEE HOW THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE A SOCIAL AND EMOTIONALLY ENGAGING CENTER FOR LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE. MORE THAN JUST OFFERING NEW TOOLS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIAL SOFTWARE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE -- NOT FORCED ON PATRONS -- JUST AVAILABLE.
ONCE THE PATRONS BECOME EDUCATED AND KNOW HOW TO MANIPULATE THE TOOLS, THEN THE 2.0 CONCEPT AND LIBRARIES CAN OPEN UP MINDS TO A NEW WORLD.

THING #14

EXPLORED TECHNORATI - QUITE INTERESTING.
AS FOR "LEARNING 2.0" THERE WERE OVER 26,000 BLOG POSTS AND ABOUT 495 IN BLOG DIRECTORY.
THE MOST POPULAR BLOGS SEEM TO BE TECHNOLOGY RELATED. THEN ALSO YOU HAVE YOUR HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE BLOGS AND OF COURSE YOU SOCIAL BLOGS.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE TOP 20:
BOINGBOING
PROBLOGGER
TECHCRUNCH
PROFILEPITSTOP


I ALSO CLAIMED MY BLOG AND ADDED A WATCHLIST.

THING #13

I REGISTERED WITH DEL.ICIO.US AND I ADDED ICONS TO MY TOOLBAR TO CLICK AND ADD NEW WEBSITES QUICKLY AND EASILY. I WILL PROBABLY USE THIS MOSTLY WITH ADDING NEW RECIPES FOUND ON DIFFERENT SITES. I POSTED, SORTED AND TAGGED A FEW ALREADY AND FOUND OODLES OF THEM TAGGED BY OTHER USERS. IF I KEEP CLICKING I'LL END UP WITH MORE RECIPES THAN I'LL EVER NEED.
LOVE IT! NOW I MIGHT FINALLY BE ORGANIZED.

CHECK OUT MY ACCOUNT:
http://del.icio.us/MOMERR2212

THING #12

I CREATED 3 SEARCHROLLS AND I LINKED MY ACCOUNT TO MY BLOG. IT IS BENEFICIAL TO HAVE YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINES SO YOU COULD FOCUS ON THE SITES RELEVANT TO YOUR TOPIC. ALSO, I ENJOYED VIEWING OTHER PEOPLE'S SEARCHROLLS AND EXPLORING THE WEBSITES THAT THEY HAD LISTED.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY ACCOUNT:
http://www.rollyo.com/momerr2212/

THING #11

WELL, I ADDED ANOTHER ACCOUNT TO MY LIST. AND THIS ONE, LIBRARYTHING REALLY IS GREAT. BESIDES BEING ABLE TO SORT AND KEEP A LIST OF WHAT YOU'VE READ, RATE THE BOOK AND SEE THE CUMULATIVE RATINGS, YOU CAN READ OR WRITE REVIEWS (I'VE WRITTEN 3 REVIEWS SO FAR AND ENJOY READING OTHER READERS' OPINIONS), SEE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO READ NEXT AND CONNECT WITH OTHER READERS AND EVEN AUTHORS. I'VE ADDED MANY BOOKS SO FAR AND I USED "WIDGET" TO DISPLAY SOME OF THEM ON THIS POST. I THINK PATRONS THAT ARE SERIOUS READERS WILL JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO USE A WEBSITE SUCH AS THIS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT AND WILL USE IT A LOT.

THING #10

My dumpr
Originally uploaded by MONICA54

IT WAS FUN PLAYING WITH ALL THE IMAGE GENERATORS. HERE'S JUST 2 OF THE MANY THAT ARE AVAILABLE. YOU CAN BE SO CREATIVE WITH THESE GENERATORS AND REALLY MAKE AN IMPRESSION WITH YOUR WEB PAGES.

THINGS #8 AND #9

I SET UP MY BLOGLINES READER ACCOUNT.
I HAVE 11 FEEDS RIGHT NOW INCLUDING:

1. http://www.unshelved.com/
2. http://www.charlotte.com/
3. http://www.mydd.com/

RSS WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO A LIBRARY SYSTEM IN UPDATING LISTS OF NEW BOOKS, VIDEOS, MCD'S, ETC ON AN HOURLY BASIS. LIBRARY EVENTS COULD ALSO BE SEEN. IT COULD TRACK FAVORITE AUTHORS OR NEW MATERIAL IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT AREA FOR PATRONS AND PROVIDE LINKS THAT INTEREST THEM ALSO.

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/MOMERR2212

THING # 7

ENJOYED DOING THE RESEARCH ON NEW TECHNOLOGY. HEARD ABOUT THE NEW 789 DREAMLINER ON THE NEWS SO I CHECKED INTO IT FURTHER.
UNVEILED ON 7/8/07, WAS THIS TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED AND ENVIRONMENTALLY PROGRESSIVE 789 DREAMLINER AIRPLANE. LOOKS LIKE A GREAT RIDE TO ME AND WILL MAKE AN ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE TO AIRLINE PASSENGERS BECAUSE IT WILL USE LESS FUEL.


http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/news/2007/q3/070708b_nr.html

THING #6

My creation
Originally uploaded by MONICA54

THEY WALK YOU RIGHT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. VERY INTERESTING WHAT YOU COULD DO ON THIS SITE.

IF YOU LIKE BEN ROETHLISBERGER YOU CAN BLOG WITH HIM AT:
http://benroethlisberger.typepad.com/

THING #5

Good Lookin' Dog
Originally uploaded by Living in Monrovia

FIRST TIME IN FLICKR. REALLY NEAT!!

Here is a Poodle that looks just like my Shadow! Gorgeous creature, don't you think?

If you wish to learn more about this wonderful breed go to the following links:

: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle

: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2826/

1ST BLOG

Well, I read the 7 1/2 habits and I know that the toughest one for me to do is "To View Problems as Challenges." I like everything to flow smoothly, but I realize that it won't always be like that. For example, I deleted my 1st blog, accidentally, that is. But that might've been a good thing because now I can do it again, understanding it much better.
The easiest for me is "To Teach or Mentor Others." It builds up my own confidence.
Hopefully, I will learn a lot from these blogging excercises. I'm excited to begin (again!!).