Ok, So this week has definitely been the funnest and most informative. I am now subscribed to LonelyGirl15's youtube videos and have all summer to catch up...goodness.
I love the Web 2.0 awards cus it helped me find the best of the best of things I didn't even know you could be the best of! I love knowing that Meebo is there for me whenever I am on a foreign computer and can't download applications. IF ONLY OUR PATRONS KNEW THIS!
Pandora is like my boyfriend's dreamsite. He has very eclectic musictastes and is constantly changing stations. So being able to make his own station (something we have joked about before) is great!
One site I recognized was craigslist. It was good to see that a site I am familiar with had won an award.
Web 2.0...wow. The video was great. Beautiful!
It's past midnight and I have to work all day tomorrow. Nine hour shifts on Saturdays...the only thing I would change about working at the library!
(My mom walked in on me watching the Belly dancers from Artfest 2007 on Youtube...I had a hard time explaining to her how that was educational....:P)
Friday, May 25, 2007
Week #3
I first heard about Grokker in a library seminar that was required for my Freshman Composition class at UCF. They sped through the information so quickly that I couldn't get down where it was, so, I was overjoyed to have found it again! I like Grokker because I like colors (lol) and because I like being able to see "the big picture." Grokker also helps when you have a broad topic and you aren't sure where you want to go with it.
As I was searching for Mrs. Hodel's blog I stumbled across many of my co-workers blogs! It was funny, and a little eerie how easily I found them. But it is great for finding people who are doing the same things I am doing. I definitely got that small-world-after-all feeling and you don't get that often while searching online.
I think Learn 2.0 is fun. I wouldn't say that it works for or against my learning style as much as it *challenges* my learning styles. I don't really think about the lessons as learning because I enjoy them. I feel like my definition of learning has changed. In this era of knowledge explosion, learning is not always what you can recall from the past as much as it is knowing how to find the information you want when you need it. It is a scary and exciting thing!
As I was searching for Mrs. Hodel's blog I stumbled across many of my co-workers blogs! It was funny, and a little eerie how easily I found them. But it is great for finding people who are doing the same things I am doing. I definitely got that small-world-after-all feeling and you don't get that often while searching online.
I think Learn 2.0 is fun. I wouldn't say that it works for or against my learning style as much as it *challenges* my learning styles. I don't really think about the lessons as learning because I enjoy them. I feel like my definition of learning has changed. In this era of knowledge explosion, learning is not always what you can recall from the past as much as it is knowing how to find the information you want when you need it. It is a scary and exciting thing!
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Week #2
I have been writing in journals faithfully since I was about twelve years old. I didn't start really using the computer until I was fourteen. Since then I have been posting online and it is much easier because a) my handwriting is not above reproach b) the composition notebooks I was using would nearly burst at the seams and c) there is not much more room left under my bed to store all those journals!
I consider myself pretty computer savvy, but it's pretty bad that I didn't even know my work email address! Lol! I have had a Xanga blog and a Bolt blog. I love blogging site because it is so easy to post poetry for peer feedback. I don't write much poetry anymore but now that I have graduated high school it's easy to "spy" I MEAN keep in touch with my old classmates. ^-<
I can definitely see thread potentials for an ocls blogging site for patrons. Patrons' taxes are a majority of our funding so I think if they could express ideas freely we as a library system could improve at a pace more equal with the mindset of our constituency.
READER WARNING: My blogs are always long, skimming is your friend.
I consider myself pretty computer savvy, but it's pretty bad that I didn't even know my work email address! Lol! I have had a Xanga blog and a Bolt blog. I love blogging site because it is so easy to post poetry for peer feedback. I don't write much poetry anymore but now that I have graduated high school it's easy to "spy" I MEAN keep in touch with my old classmates. ^-<
I can definitely see thread potentials for an ocls blogging site for patrons. Patrons' taxes are a majority of our funding so I think if they could express ideas freely we as a library system could improve at a pace more equal with the mindset of our constituency.
READER WARNING: My blogs are always long, skimming is your friend.
Week #1: Bloggin'
ROTFL! Wow! That medieval help desk video is so being sent to all my friends! I really can't tell you how many times I see that happening with computers. It is definitely a challenge at the library to move forward as fast as technology is progressing while not leaving people behind. At Southeast and I'm sure other branches do this, we try to especially accomodate our older patrons who have not grown up during the technology explosion. I still get asked where our CARD catalogue is!
One thing I have noticed is that it is a two way street. Young people who are so used to fast, instantly accessible information don't seem to want to slow down to find the great information in books. As a college student, I know the struggle of trying to write a paper with 12+ sources due in two weeks. It is much easier to hop online and get on academic databases and print out articles relevant to my topic than get in my car and drive to the library and find the branch(es) that have the books I am looking for. As much as I ADORE our MAYL service and am a faithful user, time doesn't allow me to wait for library books that may have stronger information than the articles I find so easily.
One thing I have noticed is that it is a two way street. Young people who are so used to fast, instantly accessible information don't seem to want to slow down to find the great information in books. As a college student, I know the struggle of trying to write a paper with 12+ sources due in two weeks. It is much easier to hop online and get on academic databases and print out articles relevant to my topic than get in my car and drive to the library and find the branch(es) that have the books I am looking for. As much as I ADORE our MAYL service and am a faithful user, time doesn't allow me to wait for library books that may have stronger information than the articles I find so easily.
Friday, May 11, 2007
That was complicated!
Testing testing 1...2...3...Ok, be back later after I find my way around! *is excited* ^-^
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