Monday, December 1, 2008

What I thought of learn and play

I think Learn and Play was great! it provided me with new tools to help our customers. I learned an enormous amount of information while working on the 23 things. I really struggles with Flicker and attaching the picture I chose to my blog. But once I got past that, it was a breeze.

The things I liked most were, RSS feeds and setting up my own Blogline newsreader account. I also liked Librarything and plan to use it on a regular basis.

I wasn't too crazy about twitter or delicious. I don't think I have the personality to use them on a regular basis.

Now that I'm finished, I can see the value (as it relates to my job) of knowing how to use the information I learned from Learn & Play! It was worth the time and we as librarians need to keep exploring what's out on the web in order to remain librarian 2.0s.

Thing 22 MOLDI

Moldi is way easier than I could have imagined. You can search any kind of media. I really like that you can download both fiction and nonfiction books. I found that there aren't many e-books for teens. I think it will be neat to listen to a classic like Great Expectations on the computer. I already dowloaded it to my computer. It was easy to do!

thing 21 podcasts

There were many podcasts about library news. I really liked Podcast Alley the best. It was easy to use and not too overwelming with information. Podcast are usefull if you want to listen to the information. I think libraries could use podcasts as a cost effective way to do trainings and workshops.

Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHX2mvFVQMs
I chose this video because it reminds me of true library public service.

I really like the different tabs like videos, channels, and community. it narrows the videos. You could possibly use a youtube post in a presentation when relivant.

Thing 19 CML's 2.0 tools

My favorite thing in the power toold was boingboing. it really does seem to have information about everything. A very near directory.

thing 18 Discovering web 2.0 toold

I used the short list and decided to pict something I was not familiar with. So, I chose Lulu.com.
You can create, by or sell books with the help of this site. I think it is neat that you can download photos and create you owm book or calendar. Then publish and sell them on this site.

Thing 17 Google Docs

I never knew!

This is a great resource. I'll never need to buy microsoft office again. I could use this in conjunction with schools when scheduling visits. Or I could use this with the Ready to Read tactical plan where we have ambassadores and regularly have to communicate and share documents with action for children.

I think we could be showing our customers googl docs