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Friday, May 29, 2009
Thing 22: Staying Current
Life Long Learning.
I am truly grateful to have learned about these tools which I can use to continue learning and keeping up with world, life, technology, and library changes. However, I do need to say that 15 minutes a day is not enough time. Now I admit the RSS feeds make sorting through news of changes a little more accessible, but even though I am only subscribed to 4 feeds it takes time to go through all the "headlines" without reading the content. My account overflows......
Asking myself every day "What did I learn today" is the best idea! Adding this to my routine will definitely help my life long learning. I'm psyched to keep exploring.........
I am truly grateful to have learned about these tools which I can use to continue learning and keeping up with world, life, technology, and library changes. However, I do need to say that 15 minutes a day is not enough time. Now I admit the RSS feeds make sorting through news of changes a little more accessible, but even though I am only subscribed to 4 feeds it takes time to go through all the "headlines" without reading the content. My account overflows......
Asking myself every day "What did I learn today" is the best idea! Adding this to my routine will definitely help my life long learning. I'm psyched to keep exploring.........
Thing 21: Student 2.0 Things
I love both these tools. I think library staff as well as teachers and even parents are all aware of the last minute "I need to research topic X for a paper due tomorrow........
Providing links to these tools and promoting them is a great service library's can provide for students. The Teach Guide provides great tips for teaching the tool. Let's create a presentation introducing the use of these tools and take it on the road: !st to a Teacher's meeting so the Teachers are aware of it and then into the classroom to introduce it directly to the students.......
Providing links to these tools and promoting them is a great service library's can provide for students. The Teach Guide provides great tips for teaching the tool. Let's create a presentation introducing the use of these tools and take it on the road: !st to a Teacher's meeting so the Teachers are aware of it and then into the classroom to introduce it directly to the students.......
Thing 20: Books 2.0
Wow is this a lot to cover! Why does it have to be paper books vs e books? I think the future holds both and that what is important is that reading, culture, literature, etc continue. The format is not so important: a love of learning, of reading, and of life long learning is what is important (no matter what format we do it in).
I enjoyed my quick tour of many of these book 2.0 ways for sharing the love of books and reading. Books on my phone is a category that I will not be using personally, but will continue to be aware of in order to serve those for whom this is style of connectivity is important. (If we all have different learning styles, I suppose that we all have different communicating styles too: so it is important to be familiar with this technology.) I looked at DailyLit and at Twitterlit. I'm still not a Twitterer, but this Book 2.0 phone game is fun! It reminds me of the podcast "Who Said Literature Game" that I loved so much in the podcasting thing. Getting daily literature sent directly to an individual's phone can be great for those on the go -- if a book's not handy but your phone is this is a great way to keep reading.....
In the Reader's Advisory section, I already use What Do I Read Next (as well as Novelist). So I looked at Reading Trails. I liked it, but it needs to grow: The idea is cool and if anyone had read anything I read to get me started down trails, I would probably never stop. However, too few people (so far) are participating and they don't the same types of things I read (despite my very eclectic reading tastes). I'll keep checking back, who knows, maybe I'll start my own trail -- I like the idea of being a trail blazer.....
I looked at several of the online book communities and am glad to be aware of them but personally will stick with LibraryThing and Goodreads.com.
Book group resources was a wonderful selection of resources. I glanced at each of them and thought that they were very helpful and informative. My absolute favorite, however, was Open Culture. It includes lists (plural lists) of FREE online courses! Oh I will be using this site the rest of my life........
The Book Reviews selection I was less enthused with. I already use several book review sites that were not included in this list. I like the ones I'm using better. Of course I get to them through my bookmarks on my computer at work and I am currently at home so what are the sites I use? Powell's is the only one I remember. But I also just do a google search with the book title in quotes followed by the word review and often find the odd gem that way.
I enjoyed my quick tour of many of these book 2.0 ways for sharing the love of books and reading. Books on my phone is a category that I will not be using personally, but will continue to be aware of in order to serve those for whom this is style of connectivity is important. (If we all have different learning styles, I suppose that we all have different communicating styles too: so it is important to be familiar with this technology.) I looked at DailyLit and at Twitterlit. I'm still not a Twitterer, but this Book 2.0 phone game is fun! It reminds me of the podcast "Who Said Literature Game" that I loved so much in the podcasting thing. Getting daily literature sent directly to an individual's phone can be great for those on the go -- if a book's not handy but your phone is this is a great way to keep reading.....
In the Reader's Advisory section, I already use What Do I Read Next (as well as Novelist). So I looked at Reading Trails. I liked it, but it needs to grow: The idea is cool and if anyone had read anything I read to get me started down trails, I would probably never stop. However, too few people (so far) are participating and they don't the same types of things I read (despite my very eclectic reading tastes). I'll keep checking back, who knows, maybe I'll start my own trail -- I like the idea of being a trail blazer.....
I looked at several of the online book communities and am glad to be aware of them but personally will stick with LibraryThing and Goodreads.com.
Book group resources was a wonderful selection of resources. I glanced at each of them and thought that they were very helpful and informative. My absolute favorite, however, was Open Culture. It includes lists (plural lists) of FREE online courses! Oh I will be using this site the rest of my life........
The Book Reviews selection I was less enthused with. I already use several book review sites that were not included in this list. I like the ones I'm using better. Of course I get to them through my bookmarks on my computer at work and I am currently at home so what are the sites I use? Powell's is the only one I remember. But I also just do a google search with the book title in quotes followed by the word review and often find the odd gem that way.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thing 18: Social Networking
Well, this proves it: I'm officially old . For this Thing I signed up for Facebook. Sign up was easy but tedious: All that friend searching and not one person from either of my high schools is on Facebook. Only one of my email contacts has a Facebook page (of course we already stay in touch by email...). I must be antiquated.......
I created a Myspace account a while back getting ready for Teen Tech Week. I learned to create skins, friend people, etc. I don't see the point for myself personally, but professionally I'm glad to know about this so I can help patrons be aware of Internet safety practices as well as be of some technical assistance if needed.
I do think it is important to have a Library presence on social networks because this is where many people do lots of communicating and networking. Having a library presence in the social networks is another important way for us to reach out and serve our worldwide communities.
I created a Myspace account a while back getting ready for Teen Tech Week. I learned to create skins, friend people, etc. I don't see the point for myself personally, but professionally I'm glad to know about this so I can help patrons be aware of Internet safety practices as well as be of some technical assistance if needed.
I do think it is important to have a Library presence on social networks because this is where many people do lots of communicating and networking. Having a library presence in the social networks is another important way for us to reach out and serve our worldwide communities.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thing 17 Podcasting
I tried the Educational Podcast directory first. It was an easy to browse directory and I immediately found this incredible podcast: "Who Said A Literature Game Delivered as a Podcast." It's great fun to listen to the passage and guess the character speaking, the novel, and the author. Each Podcast begins with the answer to the previous passage and a listing of participants who guessed correctly. I love it.....
I then tried Podcast.com. Browsing was a little confusing at first as I did not immediately understand the "Channels." I did find a directory in the lower right quadrant that I found easier to navigate, but was having a hard time finding an interesting (to me) topic to listen to. So I tried the search feature. Bingo! I tried PBS and got lots of interesting choices and then tried NPR and got more. NPR's Florida Stories podcast is great!
Podcastalley.com was easy to browse. I didn't find anything new and exciting, but that could be because its getting late and I'm tired. I went back and found some great podcasts here as well and still find the browsing and searching very intuitive.
However, I give up: I cannot figure out how to put the great podcasts i found onto this blog. So I will insert links to the podcast sites so you all can try them out from the podcast home pages. Sorry I can't get a click and go version inserted into my blog.
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