"IF YOUR NOT RIDING THE WAVE OF CHANGE....
YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF BENEATH IT".
Right after I finished Thing 7, I went to lunch and this saying was on the wall by my booth. It says it all!!!!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Thing 7
First I got signed into my Yahoo mail and my winking avatar showed up with an email. That was kind of fun. We use Internet Explorer here at our library. I printed off alot of the information on all of the subjects. I'm sure that I can use some of the helpful hints. I did not set up anything yet for instant messaging. As of now, I'm not a fan of text messages and maybe I'll change my mind about it in the future.
The video by Stephen Benedict--How Stuffworks was pretty interesting. I have never heard of Elkhorn coral before and how they harvest coral.
In Google talk regarding instant communication-chatting, I find no use for that right now in my job. Maybe if I had free time and wanted to chat to a friend, I might try it.
I'm old fashioned yet. I still prefer face to face communication. Someone told me not too long ago, that emailing sometimes can come across meaning something totally different than what the emailer was originally trying to say. Email is an excellent tool and has saved me alot of time. Several of the meeting notices I receive by email are now posted daily as to where before I would receive them by mail and sometimes they would arrive late.
Currently library patrons that chose to, receive notices from our library by email stating that their item or items that they requested are in, also any materials that are overdue or lost.
I can see that by the Library Journal that I am behind in the times with IM. With 11 million Americans using it in the corporate world, I imagine that libraries are not far behind. I could see where IM with reference could be a great tool.
The video where the gentleman proposed to his future bride thru text messaging was really fun to watch. Some of the videos I couldn't hear very well. Access to the reference collection was an interesting on along with the UC Mercel students loving the library and viewing the different parts of the library and how QUIET it was.
Went into Minitex Webinars and looked at the different types of Web Conferences. Checked out the Podcast about OPAL and listened to part of what Tom Peters had to say. I have participated in a couple of WEB conferencing sessions for training purposes. I signed on Connexion Client 2.0-The Express Tour with Mark Wilhelim. I tried to download it but all I got out of it was a loud blast into my headphones which needless to say, my ears rang for about an hour after that.
Thing 7 seemed to go on for ever and I do have alot of the materials printed off for future reference. Face to face communication is still the best but with our fast changing technology all of the options can be put to good use.
The video by Stephen Benedict--How Stuffworks was pretty interesting. I have never heard of Elkhorn coral before and how they harvest coral.
In Google talk regarding instant communication-chatting, I find no use for that right now in my job. Maybe if I had free time and wanted to chat to a friend, I might try it.
I'm old fashioned yet. I still prefer face to face communication. Someone told me not too long ago, that emailing sometimes can come across meaning something totally different than what the emailer was originally trying to say. Email is an excellent tool and has saved me alot of time. Several of the meeting notices I receive by email are now posted daily as to where before I would receive them by mail and sometimes they would arrive late.
Currently library patrons that chose to, receive notices from our library by email stating that their item or items that they requested are in, also any materials that are overdue or lost.
I can see that by the Library Journal that I am behind in the times with IM. With 11 million Americans using it in the corporate world, I imagine that libraries are not far behind. I could see where IM with reference could be a great tool.
The video where the gentleman proposed to his future bride thru text messaging was really fun to watch. Some of the videos I couldn't hear very well. Access to the reference collection was an interesting on along with the UC Mercel students loving the library and viewing the different parts of the library and how QUIET it was.
Went into Minitex Webinars and looked at the different types of Web Conferences. Checked out the Podcast about OPAL and listened to part of what Tom Peters had to say. I have participated in a couple of WEB conferencing sessions for training purposes. I signed on Connexion Client 2.0-The Express Tour with Mark Wilhelim. I tried to download it but all I got out of it was a loud blast into my headphones which needless to say, my ears rang for about an hour after that.
Thing 7 seemed to go on for ever and I do have alot of the materials printed off for future reference. Face to face communication is still the best but with our fast changing technology all of the options can be put to good use.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Things 6 Online Image Generators
This was alot of fun. A little confusing at first. I love the trading card idea. Tried the mosaic maker working with photos. I created a trading card and saved it to my computer.
I created two license plates, one with the Minnesota decal and one with the Iowa decal. I see I mispelled woman and I thought I had edited it, but no such luck. I found this thing interesting and a little easier to complete. I also added a cute puppy picture to my blog. ToonDoo seems like that would be interesting also but who has this much time to fool around. I know I sure don't.
I don't like the fact that the web page expires too soon.
I created two license plates, one with the Minnesota decal and one with the Iowa decal. I see I mispelled woman and I thought I had edited it, but no such luck. I found this thing interesting and a little easier to complete. I also added a cute puppy picture to my blog. ToonDoo seems like that would be interesting also but who has this much time to fool around. I know I sure don't.
I don't like the fact that the web page expires too soon.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Thing 5
I went into "Ten Best Flickr Mashups" and snooped around in there. I created a badge and that was fun. I printed that off rather than save it.
I went into Clockr, Big Huge Labs, Spell with Flickr(I didn't care for that--too dark to read the instructions, etc)splashr and create puzzles. My favorite one is Flickr Color Pickr because I love to decorate using lots of color. My blog now has lots of color. I really like this feature and would use it alot.
I went into Clockr, Big Huge Labs, Spell with Flickr(I didn't care for that--too dark to read the instructions, etc)splashr and create puzzles. My favorite one is Flickr Color Pickr because I love to decorate using lots of color. My blog now has lots of color. I really like this feature and would use it alot.
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