23 Things on a Stick--Round 2

Somehow, best intentions aside, I was stalled in completing the 23 things the first time around. Thanks to 23 Things for opening it up again. Hopefully I will make better progress this time around. I have found the time demands greater than the 15 minutes implied by one of the earlier writers.

Thing #7

Web communication tools. Though I am familiar with each of the tools, I have used only two. E-mail is definitely an intregal part of my work and personal life. The article about productivity had some helpful suggestions. My work e-mail is continuously updated. I will reset it for less frequent updating. I have used web conferencing several times, both MINITEX webinars (Setting up a Google Homepage) as well as web conferences through continuing education. The web conferences are a great way to learn without travel, housing and time costs with conferences.

Before it would be practical to use IM or text messaging, I would have to begin to use it personnally. At this point, I am not ready to add the tool for time and cost reasons. Because the population most likely to use IM and Texting is the population group that libraries are most likely to lose, it seems like a good tool to incorporate into the library communication toolbox.

Thing #6

This is how I spent my evening and before I knew it the evening was gone. I did like the concept of trading cards. I presently use a set of cards in some of the library classes to illustrate the Dewey classification system. It would be great to have a complete deck of cards. I haven't figured out how to make the program do what I want yet but may be worth the effort.



Here is another item from the image generators.

Thing #5

The reading challenge for the winter is to read enough books (or chapters) to match the current year. Go readers.

It took me a minute or so to realize that I needed to copy the Html to move it to the blog.

It worked great.

Thing #4 again

I wanted to do more with Flickr so I created my own account. I have added a couple of pictures from our library. One in particular I plan to share with one of the classes. This particular group of students doesn't seem to realize the mess they leave after they leave the library. I hope by showing them the picture they will see the need to be more careful and responsible. It will certainly be an opportunity to encourage better library behavior.

I am not sure why the picture from Flickr is not showing up in my posting. However, you can view the picture by clicking on the X in the picture box. Can anyone tell my what I am doing wrong? I followed the directions provided on 23 things on a stick blog.

Thing 4

I had fun looking through some of the Flickr collections. I enjoyed the results of my search of National Park photos. As I narrowed the search to specific national parks I have visited, it was fun to see if I could recognize where the pictures were taken.

It seems appropriate to add one of mine. Grand Teton National Park.

I'll bet you didn't know that Grand Tetons are the retirement home of Jabba the Hut.

Thing #3

My comments will reveal what a newbie I really am. I had never heard of RSS. As we started our blogs and were encouraged to read and comment on the blogs of others, I wondered how I would have the time to wander in and out of the blogs on 23 things or other blogs I might choose to visit. It hardly seems worth it when I thought I will visit once and never make it back. I can see how the RSS can be a huge time saver. I look forward to using Bloglines to streamline and even expand my information gathering.

I have a follow up to Thing #2. I was reading through Ruth's blog at http://nlln23.blogspot.com/. She referred to an article by Marshall Kirkpatrick listing objections to applying Library 2.0/Web 2.0. I personally used a few of those objections. It is an interesting read. See the following web address. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ten_common_objections_to_socia.php

I haven't looked through the rest of the Things, but I hope one of them will walk me through how to do these links without writing out the web address.