Is this the end of the road?

I am done yes. You heard correctly I finally finsihed. So you don't have to worry about being exposed to my long posts ever again! Yes. I am really proud of myself for finishing and I'm glad that I joined this program. I learned about a lot of new technology that I could use, and I learned about new ways to use technology that I already knew about. If I could suggest one single change it would be two impractical ones. One I would suggesst that there be scheduled times for at least 2/3 of library staff to work on web 2.0 together in a lab maybe an hour or two before the library opens. I know that it would be really hard to work out everyone's schedule that way but I think it would help to provide people a specific time to work on this. That way no one has to rush through it without getting the chance to fully explore (which happened to me once or twice). Besides that working with other staff is vital to this program I beleive. My co-workers probably deserve at least 50% of the credit for my having completed this program simply throught the assistance and tips they offered. Now whether or not they want to claim that is another story...But I think it would be really beneficial to give everyone who does this program in the future a defined time to work on it together. Beyond that the program was a huge success and I definately plan to play around with the things I learned more and make my blog acutally look nice. So it's been a fun, frustrating, and fruitful experience that I say was completely worth it even if I never get an mp3 player

It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

I am almost finished; I am so excited about that. After everything is said and done I'm sure I'll be slightly sad. It's been fun learning about different resources on the web that I didn't even know were there before and seeing how these technologies are affecting the world today. I think my favorite learning experince has been a tie between the mashups and the rolleyo search tool. I loved rolleyo because of the easy convinece and innovative practicality of being able to design your own search...and mashup sites are just fun to play around with. I think web 2.0 has affected my life long learning goals by showing me just how much there is out there to learn. I love the internet, and I use it constantly, and I had no idea that there were so many ways to make my utilization of the internet easier, more precise, etc. I think this program has also affected my life long learning goals by making me more aware of the cross over between certain areas of knowledge. I have used a wiki before, and have one of my own, but I never thought of a wiki as a tool to be used in libraries before this program. After playing around with the wiki exercise and seeing all of the different groups that use them to communicate I realized what a great idea it was. So I think that in the future I will increase the fields of knowledge that I apply to a situation even incorporating ones that I might not believe would apply to the situtation. This will make me a more effective employee, and I think a more effective thinker in general which is always a good thing.

Rolleyo

I just played around with rolleyo and created two search roles for myself. It seems really cool; I have no complaints after having played around with it. It seems like a good tool for libraries to utilize. Instead of limiting the information accessable to them by searching under only one subject or looking for a specific book they would be able to expand the information available to them by tailoring their search engine. I think this is a tool that would certainly be invaluable to libraries in the future or the present

Here's my thing

Alright. So as we know from previous posts. I am a huge fan of librarything. It is an amazing tool that can be utilized in a lot of practical ways for personal and public use. Libraries can make create their own page on librarything as an extension of the virtual library. It's a really innovative and refreshing way of looking at virtual libraries, and I love that it gives information about the latest books published by certain authors. I really just like this tool because of the unique way that it gives booklovers to communicate with oneanother; I believe it can be used for libraries in the same way.

I spy with my little eye

I just tried to use the image generator for my post this week. I was going to go the relatively simple route of making a 3-d cd cover with a picture of a bird on it. My screen kept freezing unfortunately and I couldn't get it to stop. So just picture that cd cover and go to this website and play around because exploring the things that the site allowed me to do was actually kind of fun

http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/

vodcasts and libraries

I looked up both videos and podcasts and thought long and hard about how they apply to a library setting. Videos would be best for libraries I think. It would give libraries the chance to present new information to their patrons about their library. I can only see podcasts being used in libraries for events that are ongoing such as story times. Both serve as an interesting way to keep patrons instantly engaged with what is going on at their library. Seeing differnet information posted on a wiki, being informed through some type of instant messaging system, even seeing a photo album of past events on flickr, can't compare to seeing things live. Using videos and podcasts serve as a way to interest patrons on the spot making them more likely to seek out information about a library

The Best Podcast Ever

Is not on my blog. I tried to find one, but I didn't see any that seemed appropriate for my blog or for the purpose of proving any knowledge on my part of web 2.0 technology as it applies to podcasts. Overall I'd say that podcasts serve the exact same function as youtube videos in more general terms, and I perfer youtube. The one advangtage podcasts have is that you can use them when you're on the go or when you're at home.