2005 Miami U. Cheezies a cappella: Facebook Song

Now I have 10 Facebook friends. :)

Facebook

I joined Facebook and found that I already know several folks on it, though it does seem to be a younger crowd. In Facebook, I signed up for Library 2.0 Interest Group -- A place to connect with librarians, MLS students, LIS faculty, patrons, and anyone else interested in Library 2.0 concepts and services. Mentioned in SLJ! We are the biggest librarian group on Facebook. All members can post items now.

WilliamTellOverture

This is too funny. Must be shared

Geekipedia

This is from the Puyallup Fair, which we finally got to this week. I always enjoy the hobby hall and this year I especially liked looking at the photography exhibit. Maybe I’ll submit something next year.

On a different note, I read Wired Magazine because it always gives me interesting, cutting edge info. This issue they included a Geekipedia and I find I’m happily reading through it. Learned about the artist, Banksy – I’d like to see some of his work. And I learned the term Crowdsourcing, which is to have the internet masses work on new ideas for a company. Threadless, a t-shirt company, is an example of this. I really like some of their t-shirts :).

School Library Learning 2.0 Week 9, Exercise 23 -- Summarize/Reflect

What were our favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?

I really enjoyed trying new tools and then blogging about it. The blogging forced me to take the time to actually consider what I was doing. Flickr and its mashups were just plain fun. And how did I survive without an RSS feed and Del.icio.us? I use them everyday now. I know that I’m going to return again and again to the Sandbox wiki and Ning when I need inspiration.

How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?

Parts of the learning stretched my comfort level, but yet I completed each task. This provided me with a sense of accomplishment that I have noticed is transferring into other areas. I’m creating a PowerPoint presentation with photos & video in it. Haven’t done that before, but how hard can it be? (says the woman who completed the Library2.0 class).

Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?

Well, by using mashups I can put very cool messages in my two nieces MySpace accounts now. They like that.

And I was surprised to meet so many interesting library people via Ning and blogs.

What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept? Nothing comes to mind off hand.

The most important thing to do now is to create Library 2.1 :)

If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you choose to participate?

You betcha and now that I know how great it is, I’ll talk my library friends into joining me.

How would you describe your learning experience in ONE WORD or in ONE SENTENCE, so we could use your words to promote CSLA learning activities?

Empowering

Enlightening

Inspiring

Librarians should, no must, lead the way to empower patrons with the technology skills that are needed to succeed in today’s quickly changing world.

This isn’t your mother’s reference service!

What do you want to say to the folks that brought you this online learning experience? (I added that question).

Thank-you so much. It’s been a blast!

School Library Learning 2.0 Week 9, Exercise 22 – eBooks & Audiobooks

I went to World EBook Fair’ Site and explored the free downloads available from the Gutenburg Project. While there, I downloaded Basil by Wilkie Collins. I’ve recently enjoyed Wilkie Collin’s other books including The Moonstone and Woman in White.My elementary school library has some books on tape and CD and the students check them out with a copy of the book.

I especially enjoyed the LibriVox: free audiobooks. While many of the works are just too old for my students, the Aesop’s Fables would work beautifully in my fairy tale & fables unit. I also discovered many of the traditional fairy tales.

I also tagged Best Places to Get Free Books - The Ultimate Guide in my delicious account for future reference.

School Library Learning 2.0 Week 9, Exercise 21 - Podcasts

Oh happy days, I already know something about podcasts since I do enjoy an iPod. I explored several of the directories and found iTunes the easiest with Yahoo Podcast in second place. I added Science Friday to my Google Reader and noticed when I opened by iTunes account that it was also downloading there. Just can’t get enough of Science Friday!

And on a note that has nothing to do with libraries or education – my daughter and I have a favorite podcast called DogBlog TV. The link is http://www.dogblogtv.com/. It is available on iTunes and YouTube or right on their webpage. This is a great example of individuals creating a podcast and getting international play.

My daughter wants to create a podcast now. Sounds like a job for Library 2.1!