02/22/2008
Tagging! Yes! This is one of those things that's been on my list of to-dos for maybe a year or so. I have so many web bookmarks on my office computer & then my co-worker has numerous web bookmarks on her office computer as well as 2 other computers. Years back I kept a webpage of all of our links for sites we visited often in assisting patrons (students usually) with research. That webpage finally became so cumbersome that I took down the link several years ago. I always hoped to find some other way to quickly be able to use & share these valuable links. I happened upon Del.icio.us and thought, yes, this might work. I shared this with my co-worker, who said she'd look it over, but then that's about as far as it got. So now maybe is the time?
Furl -- I looked over their website and one thing that popped up as a good benefit was the option of achiving cashed websites which allows for you to always have access to the website as you viewed it even if the website is taken down.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thing 10 -- Wikis
02/22/2008
The wiki concept of collaborative authoring is interesting because of the ability of multiple people to add to, edit, update the topic content. The falldown is "who" is allowed to doing the adding, editing, updating to be able to ensure correct information is given.
I liked the BookLoversWiki and see this as a good use of a wiki. Although I found more books to add to my "need to read" list!
On the 23 Things on a Stick wiki I centered "Welcome to the", I italized "23 Things on a Stick", and I added the link "23 Things on a Stick BLOG page" -- (jd was here!) is me!
The wiki concept of collaborative authoring is interesting because of the ability of multiple people to add to, edit, update the topic content. The falldown is "who" is allowed to doing the adding, editing, updating to be able to ensure correct information is given.
I liked the BookLoversWiki and see this as a good use of a wiki. Although I found more books to add to my "need to read" list!
On the 23 Things on a Stick wiki I centered "Welcome to the", I italized "23 Things on a Stick", and I added the link "23 Things on a Stick BLOG page" -- (jd was here!) is me!
Thing 9 -- Online Collaboration Tools
02/26/2008 UPDATE
Well it took a little longer than I expected to get my "invite" ... that's 'cuz the e-mail invite was filtered into my junk e-mail. Luckily I ck'd my junk folder today and as I was going to empty it I saw the invite. So I went online & edited (actually used the "comments" feature) on the doc provided. This tool seems to be a great way to edit/comment a doc by multiple users. One downfall is that if a doc such as this was going to be worked on by multiple users it would be good to define how to do that first -- such as only using the comment feature & one person being responsible for the final edit or something such. I say this because you could see that different people worked with the document in different ways -- some just edited (that doesn't offer the tag of who did it) while others used the comment feature (which indicates who made the comment).
02/22/2008
hmmm ... just waiting for "invites" to be able to edit ....
In the mean time I think the idea & ability to edit this way could be a great tool.
Well it took a little longer than I expected to get my "invite" ... that's 'cuz the e-mail invite was filtered into my junk e-mail. Luckily I ck'd my junk folder today and as I was going to empty it I saw the invite. So I went online & edited (actually used the "comments" feature) on the doc provided. This tool seems to be a great way to edit/comment a doc by multiple users. One downfall is that if a doc such as this was going to be worked on by multiple users it would be good to define how to do that first -- such as only using the comment feature & one person being responsible for the final edit or something such. I say this because you could see that different people worked with the document in different ways -- some just edited (that doesn't offer the tag of who did it) while others used the comment feature (which indicates who made the comment).
02/22/2008
hmmm ... just waiting for "invites" to be able to edit ....
In the mean time I think the idea & ability to edit this way could be a great tool.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thing 8 -- Share Your Creations
Here are some pics of our Library Addition/Remodel as viewed from my office window. I used Picturetrail. I think that I will consider using this product to showcase our construction pics vs. what I used for our current slide show -- which was just the Adobe Photoshop Web Photo Gallery. Picture Tail did take me a little while to figure out but then there is always a learning curve with a new product.
Thing 7 -- Web 2.0 Communication Tools
02/20/2008
E-mail -- I have had e-mail for about 15 yrs. & I currently maintain 3 personal accts (1 for family/friends, 1 for personal business & 1 for "junk"), 1 work acct, and our 1 library acct. Our library acct doesn't get too much use but I still think it is a very important tool. I mainly use it for sending overdue notices, ILL notices, and communicating with distance students. On our library website we have it listed as as way to submit reference questions although responses are only generated during work hours.
IM -- We don't use this tool in our library but I have used it personally over the years. Back a few yrs ago while I was working on a degree it was VERY helpful while working on a group project. As each of us worked on a portion of a computer programming project we could easily keep in touch by sharing new ideas, asking questions, updating each other on our progress all while working in different geographic areas.
Text Messaging -- Again, we do not use this tool in our library but I use it multiple times on a daily basis and LOVE it! A while back my brother-in-law (older than me) asked me "why"?? He didn't see the advantages of it. My sister-in-law shared with me that my 13 yr old nephew used it to get himself out of a situation where he was visiting a friend and the friend's older brother was doing some questionable things with his friends. My nephew sent a text to his Mom to come get him vs. having to "call" and sound like a cry-baby.
Web Conferencing -- Whenever possible I use this tool and think that it is great for saving time & money on traveling to & from meetings and training. There are the downfalls when the technology isn't working at it's best. But I think the overall benefit outweighs the bad.
E-mail -- I have had e-mail for about 15 yrs. & I currently maintain 3 personal accts (1 for family/friends, 1 for personal business & 1 for "junk"), 1 work acct, and our 1 library acct. Our library acct doesn't get too much use but I still think it is a very important tool. I mainly use it for sending overdue notices, ILL notices, and communicating with distance students. On our library website we have it listed as as way to submit reference questions although responses are only generated during work hours.
IM -- We don't use this tool in our library but I have used it personally over the years. Back a few yrs ago while I was working on a degree it was VERY helpful while working on a group project. As each of us worked on a portion of a computer programming project we could easily keep in touch by sharing new ideas, asking questions, updating each other on our progress all while working in different geographic areas.
Text Messaging -- Again, we do not use this tool in our library but I use it multiple times on a daily basis and LOVE it! A while back my brother-in-law (older than me) asked me "why"?? He didn't see the advantages of it. My sister-in-law shared with me that my 13 yr old nephew used it to get himself out of a situation where he was visiting a friend and the friend's older brother was doing some questionable things with his friends. My nephew sent a text to his Mom to come get him vs. having to "call" and sound like a cry-baby.
Web Conferencing -- Whenever possible I use this tool and think that it is great for saving time & money on traveling to & from meetings and training. There are the downfalls when the technology isn't working at it's best. But I think the overall benefit outweighs the bad.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thing 6 -- Image Generator
02/19/2008
Once again from BigHugeLabs ... this time I tried the "Captioner" ... and here are my results.
Once again from BigHugeLabs ... this time I tried the "Captioner" ... and here are my results.
This is another fun tool that could be utilized in many ways ... just a little imagination and time is all that's needed!!
Think 5 -- More Flickr
02/19/2008
Puzzled?? I tried the jigsaw puzzle from BigHugeLabs ... and here we are!
Here's the web address if you'd like to try it:
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/jigsaw.php
I also tried "Spell" so here's some "attitude" for you ...
Jigsaws & "Spell" could both be fun options in a variety of ways ... I think especially for attracting kids.
Thing 4 -- Flickr
02/19/2008
I had already explored Flickr but only a little bit so this was a fun experience! I have a Yahoo account (my "junk" e-mail acct!) so it was easy to create a Flickr account & upload some pics. I tried out the Flickr blogging tool and found it very easy to use; I also went directly from blogspot and edited my posts that I had made from the Flickr blogging tool. All went smoothly.
As for uses I think that I might find Flickr a fun tool for at home use to share pics etc ... but I don't think that I would have the time to use this tool at work.
I had already explored Flickr but only a little bit so this was a fun experience! I have a Yahoo account (my "junk" e-mail acct!) so it was easy to create a Flickr account & upload some pics. I tried out the Flickr blogging tool and found it very easy to use; I also went directly from blogspot and edited my posts that I had made from the Flickr blogging tool. All went smoothly.
As for uses I think that I might find Flickr a fun tool for at home use to share pics etc ... but I don't think that I would have the time to use this tool at work.
A vew from my office window
Construction in progress as our Library Addition/Remodel began last summer ... this is the view from my 2nd floor office window.
Library Interior during Addition/Remodel
This pic shows posters that I added as aesthetics to somewhat cover up the temporary sheetrock that divides the current part of the library from the new addition. Our former view was a wall of windows to the outside ... we miss the natural light but the walls are only temporary.
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