Thank you to the wild birds!

Sites 4 Students

2008-01-27T18:24:00.000-08:00

NoteMesh looks like a great tool for taking, sharing and perfecting class notes. I don't see a use for it in the KRL workday. It would be great to let students know about these tools available on the web.

CoMindWork has some great project management tools I hope to spend more time checking out. You can keep track of multiple projects and connect to a Wiki or/and Blog.

Twitter

2008-01-21T18:00:00.000-08:00

Twitter is more like small talk on the web. The twitters I viewed were twittering about their day, what they were eating, the weather and other day to day happenings.

You need to be spontaneous with your twittering. I am not fond of twitter and find it hard to visualize a use for it in my workday at the library. Twitter would be fun to use with my grandchildren.

Facebook

2008-01-13T14:30:00.000-08:00

Facebook and My Space could be of value to public library social networking groups. I agree with Meredith Farkas when she writes that libraries cannot just create a page in Facebook with the libraries picturer and call it good. There needs to be more substance, something to not only draw people to the site but keep them interacting with it. Book talks, feedback on programs, music reviews and much more could be discussed here.

Wiki Week 2

2008-01-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

I added a brief piece on the History of the Bainbridge Branch Library on the Bainbridge Branch Library practice Wiki.

A Wiki would be a great tool for KRL frontline staff to share ideas, shortcuts and things they learn when using Workflows. We could use a Wiki to share ideas and information when we do an upgrade on Sirsi.

Wiki

2007-12-30T14:03:00.000-08:00

The krl2pt0 practice Wiki is a great idea. This gives us the opportunity to practice and at the samt time come up with ideas for the use of a Wiki. KRL could have a Reader's Advisory Wiki. This would be great fun.

Frontline staff could use a Wiki to discuss challenges and solutions to those challenges. This is another new tool to learn and use.

YouTube

2007-12-30T12:49:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed watching the YouTube videos. The shipment crate video with Dottie Mae is great. I can see YouTube or something like it being used for training on a number of subjects. Viewing the topic, hearing it explained and being able to view at your leasure are all positives. I watched a grade school student in Ireland show how to made a snowman out of tissue paper. He did a great job. If he can do it we can.

Library Thing

2007-12-02T15:26:00.000-08:00

Library Thing made me think about all the books I have read and some of my favorites to post. I plan to use Library Thing to keep track of what I read and to create lists of suggested reading. Martha Bayley gives great book talks, I usually read everything she suggests.

Flickr

2007-12-02T15:01:00.000-08:00

I really enjoyed the lesson on Flickr. I have a Flickr account and added some sunflower pictures. I looked at the groups list and viewed some photos by a Bainbridge Island group. The photos in Flickr are easy to search and view. I plan to add more photos when I get the time. I will set them up to be viewed by people I select.

Podcasts

2007-12-02T12:39:00.000-08:00

This was fun. There are so many podcasts out there you could spend all your time viewing or listening to them. I listened to some poetry being read in one podcast. In another podcast called 'The Irish Snowman' I watched a grade school child discribe how he made a snowman out of tissue, cardboard and newspaper. This just proves that podcasting as a training tool is so easy even a child can do it. I ran across podcasts of music, cooking, gardening and photography. The potential uses for podcasting are many, I hope to see some being used by KRL in the coming year.

RSS

2007-11-25T17:04:00.000-08:00

The week on RSS is taking more time than I planned. I can see where this could be usefull as long as you don't get carried away with to many links. There is so much information out there it is hard to keep up on all of it. Organizing your RSS links is key to successfully using them.

Delicious

2007-10-21T09:29:00.000-07:00

I love Delicious. I have a long long favorites list on my home computer. I can now select the ones I wish to tag in Delicious and get rid of the rest. Having the ability to group and search my tags is a real plus.

The uses for Social Bookmarking are endless. KRL can use Social Bookmarking for training: refresher training, customer service training, supervisor training, time management training to name just a few. Quick access to information is another reason to use Social Bookmarking. We can tag a site with valid demographics information, updated local orgainzations directories and more.

I tagged Advantages in Blogs: Five reasons why I like Blogs. This is a good site to go to if you are still confused about the purpose of Blogs. Libraries using Podcasting and Social Bookmarking are two other sites I tagged.

Museums are a favorite web crusing passtime of mine. I tagged the Louvre Museum and the British Museum in my Delicious account. If anyone knows of any museum that has a great web site please share with me.

This weeks lesson has been both fun and informative.

2007-10-14T17:56:00.000-07:00

7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners.

We are always learning. Become a proactive learner. Take a class, become involved in your community, take up a sport, join a book group, read. Atitude is everything when it comes to learning. Accept responsibility for your learning. Have confidence in what you do, mistakes can present you with a challenge that might lead you in a new exciting direction.

Technology can present you with the tools to make learning fun and interesting. KRL2pt0 is presenting us with some tools we can use in our work and private lives. One of the best ways to really learn something well is to teach it. Teach a class on knitting, a foriegn language, using the KRL Library Catalog, or coach a childrens sports team.

Set up a contract with yourself. What is your learning goal or goals? What do you need for tools to acomplish your goal? Do you need help? Who can give you that help?

Don't forget to make learning fun through play. Keep an open mind and let the learning begin.