Amber's Mom

Week 9 #23 Summary

2007-09-18T06:24:00.000-07:00

I did learn about some interesting things on this journey.
I did not know what wikis, pods, etc were.

This program has highlighted the fact that I do not do well with self-learning.

I do much better with classroom structure and a teacher.

I was not really surprised to find out that I am definitely technologically challenged.

I would learn this better with a teacher.

I did not choose to participate this time. I felt forced to do it.

If I really wanted an MP3 player , I would have purchased my own. I am not going to know what to do with it anyway.

My learning experience was frustrating to say the least. I was often in tears or close to it.
I do not have the time to spend hours everyday on the computer. I do not have the desire to spend my time there.

I want to read actual books that I hold in my hand, curled up in a comfy chair or laying in bed or best yet, out on my deck swing.

I enjoy the outdoors. I have enough trouble keeping up with all the junk e-mail I get everyday.

I love the computer for e-mail, chatting, shopping, searching.

I do not want to read lots of RSS feeds everyday. I do not have time that I want to spend reading other peoples blogs, etc.

I have definitely learned that all this technology is not for me.

I would like to know how to use my digital camera and how to share pictures by e-mail.

Whenever I read the directions and follow through on something, I cannot do it again. I have not really learned it.

I need to be shown, then talked through it and have to do it a few times to really learn it.

I must say, I am glad this experience is over.

Week 9 #22 audiobooks

2007-09-18T06:04:00.000-07:00

I was able to sign up for Net Library.

I downloaded the book "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" by Erma Bombeck.

When I first downloaded it, I could play it.

When I go back to it, I don't know how to play it. I can only download it again.

I wanted to download it to a CD but can not seem to figure out how to do that.

This is all very, very discouraging to me.

I feel totally stupid.

I don't understand why I have to go through this.

Week 9 #21 Podcasts

2007-09-15T07:35:00.000-07:00

I looked at some podcasts and some of them are neat. there sure are alot of them out there.

I dont understand how to get the rss feed for it on my blog page.

Things that I dont know how to do frustrate me.

I also keep losing the pages I need. then I have to start over.

Some of the podcasts I was interested in, I couldnt get to play.

I do not like the computer world.

I liked the childrens book radio and subscribed to it but do not know how to put the rss feed on my blog page.

Week 9 #20 You Tube

2007-09-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

I liked many of the videos on You Tube.

I like the McDonalds commercials and I like the pets & animals.

I was not able to view alot of them. I couldn't figure out the problem but they wouldn't play. the screen stayed black with a circle moving around. The ones that did play started right away.

I viewed a McDonalds one once and then couldn't get it to play again.

I think I have an aura that is against technology. I have incredible, unusual problems when I am dealing with computers.

I tried to put a You tube video on my blogger. It said it would be there. so far, I haven't seen it there but who knows. Maybe it still is coming. We can only hope.

The Most Amazing Dog!

2007-09-14T09:13:00.001-07:00

Sandbox wikis

2007-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:00

I did leave an entry on the sandbox wikis about my favorite breed of dogs.

I did enter my blog there.

Week 8 #19

2007-09-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

From the Web 2.0 awards list, I explored Biblio.com.

It is a site for searching for used books, rare books and out-of-print books.

When you buy books from them you are supporting literacy and education.

They have used portions of their profits to help build 7 community libraries in south america.

I searched for the used book, Carbonel by Barbara Sleigh.

This book is not as hard to find or as expensive since it has been recently re-published.

Many of the books are from the UK but they have converted the money to U.S. dollars.

I like the site. It is fun to search for books. Anything related to books is applicable for a library setting.

Week 8, #18 Online tools

2007-09-11T12:13:00.000-07:00

I signed up for Zoho and typed a document.

I will try to move it here if I can figure out how. This is it as follows. I moved it from Zoho to Microsoft word and then cut and pasted it here.

I am using this online word processing software.

It does not seem much different then other word processing.

It is cool that you can get it free online.

Week 7 #16 Wikis

2007-09-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

Wikis are useful for many things such as book reviews, sharing community events and info such as best mechanic, restaurants, etc.

In wikis the information is edited, changed rewritten. It is collaborative writing, pooling knowledge, exchanging ideas.

It is good for something where the subject changes or needs frequent updating.

Wikis are good for library staff for policies, information, projects, conferences, innovative things and collective knowledge of the library community.

Library sucess wiki http://www.libsuccess.org

the content is collaboratively developed and web editing is easy. Internally we can share info among librarians and externally we can share online with the community.

The largest wiki is wikipedia. the first wiki was wikiwikiweb.

#15 The future of Libraries

2007-08-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

Libraries are making use of the open, programmable web.

There will eventually be less in print collection. Patrons will read on the computer.

Technology is being made easier by one button commands and easy-to-use programs.

Library services will come to the patron (user) through the computer.

instant messaging allows librarians to meet users online.

Recent professional articles are easy to obtain online.

Librarians help users become their own programming director for the content available to them.

Technology is impacting the library.

Personally, I do not like reading on the computer. I prefer my book in print.

http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/advocacy.htm

I found this article very interesting . It is about the technological advancement of one library system.

2007-08-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/

http://www.bookblog.net/

http://themillionsblog.com/

These are some library related blogs I found.

technology

2007-08-15T08:36:00.000-07:00

I am fascinated and amazed at the technology that is out there now.

I really like all that you can do with pictures, store them, print them, e-mail them.

It is really cool.

I wish I could understand and wasnt so uncomfortable about it all.

Week 6

2007-08-10T08:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.technorati.com/pop/

http://del.icio.us/

I do not understand the need for tags. They dont make much sense to me.
They are the same such as books, bookstores.

I put some of my favorites in delicious but I dont see this as being useful for me.

I am fine with them in favorites.

Rollyo

2007-08-10T07:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.rollyo.com/dashboard.html

I made a search tool for books and for travel.

our "happy" place

2007-08-03T09:04:00.001-07:00

our "happy" place, originally uploaded by Supercapacity.

This looks so peaceful to me. I love looking at the water.

This was my attempt at generating an image. I don't think I did it right but, I didn't understand it. I kept asking people but no one would actually show me. Mine is just someone else's picture that I liked. I got it from a generating image site.

The library Thing

2007-08-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/KitMom3

I signed up for the library thing and put some books in my catalog.

Week 4 RSS & Newsreaders

2007-06-28T05:40:00.000-07:00

http://www.bloglines.com/public/USERNAME

Again, I am finding all of this very overwhelming.

There is just too, too much. I cant absorb it all.

I follow the directions and do what I am told but without direction I cant remember what to do.

I think it is a neat concept to make everything you are interested in readily available.

The library could use this to keep all of their sites needed for research easy to access.

The simplest methods are the easiest for me. I like having what I need right there and all I have to do is click on it.

I like reading other peoples suggestions for finding and setting up news sites.

All of this seems to be very time consuming to me. I dont have this much time in my life to spend on the computer.

Since I am a part-time library employee, I have to work on these 23 things on my own time. I am spending hours on the computer.

Week 3

2007-06-26T12:41:00.000-07:00

Flickr

I signed up for flickr. I posted some pictures.

I thought the making of trading cards was VERY neat.

I can follow the directions and the links and do these things

but I cannot remember how to do them.

I need to be talked through it, at least in writing.

There is so much out there, it is very intimidating to me.

Flickr

2007-06-26T12:30:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Week 2

2007-06-23T03:50:00.000-07:00

Obviously, I was able to set up my own blog.

I was also successful in registering it.

Now I am using it to track my progress.

Week 1

2007-06-23T03:39:00.000-07:00

I read about the program and learned about Lifetime Learning.

The habits of lifetime learners was helpful to me.

I have trouble with self-discipline so using these tips and following through with this project to the end is my goal.

I have just started introducing play into my life.

This whole project is definitely a challenge for me.

All of this new technology is scary to me.

My first blog

2007-06-21T12:15:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is. I got this far. I actually have a blog.

If this continues, I will be so much more technologically with it.

So far, I only know how to do e-mail, chatting, and searching the internet especially for shopping purposes.