Well guess what.
I WON A PRIZE!
Thank you to the person(s) who nominated me.
I think a prize for "progress" shows what a low base I started from :-)
I have learned a lot: so "thank you" to Emma and all who helped with the whole "23Things" program.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Thing 23 - The Last Post
Reflecting on the last 10 weeks, I find it quite difficult to say what I enjoyed most, or what is most useful, but I think that, for me, it will be the iGoogle start page, (once I get some more of the other useful "things" on it). Google Docs seems a jolly good thing to have too. However, from the fun point of view, adding the picture from Creative Commons and the video from UTube were pretty good
My post 23 Things resolution is to try to use Firefox more as it seemed really speedy and thorough.
I can see that Web 2.0 will be used increasingly in the library world, as in others, as it becomes more and more necessary to be proactive. Modern technology will continue to progress and new innovations will be slotted into daily life as others fade away. People are already beginning to expect more, so things like animated power point presentations will become very common place.
I began this adventure with mixed feelings and truthfully there have been some things I would not want to use for myself, like Facebook and Twitter, but I have found it really interesting, if sometimes challenging and even more time consuming than I had expected. (It is far too easy to get side-tracked.)
However, here I am, with one day to go and about to register completion.
Hurrah!!
My post 23 Things resolution is to try to use Firefox more as it seemed really speedy and thorough.
I can see that Web 2.0 will be used increasingly in the library world, as in others, as it becomes more and more necessary to be proactive. Modern technology will continue to progress and new innovations will be slotted into daily life as others fade away. People are already beginning to expect more, so things like animated power point presentations will become very common place.
I began this adventure with mixed feelings and truthfully there have been some things I would not want to use for myself, like Facebook and Twitter, but I have found it really interesting, if sometimes challenging and even more time consuming than I had expected. (It is far too easy to get side-tracked.)
However, here I am, with one day to go and about to register completion.
Hurrah!!
Thing 22 - SlideShare
I started by looking at the "Implemting a 23 Things Type Program at Your Library" slide show at http://www.librarianbyday.net/ but moved on to other items about some of the individual 23Things.
Slide share looks like a really useful tool for anyone having to make a presentation. I think you can even add animated power point templaes from U Tube via a site called "presentermedia".
Even better from the point of view of web 2.0 users, there are slide shows about some of the "23 Things", such as Google Docs. Quite a lot are in Spanish; so I had a look at those too.
Only the final "thing" to do now.
Slide share looks like a really useful tool for anyone having to make a presentation. I think you can even add animated power point templaes from U Tube via a site called "presentermedia".
Even better from the point of view of web 2.0 users, there are slide shows about some of the "23 Things", such as Google Docs. Quite a lot are in Spanish; so I had a look at those too.
Only the final "thing" to do now.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Thing 21 - Google Docs
Although I have uploaded a file I had already completed, I can see this is a great way of getting data from others directly into a file; thus reducing time and effort for everyone. Also good if you want someone to edit or comment on your work.
Now for thing 22.
Now for thing 22.
Thing 20 - Editing a wiki
Having chosen not to add my blog to the UK Library Blogs (it being of no interest to Librarian's as such), I spent quite a while looking at wickis about places I knew. I learned quite a lot about them but, since I could contribute nothing of note, I simply, made a very minor alteration to a paragraph about Billericay which I imagine will go unnoticed. However I now know how to do that.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Thing 18 - Creative Commons
I like the simplicity of this picture, which was taken on 26 February 2011 in Cambo House Gardens.
Thankfully, adding it to my blog was not difficult. I managed to lose my first attempt at this post before I had published it.
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Thing 17 - Flickr
Well; I have a Flickr account and have added photo's and comments about them.
I have now have friends on Flickr and I've made the photos visible to them.
I have also viewed some of Suzanne's and some of Sharon's pics.
That all took rather a long time so I'm off for a cup of tea now.
I have now have friends on Flickr and I've made the photos visible to them.
I have also viewed some of Suzanne's and some of Sharon's pics.
That all took rather a long time so I'm off for a cup of tea now.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Things 15 and 16 - Endnote Web & Zotero
Not for me of course but interesting to see and, I'm sure, incredibly useful tools.
I think I'll have a cup of tea now and have a go at the next lot of 23 things tomorrow (if work doesn't get in the way :-).
I think I'll have a cup of tea now and have a go at the next lot of 23 things tomorrow (if work doesn't get in the way :-).
Thing 14 - Diigo
Well here I am 3 weeks behind. Lots of struggling with Diigo and had to email them in the end but I have now set that up. I can see that it could be useful to bookmark sites and highlight items bought, so that when someone says, " you bought a 'bla bla bla' for 'so and so' 3 months ago", I can go straight to it on the site (if it isn't obsoleted of course). However I do have a nice list of favourite web sites already of course.
Now for things 15 and 16.
Now for things 15 and 16.
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