Week 10: #23 Is this really the end or the beginning

The weeks really did go by very rapidly. I have become acquainted with many things during this time from blogging to You Tube, and especially the cute avatars. However, I found it most difficult to find the time at work to do so many lessons per week. I did have to resort to doing some of these at home. My home computer is down, so I've been lagging behind trying to get the lessons finished. The test now will be how many of the things we have been introduced to, will we actually continue with. Many great tools. I had no idea that there were so many wonderful tools available to us just with a click of the mouse. It has been a great experience even if we don't persue some of these things. I do also feel that we should have been given more training hours than the 10 for this project.

Week 9: #22 Downloadable Media

HCPL's digital media has so many things available and is so easy to browse. It's great not to have to create yet another account to use this source. I downloaded classical music (Strauss) from HCPL Overdrive. I also checked out Thanksgiving Collections, The Healthy Beef Cookbook, and the Kids Party Cookbook on the HCPL media. Since my home computer has a very slow PC speed, I couldn't download anything on it. I checked out Wowio and Librivox.

Week 9: #21 Podcast

I did register to an RSS feed, but don't think I would care to use Podcast as it seems time consuming to find information and I really don't care to listen to lectures on any subject. After a bit, I lose interest. However, guess another way to communitate with people. At this time, I don't own an MP3 player or an IPod. Possibly, in the future I may get more interested in using these.

Week 9: # 20 - You Tube & Video Sharing

The neat thing about You Tube is that anyone can make a video and post it for all to see. I think it would be helpful for the library to post a video for customers to see how the library works in getting their requests to them.

Week 8: # 19 Web based Apps:

I registered with Zoho writer and found it very easy to use. Having all documents online and offline is great. Like the ability to be able to access from any computer and that your information it is saved online. However, for my personal use, I most likely will stick with Microsoft Word as I don't like the idea of putting my information out there in a non-secure envirnoment.

Week 8: #18 Social Networking: Making Friends in the Comfort of your Home

Watched the video on social networking in plain English.

Checked out several sites on social networking. Dogster didn't interest me since I don't have any pets. Infield is a great site if you're into Nascar racing. However, Rate My Space was my favorite and I registered on this site. I found it interesting to check out the various entries on newly decorated homes, kitchens, or a bachelor pad. I enjoy watching HGTV in my spare time.