Thoughts on the Project

Exercise 23



What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
My favorite exercises was the entire project. I knew about a lot of these things but was always to busy (Ha) to delve into them.
2. How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
This is the way of the library now. It affects everything I do and I will continue to explore and learn.
3. Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
No unexpected outcomes. I came, I saw, and I learned!
4. What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?And last but not least…
Summer time is not a good time for Youth services staff. We had no work time to spend on this project. It was done at home and on the fly.
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you choose to participate? I would love to participate!
Thank you for providing this opportunity for us to learn something new!

NetLibrary

Exercise 22

We've had NetLibrary for a long time at our library. The patrons love it. In fact when we were switching over to the County we had to discontinue the service for a short period during the transition and the patrons were irate. They made phone calls to the county asking why we were losing this service. I have not used it, I get audio books from the library but it is a wonderful service. I couldn't download a book because I am doing my last couple of exercises at work, but I will try it at home. Project Gutenberg grows by the day. I didn't know that it was done with volunteer help. The number of books downloaded daily is enormous. What a great service.

Podcasting

Exercise 21

The podcast thing is exciting. I looked at all three podcast directories. A lot of podcast have been started and have not been posted to lately. It must be time consuming to do one daily, but some people do. I chose an NPR site that gives funny stories for the day. Me being Me I forgot my password to bloglines but finally remembered it at the 11th hour and managed to add my feed for this site to it. My friend Lynn at work has helped me with a couple of items that I couldn't do on my own. Thanks Lynn! I would love to do podcasting and will try my hand at it soon.

YouTube

Exercise 20

This commercial was funny. It's not the best use for a library card but you have to have the sound effects. I use to do this as a child (not with my library card) but it was great. Kids don't try this at home! I Love YouTube, when I need a good laugh I go to YouTube honestly, it's a great relaxation method. Libraries are doing wonderful things with YouTube, it's a wonderful medium....Now I have to do something with this new found knowledge!

Lulu

Exercise 19

What a Lulu! If anyone is interested in self publishing from calendars to books to brochures, CD, DVD's and just about anything, this is the place to start. This is truly do it yourself at it's best. Of course they get 20% of your earnings and their is a fee involved but nothing is free. They sponsor online workshops and have live help online. You can publish and sell online content. You can sell your ebooks thru LuLu at no cost. This is an award winning web site! The site contains a step by step feature on how to download and publish your product. So what are you waiting for? Publish something...
http://www.lulu.com/

Zoho etc

Student ID Card

ID #: 32405

Harry Potter Gryffindor Hogwarts School In case of emergency call Ron Weasley _________________________________ Hermione Granger _________________________________

Exercise 18
Zoho looks as if it might do a lot of the things our microsoft office does and not cost as much. I played around with Zoho writer and imported a couple of documents from my computer. It is a great way to share documents that you are working on with others. I tried down loading my __th birthday :) party power point in the Zoho show but it didn't download. I made the HP Student ID just to see if I could. It worked! Yea. I signed up for On to the next task!

Plan's Sandbox Wiki

Exercise 17

I played around in the sand box for a while, and added my favorite books and blogs and vacation spots. I looked at some of the other favorite blogs and got bogged down reading them...umm I think that is the point of sharing right? Oh I wanted to add a photo I took yesterday with my new digital camera. Nothing to do with the assignment, I just thought it was pretty. I do not have a green thumb so this plant is quite an accomplishment for me. It's the first time it has bloomed in about 2 years so I am PROUD of it to say the least. Enjoy.