week 10 finale

I especially enjoyed learning about flicker, the social networking sites, and exploring downloadable media. I was amazed that I was able to accomplish these exercises on my own. I discovered that while I may be no technological genius I am not altogether hopeless. I believe that the podcasting and you tube would be especially useful for the library staff, because these would be good ways to share program ideas. All of these ideas will be useful to us, because we will be better equipped to help our customers in this technological age. The ways that I would like to progress further in 2.0 is to be more proficient with flicker, became more familiar with Yahoo's diverse services, and become more familiar with other search engines besides yahoo and google. I am greatful for this experience, because of the knowledge that I have acquired.

week 9 downloadable media

I searched HCPL's downloadable media site, and found some treasures that I never knew existed. I viewed the downloadable videos and found classics such as Bloodbeast Terror and Broken Blossoms. This technology is wonderful, since you can view classics that you cannot find in video stores or library collections. I find the format and organization of our downloadable media site to be user friendly. I believe that Wowio is equally user friendly as far as organization, and I also found treasures that I never knew existed such as Edgar Allan Poe's short stories "Assignation" and "Berenice". This downloadable media alerts to to more obscure literary works that are equally as enjoyable as better known works such as "The Raven" or "The Fall of the House of Usher." I wasn't too fond of LibriVox, since it wasn't not user friendly, and the media selection is not as substantial. I found the format to be boring.

week 9 podcasts

I visited the podcastnet directory and found a librarian related podcast by using the alphabetical tags. I found a podcast called the Rock and Roll librarian which was created by a young adult librarian named Tyler Rousseau who lives in Ocean City. He created a podcast where he interviewed Dave Ramon who is a graphic artist and editor for Nickelodian Magazine. He also created a cute podcast where his baby appeared to be narrating a book. He created a podcast where he attended the "American Animae awards. I saved this podcast to my bloglines. I believe that podcasts are useful tools in educating ourselves with the events of the professional world in libraries. We can also get library program ideas through this tool.

week 9 you tube

I viewed a video that showed cats conversing with one another. The video was adorable, and it was believable that the cats were conversing with one another. I also viewed a video of a friend of mine singing a song called Southern Pride. I believe you tube is an excellent vehicle for folks who are musically talented to expose their abilities to the public. I would be surprised if talent scouts didn't utilize this resource for new talent. I believe that you tube would be useful for libraries, since this would be a good opportunity for librarians to view programs conducted at other libraries. What I do not like about you tube is the lack of restriction. Anybody can put anything on you tube, so you will encounter material that makes you uncomfortable.

zoho writer week 8

I believe that zoho writer is a convenient tool, because you can access this resource from any computer that has internet access. I do not need to be concerned with cd's, flashdrives, or floppy disks. I also needn't be concerned whether the computer contains the proper software. This tool would be most convenient for library patrons who do not have the currency on hand to purchase disks or software. This tool would also be convenient for patrons who wish to compose resumes or cover letters, since they contain the templates for resumes or cover letters. This tool will save us the step of having to enter microsoft word to seek the templates. I like the arrangement of having on the tools conveniently located on a tool bar and not having to utilize a menu. One of the tools that especially impresses me is the special characters tool that allows you to insert accents marks over letters in foreign language words. The symbols for the tools are user friendly and easy to spot.

social networking week 8 18#

I viewed some of the popular networking sites, and I will share my thoughts. Facebook was my favorite networking site, since I instantly discovered that several of my co-workers also use this site. I enjoyed contacting my co-workers. Many of my former college and high school classmates have profiles on this website. I invited one of my college friends who lives in Korea to join me on this site. She responded instantly, so hopefully we will communite on this website.
The professional website linkedin is useful if you are a job recruiter seeking candidates for a position. I saw many resumes posted on this website. 360 yahoo is an interesting network to join if you have a special interest, or curiousity about a subject. I jointed a special interest group for cats, and this site posts opinions about cats that are positive and not so positive. I viewed an interest group about rodents, and many people posted that rats can be lovable pets. I jumped at the chance of joining catster, since I am a cat owner and cat lover. I was invited to create a profile about cats, and I enjoyed writing about my cat. Catsters also gives valuable and reliable information on cat care.

week 7 technology opinion

I shared some other opinions regarding technology with CC Children's. I expressed the opinion that technology is wonderful for a library when it is working, but a disaster when there is a power outage and we have no way to help our customers.

technology thoughts week 7

I believe that one of the best resources of technology is e-mail. When you wish to contact somebody, your message can read them in a matter of hours. When you forget to send somebody a birthday card and it is the day of their birthday, you can send an e-card via the website www.hallmark.com, or www.bluemountain.com. When I want to ask somebody to conduct a library program, I e-mail them. I am shy sometimes about asking folks to conduct programs, and e-mail is a save vehicle for me.

Week 7 Wiki

I added my blog to the HCPL wiki webstie. I have formed this opinion based on reading the discovery exercises and viewing various websites. Since wikis allow freedom to add or deduct information without having vast knowledge of technology, wikis are excellent tools for librarians and other colleague groups to share information. Wikis would also be useful for library staff collaborating ideas on certain subjects. I would not use wiki for library patrons, because some of the information may not necessarily be reliable due to the freedom that wikis allow for adding information.

technorati assignment

I watched a video of Jay Leno interviewing Bill O'Reilly about his opinions on the 2008 presidential candidates. I found this video by typing "Bill O'Reilly Video in the search box. I noticed that beside the video there were tags that said Bill O'Reilly and Jay Leno.

week 6 #15

I believe that the article "Away from the Iceberg" and "New World of Librarianship
agree that we need to find the most efficient ways to serve our users. We need to keep abreast with technological trends, since this is the way to reach our users. We do not have to use technological means for technological sakes, but because we need to interact with our library users. We can no longer demand that the users physically visit us, but we need to provide resources where visiting the library is not the only option.

technorati week 6

I searched library 2.0 in blog posts and I obtained a result of 5,115 blog posts. In a blog post search, I believe that you will obtain posts through a posts search. I got 492 posts tagged library 2.0. In a tag search for a subject I believe that you will get tags, and not necessarily blogs. The one occasion when I obtained actual blogs about library 2.0 is when I searched the blog directory. I got 457 actual blogs.
The popular blog that I view in technorati was www.crooksandliars.com. I found a website that had a transcript about Bill O'Reilly's interview with Ann Coulter who is often on his show. Many viewers felt that on her most recent appearance on the Bill O'Reilly show one of her remarks was antisemetic. I am impressed that technorati covers a wide variety of subjects including tabloid information.
I conducted a search on technorati about Joel Osteen and the various opinions on his ministry. All I had to do was type Joel Osteen in the search blank and I obtained 102 posts on the subject of Joel Osteen.

delicious week 6 exercise 13

I visited del-icio-us, and I believe that this will be a useful tool for librarians, and helpful for anyone searching for valuable information. The tags organize del-icio-su in a user friendly manner, and it reminds me of table of contents in a book. Del-icio-us saves busy people the steps of having to seek for useful websites through search engines.

library elf week 5

I registered with library elf, and used my personal e-mail address instead of my staff e-mail address. Library elf would not accept my staff e-mail address. I found the exercise to be easy and straightforward. I believe that library elf is a useful service, since it is hard to remember what books you have checked out, and I like to be reminded that my holds are about to expire.

my experiences with library thing

The books that I included in library thing were Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Phantom of the Opera, Cardigan Square, Redeeming Love and the Betrayal. These choices show that my personal taste in reading includes Christian fiction, British Historical Fiction, Classics, and obscure 70's novel. I included the library thing on my blog by creating a standard blog widget. I found this option to be the simplest approach.

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Random books from my library
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud by Max Ehrlich
Cardigan Square by Alexandra Manners
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
The Betrayal (Abram's Daughters #2) by Beverly Lewis
The Phantom of the Opera (Puffin Classics) by Gaston Leroux

week 5 image generators

I found the Steven Seagal picture by visiting Imagegenerator.org. I chose the option famous people message generators, and visit the website www.famousdefaces.com.

celebrity

celebrity, originally uploaded by cindy.groover.

I enjoyed this exercise

Week 4 finding feeds

I enjoyed utilizing topix because I was able to find local news feeds in my hometown by merely typing in the zip code. I was able to subscribe to a news feed in my hometown called Ashland News. I found Feedster to be a useful tool, because Feedster appears to update news by the hour. I added a news feed from Feedster to my Blogline about Palestine. I didn't find Technorati as easy to utilize. Although it contains categories which include life, business and entertainment, I could never find a news feed that closely matched my search. I did not find the format of Syndic8.com user friendly. My favorite news feed toos were Topix and Feedster. Other ways that I was able to local news feeds was searching google by typing popular blogs. I was able to find useful news feeds such as engadget.

My experience with blogline Week 4 RSS news feeds

The exercise of creating the blogline was simple. It took me quite a while to teach myself the steps of adding newsfeeds, but I finally succeeded. I have a total of 18 news feeds. My feeds include BBC News, National Geographic News, The Shifted Librarian, About Cats, and About Dogs. I also subscribed to 2 of the HCPL staff blogs.

my experience with pixer

I used pixer to make adjustments on this photograph. I used the crop, resize, and saturation attributes

My Experience with travel planner

I practiced utilizing the the trip planner, and trip planner is a wonderful tool for planning a trip. The user can list the cites they wish to visit and the trip planner will produce a map where the cities are located. I created a ficticious itinerary where I was planning to visit Czechoslovakia. One of the cities that I included was Prague. This tool has a wealth of information and provides information such as what hotels are available, and restaurants and pubs. I wanted to see what types of restaurants are in Prague, and they have several French and Italian restaurants. A Pub that peaked my curiosity was Marque de Sade. This is a lively pub where tourists can enjoy beverages and have a good time. The trip planner is efficient in providing detailed information and history about the restaurants and hotels. This trip planner inspired me to consider saving toward a Europe trip in 2008.

green mystery

green mystery, originally uploaded by josef.stuefer.

This picture is beautiful

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, originally uploaded by cindy.groover.

Marilyn Monroe is somebody that I admire very much.

Flickr

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

I had to register twice to get training credit for this aspect of the training because I gave the wrong web address for my blogger. I am not learning to creat a blog as as fast as some people, but surprisingly enough I am actually succeeding. I find it rather therapeutic to enter a blog, because this activity is much like journal writing. It is interesting to learn a new skill even if I am not as rapid as others in learning a computer skill.

I believe that e-mail is such a wonderful invention, because my handwriting is horrible and my friends and relatives can actually read my letters. It is disconcerting that other people and organizations can learn my e-mail without my consent. I wish that there were a way that it wasn't so easy to get another person's e-mail, but disturbingly enough it is. I surely receive enough junk mail and e-mail from rank strangers, and it is aggravating to have to go through the trouble of deleting the e-mail. This is my case for the issue of computer privacy.

My learning style is part visual and part active. Not only do I need to view a task before I learn it, but I also need to actually do the task as well. I guess I am what you call a hands on learner. I do not learn if I watch another person complete a task, but I also need to participate in the task to learn. It also helps me to write down the steps of a task. I am more likely to remember a task if I write down the steps. I am able to teach myself skills such as a foreign language, but I am not able to learn computer skills by following a manual. I am sure that I will have to rely on fellow staff to help me on this journey of the 23 steps.

my experience with flick

I learned to creat a set with my photos