The End.....or just The Beginning

Wow! What a journey. I have enjoyed the experience immensely. When I began I wondered if I could really get my head around all these different aspects of the web, but as I have taken each step I have gained confidence.....to try, to explore, to experiment and to learn more. I have been excited with each new 'thing' we had to explore....and frustrated at times because I had difficulty grasping the whole lesson. But I persevered each time and managed to achieve the desired goal.
Some sites I loved......like flickr, del.icio.us, YouTube and the LibraryThing. Others were not quite so appealing. Some I felt were useful to our job, others not quite so. And in playing around I found other sites that also interested me. There is so much yet to be learnt.
What was my favourite discovery? Tagging, I think.
At the start I was challenged to make time to do this course. Well, I did....and that is probably the thing that has affected my learning the most....I CAN find time if I WANT to learn. So my next challenge is to KEEP making time to KEEP learning because there is so much more I want to investigate, steps I want to go over again, other programs I want to learn. And it has all been FUN....wonderful fun. Oh the joy of learning! So it isn't the end.....just a pause before I continue on the great journey.

The Wonderful Things You Can Hear

I enjoyed searching for downloadable audio books and was amazed at the variety. I had fun with some children's books and was intrigued to find some young borrowers hovering near the desk while I was listening to one of these stories I had downloaded. The power of a story!

The concept of libraries downloading audios instead of having to purchase them would help to meet the growing demand for this type of book. So often we don't have just what the borrower wants but a downloadable version may be available and would fill the need without the cost of purchasing an audio.

As I love listening to audios while I sew I thought this was a great site and a great idea!

I heard Bertie met Father Christmas

I found Podcast.net the easiest of the directories to use and found some great podcasts for children's stories....like Bertie meets Father Christmas. http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

Podcasts could be used on the library webpage to introduce our services to the public.

What a laugh!

I loved the library domino video. Would love to be able to do that here at my library....just to watch the faces of my borrowers!

So many great clips it would be easy to forget there is work to be done!
As a quilter I also loved this one of the Amish:




I found the site quite easy to search.
I can see a use for YouTube in connection with our webpage...we could introduce our prospective borrowers to the library and our resources by video, giving them a more personal introduction to the library before they set foot in the door.
I thought this was another great site to visit.

Wow, the things you find!

I found Biblio a great site with lots of uses to anyone interested in books. As I love old books this is a great place to start my hunting. An easy to use site I will be visiting often.
There is so much out there to explore I'm sure to have fun for a long time yet.
I also had fun with YourMinis. How many days till my vacation???

Documents, Spreadsheets and more

I found the idea of online document creation impressive. This makes it easier if the computer I am working on doesn't have the right programs loaded. I thought the google docs was a bit easier to use for word processing. I had fun making up a meeting plan in Zoho.
I had a bit of trouble using the To Do list.....need more time to play with this one but loved the idea of it being so readily available.

Playing in the Sandbox

PBWiki was fun...once I was able to log in! I added my blog to the favourites page and also added my favourite book. There are so many 'favourites' it was fun to check them out. A fun site....as yummy as a peanut butter sandwich!