My husband took this photo in our yard. I loaded the photo from our computer to flickr.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Flickr
I am on vacation this week, but did not want to get behind in my lessons. I am really learning a lot. I had heard of Flickr, but never used it before. It was easy to create an account. I found some pictures of South Dakota libraries. Flickr would be a great tool to use if your library had a construction or remodeling project that you wanted to document and allow people to view. You could create a link to the photos on your library's homepage. Augustana is doing this with their construction project. You can find the photos on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikkelsenlibrary/. I also blogged about a picture my husband took.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
RSS
I am using Bloglines as my aggregator. I have added everyones blog, so now I can easily see when you have updated your blog.
I have added a bloglines bookmarklet to my browser. Now we will see if I remember how to use it.
I thought there was a lot to absorb in all of the articles and tutorials. I tried Syndic8, but it was very slow and I got frustrated. I searched blogs using Google and that worked well. Using Google's blog search I found a blog about mysteries called the Cozy Mystery List Blog. Very cool! In my personal life I will use RSS to keep up with blogs about the latest mysteries and also blogs about gardening. In my professional life I will use RSS to keep up with what is happening in the world of librarianship. Some of my favorite blogs are Librarian in Black, Handheld Librarian, and Impromptu Librarian.
I have added a bloglines bookmarklet to my browser. Now we will see if I remember how to use it.
I thought there was a lot to absorb in all of the articles and tutorials. I tried Syndic8, but it was very slow and I got frustrated. I searched blogs using Google and that worked well. Using Google's blog search I found a blog about mysteries called the Cozy Mystery List Blog. Very cool! In my personal life I will use RSS to keep up with blogs about the latest mysteries and also blogs about gardening. In my professional life I will use RSS to keep up with what is happening in the world of librarianship. Some of my favorite blogs are Librarian in Black, Handheld Librarian, and Impromptu Librarian.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Blogging
I have created blogs before, so it was not too hard to create the blog. My problem is that I am always wanting to tweak the layout. I like to change the colors, style, etc. Keep an eye on my blog because it could look very strange at times. I shall have to add something for Halloween.
On a personal level I have a good example of how someone could use a blog. When my brother-in-law's mother was hurt in a car accident, my brother-in-law created a blog to keep everyone posted on his mother's progress.
We are not currently using a blog in my library, but I could think of several ways we could use a blog. We could use a blog to post about events happening at the library. Or we could ask one of our book clubs to post about the books they are reading. We could also do a best-sellers blog, or a mystery blog.
Okay, enough thoughts for today. I cannot wait to try the next lesson.
On a personal level I have a good example of how someone could use a blog. When my brother-in-law's mother was hurt in a car accident, my brother-in-law created a blog to keep everyone posted on his mother's progress.
We are not currently using a blog in my library, but I could think of several ways we could use a blog. We could use a blog to post about events happening at the library. Or we could ask one of our book clubs to post about the books they are reading. We could also do a best-sellers blog, or a mystery blog.
Okay, enough thoughts for today. I cannot wait to try the next lesson.
7 1/2 Habits
The first lesson said we were to identify what we feel is the easiest habit and what is the hardest habit of the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Learners.
For me the easiest habit would be determining my goal. I have lots of goals, like losing 50 lbs or being independently wealthy. It is in the follow through that I seemed to get bogged down.
The hardest habit for me is going to be #3, View Problems as Challenges. I am the first to admit that I am not the most positive person, but really people, sometimes a problem really is just a problem! For example when the cattle get out and are in the neighbor's cornfield. What is the challenge there? To see if you can get the cattle out of the field before they destroy the field and your neighbor sues you???? As you can see this will definitely be the hardest habit for me to obtain.
My goal for this class is going to be to use social networking tools more. I am not a very social person, which is a challenge not a problem, and one I plan to overcome in the next several weeks.
For me the easiest habit would be determining my goal. I have lots of goals, like losing 50 lbs or being independently wealthy. It is in the follow through that I seemed to get bogged down.
The hardest habit for me is going to be #3, View Problems as Challenges. I am the first to admit that I am not the most positive person, but really people, sometimes a problem really is just a problem! For example when the cattle get out and are in the neighbor's cornfield. What is the challenge there? To see if you can get the cattle out of the field before they destroy the field and your neighbor sues you???? As you can see this will definitely be the hardest habit for me to obtain.
My goal for this class is going to be to use social networking tools more. I am not a very social person, which is a challenge not a problem, and one I plan to overcome in the next several weeks.
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