Facebook

I already had a Facebook account. When I first set it up, I thought it was very easy to do. At the time, I didn't realize why I might not want to give them your e-mail address. This "thing" has made me a little more informed. I've enjoyed using this to reconnect with some of my college friends. It is amazing! That has been a definite plus.

One thing that does worry me is the privacy issue. You can mark for only friends to see your profile and pictures, but I have found that if one of your friends views a picture of a person that is his or her friend but not a friend of yours, then you can indirectly, through a link that shows what your friends are looking at, go look at those pictures. I also think that people are too naive about what they post on Facebook. I'm an educator, and some of the people that I work with, post way too much about their drinking habits and school gossip. Fortunately, that is their right, but I wouldn't put myself out there like that.

RSS

This makes the Google Reader even better. The video was great on explaining what it is and what it does. I added the Pashley Library's blog to my blog reader. It looks like a mixture of things are discussed on their blog that could pertain to me.

Blog Readers

Wow! Just as I was thinking this week after going to several technology workshops that there would be no way for me to manage all the information and different websites, I find out about blog readers. This is a relief! Now, I just need a little more practice. I was able to add my blog and the 23 Things site to the reader, but I know that I also need to play with it. Since I want to try to lose some weight this summer, I might try to find a WW recipe site to add.

Image Generators

I loved this template that was available for me to add text, as well as my own picture. For the past two years, I have always used a wanted sign to try to get students to sign up for library helpers. I loved using this tool. The picture, by itself, was not a very great picture, but inside the sign, it is not too bad. It's nice to see a picture that I didn't care for being used.

I thought that this was easy to use, and fun. Once you know about the button to insert images on the blog tool, it becomes very easy to use.


I also liked this image.

How neat to virtually write in the cement!
Expressing yourself, but not damaging anybody's property.

Mashups

This was fun! I was not sure how to post this, but I saw questions that others had posted! Thank you! You made it a lot easier for me when I saw the response that I just had to cut and paste the code.



This is fun! Here is a pic. with a caption!

Flickr

I thought it was pretty easy to download the pictures. It looks like I have a lot to play with. This site seems packed with a lot. I want to learn more about the tags. That looks really neat, and I read a little about it. Here is the link to my photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/39038487@N05/ ----btw, photostream was a new word for me.

When I looked at Flickr, I wondered about copyright. It seems like this could be a problem. A lot of times when people create PowerPoints this would be a great site to get some nice pictures, but these are still the property of others. I read the statement by Flickr concerning copyright. They seem to address it, but this does make you think differently---like the video in the previous section pointed out.

Also, I've heard about Creative Commons on a listserve, but I don't know exactly what it is. Is it just pictures where permission is given to use them?

Web 2.0

I watched both of the videos. I was a little surprised that I knew a few things about what Stephen Abram was referring to. At the end of my library science program two years ago, I was just starting to use some of this technology. I'm glad that I'm going to make time for this so that I can keep up with the trends.

I liked the video from the Shifted Librarian site. It shows the big picture of how technology and people are connected. The point that was also driven home for me was that everything is now having to be considered in a different light as the Web 2.0 concept evolves. How are we going to respond to these changes?

Almost last

Hello everybody!

I almost forgot to join, but a good friend reminded me that we were going to begin this program together. Thank you for the reminder! I'm excited to learn more about what is out there that is captivating library patrons and how we can use these tools to get patrons excited about the library.