Ok so I'm playing around with flickr now and trying out different things but it's almost the end of the day and I need to say something....this photo fits well!
Not sure how this is going to turn out though so lets try it and see :oD
Friday, February 29, 2008
Week 3
So week three of Learning 2.0 has come to an end, well sort of, and I have to say that I have been inspired! I've always loved looking at photos and photography and looking at all the cool pictures that are on flickr has been so much fun!
I've been looking at getting a new digital camera and now I can't wait until I get it and can start taking decent photos and sharing them. I've also decided that I'm going to make full use of flickr's photo sharing and storage, which is going to be fun! and also leads onto the adventure part of week three, but again there's going to be a slight delay in getting the pictures of our library (I may have to cheat a little and borrow one of my workmates camera for that, depending on how long it will be before I can get my new camera).
Again I find that I'm loving working through this course as it's been a while since I've just sat down and played with the newer additions to the web or really taken notice of some of the other parts. But it's probably the same at most places, you learn what you need to get your job done and you don't have much time left to explore and really make use of all these great things on the net. I can see the advantages of using things like flickr to encourage people to come to their library, I mean just checking out what some other libraries are posting makes me want to come and visit them, and we like most other libraries have some great stuff going on what with festivals, promotional stuff and book launches.....just think of the possibilities!
But to finish this babble off I just have to say again....looking through all of the pictures and the different photoshare sites has been a blast! I haven't laughed so hard for ages :o)
And now it's time to do a little hunting around and see what pictures/photos I can find to add to my humble little blog....this could be very interesting!
I've been looking at getting a new digital camera and now I can't wait until I get it and can start taking decent photos and sharing them. I've also decided that I'm going to make full use of flickr's photo sharing and storage, which is going to be fun! and also leads onto the adventure part of week three, but again there's going to be a slight delay in getting the pictures of our library (I may have to cheat a little and borrow one of my workmates camera for that, depending on how long it will be before I can get my new camera).
Again I find that I'm loving working through this course as it's been a while since I've just sat down and played with the newer additions to the web or really taken notice of some of the other parts. But it's probably the same at most places, you learn what you need to get your job done and you don't have much time left to explore and really make use of all these great things on the net. I can see the advantages of using things like flickr to encourage people to come to their library, I mean just checking out what some other libraries are posting makes me want to come and visit them, and we like most other libraries have some great stuff going on what with festivals, promotional stuff and book launches.....just think of the possibilities!
But to finish this babble off I just have to say again....looking through all of the pictures and the different photoshare sites has been a blast! I haven't laughed so hard for ages :o)
And now it's time to do a little hunting around and see what pictures/photos I can find to add to my humble little blog....this could be very interesting!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Ok so I've just spent some time (ok so more than I probably should have) looking at some of the blogs that people are keeping for the Learning 2.0 and I have to say I'm so impressed with most of the entries! Being so far away from others out here you tend to get a little isolated and forget that there are other people out there doing the same things as you! But I've had a great time surfing around, checking out what people are thinking about the course so far and some of their own experiences.
Ok so this is not my first blog (my main blog is over at Live Journal - very cool site to play on), and I've played with most of the things the course covers, even if it is to to be able to say that hey yeah I've seen it and I know it's there. But this going to be so much fun, and give me the added confidence to share my knowledge with both other staff members and our public :o) My other blog is mainly concerned with fanfiction, both my own and using it to keep track of groups with like interests. So checking out other blogs that are kind of more serious in nature has been great and has had the added bonus of making me actually want to surf outside of my comfort zones again, which I haven't done out of work time for ages...you know how it is. You get your favourite sites and you stick to them.
I found it really interesting reading the 7 1/2 habits of Life Long Learning, it's interesting how today these habits are so common, most people tend to take them for granted! But that is what habits are all about I suppose.
As for Week 2's session, Blog, I like many others (or so I've been reading) have severly underestimated the uses and varity of blogs that are out there. However I have to agree with some people about Technorati, I found it kind of frustrating. Maybe it was just the way that I was searching, but I tended to find a lot of crud before I found anything even remotly close to what I was looking for. But as with most things I guess the more you play with it the easier it will be to use it :o)
So now it's off to either do some more work....or maybe I'll just start Week 3's session......
Ok so this is not my first blog (my main blog is over at Live Journal - very cool site to play on), and I've played with most of the things the course covers, even if it is to to be able to say that hey yeah I've seen it and I know it's there. But this going to be so much fun, and give me the added confidence to share my knowledge with both other staff members and our public :o) My other blog is mainly concerned with fanfiction, both my own and using it to keep track of groups with like interests. So checking out other blogs that are kind of more serious in nature has been great and has had the added bonus of making me actually want to surf outside of my comfort zones again, which I haven't done out of work time for ages...you know how it is. You get your favourite sites and you stick to them.
I found it really interesting reading the 7 1/2 habits of Life Long Learning, it's interesting how today these habits are so common, most people tend to take them for granted! But that is what habits are all about I suppose.
As for Week 2's session, Blog, I like many others (or so I've been reading) have severly underestimated the uses and varity of blogs that are out there. However I have to agree with some people about Technorati, I found it kind of frustrating. Maybe it was just the way that I was searching, but I tended to find a lot of crud before I found anything even remotly close to what I was looking for. But as with most things I guess the more you play with it the easier it will be to use it :o)
So now it's off to either do some more work....or maybe I'll just start Week 3's session......
Monday, February 25, 2008
First Post!
Ok so this is just a very quick post to say Hi and that I've started my blog for the Learning 2.0 Course, but of course it's going to be short because as usual I haven't left myself enough time to actually post a proper post (haha).
I'm looking forward to seeing where the couse is going to take me, although it's already taken me on a couple of interesting side tracks, and hopefully I'll be able to use this knowledge with my work at our library.....but only time will tell for that one :o)
Bye for now,
More tomorrow!
I'm looking forward to seeing where the couse is going to take me, although it's already taken me on a couple of interesting side tracks, and hopefully I'll be able to use this knowledge with my work at our library.....but only time will tell for that one :o)
Bye for now,
More tomorrow!
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