Refresh Your Blog
My blog is looking very refreshed with a new text color and a sparkly Yahoo! avatar. Took a while to get the avatar on there, as the instructions from "23 Things" are already out of date.
The refreshed blog has been duly registered. I find myself hoping that no one will look at it, as it is truly dull -- even with the undersea ballerina. Onward and upward...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thing #23
Evaluation
The online survey is closed, so I'm not able to complete it. In general, I enjoyed learning most of the 23 things. Doing some of the things with pictures and adding things to my blog definitely boosted my confidence in my ability to handle technology. Still, I find myself overwhelmed by the number of things I need to keep track of to keep my head above water. I'm glad that there will be more "things" to work on next year. That will at least keep me from falling behind.
I've subscribed to Common Craft's blog, so I can keep watching their excellent little videos. And maybe, just maybe, I'll find the time in 2009 to start that T.S. wiki...
The online survey is closed, so I'm not able to complete it. In general, I enjoyed learning most of the 23 things. Doing some of the things with pictures and adding things to my blog definitely boosted my confidence in my ability to handle technology. Still, I find myself overwhelmed by the number of things I need to keep track of to keep my head above water. I'm glad that there will be more "things" to work on next year. That will at least keep me from falling behind.
I've subscribed to Common Craft's blog, so I can keep watching their excellent little videos. And maybe, just maybe, I'll find the time in 2009 to start that T.S. wiki...
Thing #22
Keeping Up
This one is easy. I attended the "More Things on a Stick" presentation at the inservice. I will sign up in '09 and keep doing "things" as long as Metronet keeps putting them on sticks.
This one is easy. I attended the "More Things on a Stick" presentation at the inservice. I will sign up in '09 and keep doing "things" as long as Metronet keeps putting them on sticks.
Thing #21
Visit 23 Things on a Stick
I joined the 23 Things Ning and posted a comment. Not much happening there these days.
I checked out Gather.com, which was not as high-minded and literary as MPR would have me believe. I did find some smashing photos of a rich 16-year-old's trashy wedding there, though.
I'm still enjoying Facebook -- but wondering if I should be wasting my time sending digital plants and snowmen to my friends. Perhaps I should be watering my non-digital plants or making a real snowman with my daughter.
I still depend on my good old-fashioned Yahoo! groups to stay in touch and plan social outings. Anything that makes it to my e-mail gets read, but I don't spend a lot of time searching around for new groups to join.
I'm on the home stretch here...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Thing #19
Podcasts
Love 'em! I listened to a mom with a lovely Australian accent give tips on how to clean your bathroom. Enjoyed a skit from last week's MPR Morning Show. Subscribed to NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!," which is broadcast at a very inconvenient time for me. Will I actually find time to listen to it somewhere else in the week? Unlikely.
I did not create a podcast using Gcast -- but I did take a look at the site. The podcast directories were not particularly helpful to me. Once again, if I had a lot of time on my hands, I could use them to find cool new stuff to listen to. I find that, during my free time, I'm mostly looking for silence.
Love 'em! I listened to a mom with a lovely Australian accent give tips on how to clean your bathroom. Enjoyed a skit from last week's MPR Morning Show. Subscribed to NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!," which is broadcast at a very inconvenient time for me. Will I actually find time to listen to it somewhere else in the week? Unlikely.
I did not create a podcast using Gcast -- but I did take a look at the site. The podcast directories were not particularly helpful to me. Once again, if I had a lot of time on my hands, I could use them to find cool new stuff to listen to. I find that, during my free time, I'm mostly looking for silence.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thing #20
I joined Facebook, made many friends, joined a quilting group, took a "Breakfast Club" test, wrote on Carol's wall, and logged out so that I could log back in and check my account. Technically, I have completed Thing 20. Of course, it doesn't stop there. I can see that I'll have to log in every couple of hours and post what I'm doing, see if there are any new tests to take or fun applications to download.
Can't wait to get home so I can add a photo.
Can't wait to get home so I can add a photo.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Thing #17
ELM Productivity Tools
1. Create a search alert
I did not manage to add a search alert to my Google Reader RSS thing. Apparently, I'm not the first person to have a problem with this. I can create a search alert and set it up for e-mail. I can also direct a patron to the very nice "help" page on EBSCO for creating and saving search alerts.
2. EBSCO Page Composer
Did it. Why? Why not just e-mail the results to myself? Would be much easier.
3. ProQuest
Did it -- except for the part about downloading it to my flash drive. I don't have a flash drive yet. Isn't the flash drive supposed to be the END product of all this work? Am getting a little testy about the way these 23 things are set up...
4. NetLibrary
Did the creating a note on eContent thing. I'm already pretty familiar with NetLibrary on the downloadable audio side. Biggest problem I ran into was that I couldn't remember my login.
I really did not enjoy Thing #17, but practicing with some of these tools will help when working with patrons who want to save search results.
1. Create a search alert
I did not manage to add a search alert to my Google Reader RSS thing. Apparently, I'm not the first person to have a problem with this. I can create a search alert and set it up for e-mail. I can also direct a patron to the very nice "help" page on EBSCO for creating and saving search alerts.
2. EBSCO Page Composer
Did it. Why? Why not just e-mail the results to myself? Would be much easier.
3. ProQuest
Did it -- except for the part about downloading it to my flash drive. I don't have a flash drive yet. Isn't the flash drive supposed to be the END product of all this work? Am getting a little testy about the way these 23 things are set up...
4. NetLibrary
Did the creating a note on eContent thing. I'm already pretty familiar with NetLibrary on the downloadable audio side. Biggest problem I ran into was that I couldn't remember my login.
I really did not enjoy Thing #17, but practicing with some of these tools will help when working with patrons who want to save search results.
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