I found this website rather difficult to use. The freeform tagging seemed to link posts to topics that were not really related. I became quite frustrated trying to navigate around the 'perculator' and 'popular' options.
Though I did find it interesting that blogging has become this powerful and the world is getting smaller every second. This could be an interesting way to find other people with similar interests and concerns...or to manipulate them.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Item #13: del.icio.us
I played around a bit with the tags for storytimes, fingerplays, and ice breakers and several of my favorite resources popped right up! Since we're always using shared computers here, bookmarking has been somewhat tricky, but I can see the advantages of using this kind of an application to centralize it all. Plus find new sites too!
I like how the related tags popped up too, so that I could just move into those quickly.
I like how the related tags popped up too, so that I could just move into those quickly.
Item 12: Play!
Lately I've been playing with my facebook account on my own time. I've added the Visual Bookshelf and iRead applications, and am fleshing them out. I'm hoping to utilize this with the YAAB teens, before I go too much further adding reviews and such, I need to chat with them to see how useful they will find it. If the enthusiam is low, then it's not worth going too much
further with it.
However 4 of my college friends and 2 ex-YAAB people have found me! How fun!
I haven't had any time or inclination to check out the RSS feeds that I added. And I'm not sure that I'll ever utilize the meebo program either. IM just isn't something I'll probably ever have time for, either professionally or personally.
I took a look at each of the image generating links, and they seem to be pretty cool for customizing your blog, websites or just adding for fun into emails. You can make just about anything nowadays... ;)
further with it.
However 4 of my college friends and 2 ex-YAAB people have found me! How fun!
I haven't had any time or inclination to check out the RSS feeds that I added. And I'm not sure that I'll ever utilize the meebo program either. IM just isn't something I'll probably ever have time for, either professionally or personally.
I took a look at each of the image generating links, and they seem to be pretty cool for customizing your blog, websites or just adding for fun into emails. You can make just about anything nowadays... ;)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Social Networking Item 10
I think that social networking is something with which we would be silly not to become involved. It is definitely here to stay! I'm very glad that YAAB has its own myspace page, and that we are reaching out to young people in their 'own backyard'. Using the computer to social network is immediate and fast. It's amazing how quickly, and how far, your contacts grow as you connect with friends of friends of friends.
However, there are some disadvantages too. When I approached my YAAB group about upgrading our group's website to a myspace account, they chose not to, as they would not be able to access the myspace info through their school computers due to filtering etc. However, I'm still waiting on the teen to volunteered to maintain the site to bring it up to date. We may need to reassign.
However, there are some disadvantages too. When I approached my YAAB group about upgrading our group's website to a myspace account, they chose not to, as they would not be able to access the myspace info through their school computers due to filtering etc. However, I'm still waiting on the teen to volunteered to maintain the site to bring it up to date. We may need to reassign.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Meebo Me: item 9
With a little help from my friends, I was able to get the meebo widget onto my blog sidebar. It was not very obvious.
I've only had one personal experience with IM and it was so overwhelming, that I don't ever really want to do it again. Bing Bing Bing... It was impossible to keep up with the speeds while trying to decipher the language! Know wonder our teens can't communicate in complete sentences anymore...not to mention accurate spelling... but I digress.
However, it was much more effective than trading emails ; much more similar to a phone conversation. So I absolutely understand appeal. The wonder of Meebo is that it collects all the various providers through one simple gateway, of sorts. Then you don't need to have an ID for each of the different ones to be able to communicate with everyone, or wonder who's currently on where.
As for library applications, it would be very useful for the patrons to have automatic electronic access to us for reference needs, but it would require that a *very* skilled someone was monitoring it at all times. This person would need to be able to handle multiple conversation threads at one time, and they would need to be able to keep up with the constant 'binging', without going nuts.
As an inter-staff communication tool, I'm not sure if it could be used on shared computers. I suppose the Meebo would only allow one person to access the program at once. But for those with a dedicated computer, it would be a very quick way of connecting across the system.
I've only had one personal experience with IM and it was so overwhelming, that I don't ever really want to do it again. Bing Bing Bing... It was impossible to keep up with the speeds while trying to decipher the language! Know wonder our teens can't communicate in complete sentences anymore...not to mention accurate spelling... but I digress.
However, it was much more effective than trading emails ; much more similar to a phone conversation. So I absolutely understand appeal. The wonder of Meebo is that it collects all the various providers through one simple gateway, of sorts. Then you don't need to have an ID for each of the different ones to be able to communicate with everyone, or wonder who's currently on where.
As for library applications, it would be very useful for the patrons to have automatic electronic access to us for reference needs, but it would require that a *very* skilled someone was monitoring it at all times. This person would need to be able to handle multiple conversation threads at one time, and they would need to be able to keep up with the constant 'binging', without going nuts.
As an inter-staff communication tool, I'm not sure if it could be used on shared computers. I suppose the Meebo would only allow one person to access the program at once. But for those with a dedicated computer, it would be a very quick way of connecting across the system.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
RSS Feeds : Item 8
I've spent about an hour searching through Bloglines and the other search tools adding feeds to my account, and I've found that the Bloglines Beta seems to be the easiest way to go for browsing a wide selection of topics. I've also had some success with adding feeds directly from some blogs and websites. It's like creating a huge friends list from all over the web.
I like how all the posts for a related feed come together in one scroll. It makes it much easier to get compiled information about a specific topic and see it all in a quick view. Now if I only had the time to spend reading any of the articles! heh.
As a programmer, I can see how rss feeds could be useful for sharing information between branches for book discussion groups, YAABs, early learning events, etc.
I like how all the posts for a related feed come together in one scroll. It makes it much easier to get compiled information about a specific topic and see it all in a quick view. Now if I only had the time to spend reading any of the articles! heh.
As a programmer, I can see how rss feeds could be useful for sharing information between branches for book discussion groups, YAABs, early learning events, etc.
RSS Feed Me
RSS Feeds... Wow!
I had no idea that this option was available, but I tend to be rather clueless about technology. I can see how they would be extremely useful for people who are constantly on the web for current events and such. I'm not typically one of those people, but I can see the application. It seems to make sense to streamline; to have all the current postings come to you, rather than you constantly searching in vain for newly added ones.
I had no idea that this option was available, but I tend to be rather clueless about technology. I can see how they would be extremely useful for people who are constantly on the web for current events and such. I'm not typically one of those people, but I can see the application. It seems to make sense to streamline; to have all the current postings come to you, rather than you constantly searching in vain for newly added ones.
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