Sheila's Blog

2010-12-23T10:52:00.001-08:00

#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning...

2009-01-14T07:44:00.001-08:00

I would like to thank Friends of CTLS, the Tocker Foundation, & Kam McEvoy for the great learning experience. I really liked to be able to insert links to my favorite sites which was very easy to do. It was a lot of fun and also challenging at times, but I made it through and have learned about a lot of things that I did not know existed. I would like to participate in another discovery program if it were offered.

2009-01-14T07:42:00.000-08:00

2009-01-10T09:18:00.000-08:00

#22 Audiobooks and almost to the finish line!

2009-01-08T13:42:00.001-08:00

I listened to Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault. I have always liked this story and it was great that they used different voices for the different characters. I did not know that these online recordings were available. I was surprised that there were so many to choose from on this website.

#21 Wide world of podcasting

2009-01-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

I thought this was an awesome podcast site. I have never used podcasting before, but this one has a lot of topics and is a great information source.

#20 You too can YouTube

2009-01-08T12:40:00.000-08:00

I like both of these songs and all the scenes of God's beautiful creation!! I viewed quite a few before deciding on these. I really like YouTube. There is a lot to see on this site. The videos that I viewed were mostly good, but some parts of them were blurry or had a picture in them that I didn't care for. There are a lot of things on this site that are not worth watching as well.

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

2009-01-05T16:13:00.000-08:00

I chose MothersClick. This is a place for mothers to get together and exchange ideas and is also a place to ask questions to get through things others may have already experienced. I did not see any applications for its use in a library.
http://www.mothersclick.com/

#18 Web-based Apps: Have Internet, will travel

2009-01-03T10:52:00.000-08:00

I was not aware that Zoho Services even existed. This is also a great thing to know about and use instead of e-mail attachments. You always see the latest version online and several people can make and see changes instantly. Any page can easily be published online for anyone to see, or shared with a selected group.

#17 Playing around with PBWiki

2009-01-02T11:46:00.000-08:00

I created an account in the ctls-23-things-sandbox.pbwiki.com. The favorites that I added were my favorite books which are Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand and Mistaken Identity. My other choice was favorite movies and they are Shawshank Redemption, Steel Magnolias and Premonition.

#16 So what's in a wiki?

2009-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

I think that using a wiki is a great idea because I know that when e-mails go back and forth they do get lost in the mix of all the others, especially when more than two people are involved. I did not know about this great planner tool, but I am sure I will use it in the future. It is also a great idea for several people to get lists and ideas together without actually having a meeting to do it.

#15 Personal aspects of Library 2.0

2008-12-31T13:25:00.000-08:00

•Library 2.0 encourages the heart.
As we reach out to our users, we remember all of the folks we serve. We create experiences for them. Open, honest communication should be the preferred method of sharing information with staff and users. Sharing content,thoughts and ideas should be the norm.

These are great words to live by not only within the library, but also throughout our lives!!

#14 The Technorati Parti

2008-12-22T16:56:00.000-08:00

The results are quite different when you see the tags only. The search results on the Blog Directory are very general and ,in my opinion, a little too broad. The tags only search narrows it down to be much more specific to the topic.
I looked at the What's Popular news tab and I found the year 2008 in photographs, a few of the pictures were cool, but most of them were very graphic and disturbing.

#13 Delicious

2008-12-15T17:10:00.000-08:00

Delicious is a useful key to saving time. You can type what you are looking for on pretty much anything and someone has something for you to see on the topic. I think that it is very useful for both businesses and personal home use.

#12 Online Gaming

2008-12-10T14:02:00.001-08:00

I enjoy putting jigsaw puzzles together. I liked the JigZone website because there are alot of pretty pictures to choose from and you are also able to select the number of pieces in the puzzle. Bejeweled was alot of fun also, I like to figure out how to get the most of the same type together to get bonus points. I have found alot of very fun games online!

2008-12-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

These are two other feeds that I have used. I usually find my feeds on other websites associated with the topic I am looking for. I did not find the search tools to be very helpful.
I feel that one of the best things that I have ever done is to breastfeed our baby. I hope that this will become a more popular thing to do again. I have seen so many times that the babies have to be switched from one formula to another and this is usually so much easier for them. It has been very difficult to do since I came back to work, but I think it is very worth it.

parenting.com
breastfeeding.com

#11 Social Networking Sites - MySpace Music

2008-12-08T16:26:00.000-08:00

I really like the MySpace Music. It is very easy to get into and I was able to listen to a Martina McBride song. I like the music part of it, but I was not interested in signing up for an account.

#10 Chat & IM

2008-12-08T16:12:00.000-08:00

It is really easy to Chat, but I like to talk on the phone so I probably will continue to do that.
I have used Live Chat with a company that we subscribe to. It was very helpful to resolve an issue that we were trying to fix.

More about Really Simple Syndication

2008-12-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

Adding links to a page makes it really convenient and a whole lot faster to get to what you are looking for. I chose CNN because it has stories of what is happening all around the world, politics, crime, entertainment, health, and the weather all on one site. Some of the videos on youtube are really interesting and funny and of course it never hurts anyone to have a good laugh!! Yahoo is another good site for mail, news, puzzles, travel, and horoscopes. I probably would not use the search tools to find feeds.

Really Simple Syndication

2008-12-03T09:17:00.000-08:00

The three feeds I have chosen are:

cnn.com

youtube.com

yahoo.com

THE PLACE TO BE!!

2008-12-01T17:53:00.001-08:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by Sheila 2008

I made this one with the FD Toys Trading Card maker. It was pretty fun and simple to do.

2008-12-01T15:58:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by eason

If you have not already noticed my favorite colors are lavendar and purple!! I used the Flikr Colr Pickr to find this one.

#5 Discover Flickr: My guardian angel sleeps

2008-12-01T15:41:00.001-08:00

Misc: My guardian angel sleeps
Originally uploaded by mhauri

With a little assistance I was able to post this angel to my blog. I collect angels and angel pictures and the beauty and glow of this one is just awesome!!

2008-11-25T15:33:00.000-08:00

Our Little Princess!!!

Google

2008-11-24T16:34:00.000-08:00

The world is ours to discover...there is so much to learn on Google. I did not know there was so much available on one website. I have used Google only for images and maps so far. It is a great source for information. I will be using it alot more since I have looked into what all is available.

2008-11-24T15:55:00.000-08:00

I am posting about the 7 1/2 habits. The easiest habit for me was to play. I have learned so much about all sorts of things by just playing with it.

Challenges are sometimes difficult ,but if everything were easy then life would not be any fun!! Learn to experiment to find a solution and use alternate methods to achieve your goals.