An exercise I would have liked to see in this training is the actual use of the MP3 player, participants will be receiving.
Tips, training on how to upload music, audiobooks, etc... would be helpful.
Thanks again for this training opportunity!
Monday, May 21, 2007
Reflective Exercise
You want feedback on my experience with Learning 2.0? Here it is :)
First I would like to say that I really enjoyed being part of this "training" program. It was a lot of fun and informative. I was familiar with most of the technology we covered but I discovered new ways to use said technology and in some cases, an aternated technology that I could use to save me time instead of some of the tools I previously used... An exemple for that is Tagging, which makes it easier for me to find and reuse the various sites I like and waste less time in between searches.
I am not sure of the use of the tools I have been presented with on a professional basis (there are a couple of them I am actually thinking about using but the majority of the technology we covered did not relate to my job). On a personal basis though, I am using several of the sites I have been introduced to during this "adventure" ! :)
I am really glad I participated to this Library 2.0 training. It has assisted me in realizing all that is out there. If I had to do it again, I definitely would!
Of all the technology we used, I think the one I enjoyed the most is MySpace. It allows your creative mind to create a virtual little you that links you to all the people you dont normally get to keep touch with, and in some cases, it assisted me in finding people with similar interest in my area... I really enjoyed the YouTube section as well, and blogging. It is something I never thought I would enjoy and I found myself actually enjoying it! :)
When I had questions and needed assistance with some confusing areas of the "steps", I found that assistance was available by both the Learning 2.0 team but also by other staff participating in this training and willing to share their discoveries and successes. It really was a great sharing experience with other people in your department, all assisting one another to get to a common goal.
I would really like to hear about other similar training opportunities within KCLS. I liked the format and content of this training session and would like to discover what else is out there! :) The only suggestion I would have if amybe to have one or two projects to do as teams (defined by either departments or branches) and work as a group to share and discover together instead of going through the whole process alone.
First I would like to say that I really enjoyed being part of this "training" program. It was a lot of fun and informative. I was familiar with most of the technology we covered but I discovered new ways to use said technology and in some cases, an aternated technology that I could use to save me time instead of some of the tools I previously used... An exemple for that is Tagging, which makes it easier for me to find and reuse the various sites I like and waste less time in between searches.
I am not sure of the use of the tools I have been presented with on a professional basis (there are a couple of them I am actually thinking about using but the majority of the technology we covered did not relate to my job). On a personal basis though, I am using several of the sites I have been introduced to during this "adventure" ! :)
I am really glad I participated to this Library 2.0 training. It has assisted me in realizing all that is out there. If I had to do it again, I definitely would!
Of all the technology we used, I think the one I enjoyed the most is MySpace. It allows your creative mind to create a virtual little you that links you to all the people you dont normally get to keep touch with, and in some cases, it assisted me in finding people with similar interest in my area... I really enjoyed the YouTube section as well, and blogging. It is something I never thought I would enjoy and I found myself actually enjoying it! :)
When I had questions and needed assistance with some confusing areas of the "steps", I found that assistance was available by both the Learning 2.0 team but also by other staff participating in this training and willing to share their discoveries and successes. It really was a great sharing experience with other people in your department, all assisting one another to get to a common goal.
I would really like to hear about other similar training opportunities within KCLS. I liked the format and content of this training session and would like to discover what else is out there! :) The only suggestion I would have if amybe to have one or two projects to do as teams (defined by either departments or branches) and work as a group to share and discover together instead of going through the whole process alone.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Postcasts
I took a look at the Postcast.net postcast directory. I did various searches and after a couple pages of library related postcasts I found one I thought was interested but also could be a good tool for KCLS...
http://www.podcast.net/show/28445
** watch the International Folk Dance Ensemble postcast- It is worth it! :) **
The postcasts from the OCLS (from Orange County) are used to advertise future events in their libraries, by offering samples and previews of performers and storytimes. This would be such a good thing to implement on our website. I can already see it: With every email reminder and event description sent to patrons, or directly on our website in the calendar/programs area, we could offer a previous of the actual show we will be offering in order to drive people to attend! This could be a great marketing/promotional tool!!!!
http://www.podcast.net/show/28445
** watch the International Folk Dance Ensemble postcast- It is worth it! :) **
The postcasts from the OCLS (from Orange County) are used to advertise future events in their libraries, by offering samples and previews of performers and storytimes. This would be such a good thing to implement on our website. I can already see it: With every email reminder and event description sent to patrons, or directly on our website in the calendar/programs area, we could offer a previous of the actual show we will be offering in order to drive people to attend! This could be a great marketing/promotional tool!!!!
YouTube
Now I have to say I am a HUGE fan of YouTube.
Being so far away from home it is sometimes hard to find music and especially music videos to see what the new artists look like. With YouTube I have been able to stay connected with home and some of my favorite artists.
In my previous post I mentioned Garou (one of my favorite French singers) so I thought it appropriate to "embed" his video here so everyone reading this post can know who I am talking about . ** the video i chose is called "sous le vent" and it is one of my favorite songs from him **
(Here is the URL for it if for anyreason this does not work -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkU158B5VzQ)
I think you tube could be great as a promoting tool for storytimes, SRP and other programs, etc.... It is worth exploring!
Being so far away from home it is sometimes hard to find music and especially music videos to see what the new artists look like. With YouTube I have been able to stay connected with home and some of my favorite artists.
In my previous post I mentioned Garou (one of my favorite French singers) so I thought it appropriate to "embed" his video here so everyone reading this post can know who I am talking about . ** the video i chose is called "sous le vent" and it is one of my favorite songs from him **
(Here is the URL for it if for anyreason this does not work -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkU158B5VzQ)
I think you tube could be great as a promoting tool for storytimes, SRP and other programs, etc.... It is worth exploring!
Web 2.0 Award Nominees
Two of the sites I found cool and promising are:
- Last.fm... (http://www.last.fm/) This is a good tool for me because it seems to have a wide knowledge of music not only in english but in a variety of foreign language. I typed in Garou (one of my favorite French singers) and even though some of the suggestions were a little "odd", I can see the similarities between the songs I like and the ones that were played. I don't think this tool would be very useful in library use but as a personnal use I think I will reuse it!
- The other site I checked out was Loomia (http://loomia.com/). Now I think that this site could be used in the library and could actually be a good addition to our catalog. Loomia offers personalized recommendations based on the searches the user made and the sites/products he selected and appeared to be interested in. I think this site could be used as a great tool to suggest books that have similar topics, styles, etc... in order to assist our patrons in knowing what is out there and in possibly broadening their searches and literacy repertoire.
Enjoy!
Google Labs
I have to say that I found a couple "Labs" I really liked...
The first one is Google Page Creator. In a couple clicks you can create a fun and easy webpage. I actually tried it out to create a webpage for my family to visit once in a while to keep in touch with what we have been up to and to upload some recents pictures for them to view since we are so far away from each other! My page: http://cdujardinterry.googlepages.com/home
I also liked a lot the personalize homepage. I have used it previously and I really like it. It allows at a glance to view various topics, images, quotes, etc... updated daily or sometimes many times a day. A very cool idea, I thought! :)
The first one is Google Page Creator. In a couple clicks you can create a fun and easy webpage. I actually tried it out to create a webpage for my family to visit once in a while to keep in touch with what we have been up to and to upload some recents pictures for them to view since we are so far away from each other! My page: http://cdujardinterry.googlepages.com/home
I also liked a lot the personalize homepage. I have used it previously and I really like it. It allows at a glance to view various topics, images, quotes, etc... updated daily or sometimes many times a day. A very cool idea, I thought! :)
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