Web 2.0 Challenge - Week 3 (InfoPeople Things 4, 5,& 6)

Creating a Flickr account was easy and I even figured out how to upload one of my photos, but I didn't write down my login and password information and when I went back days later I could not find one of the usual suspects that worked so I had to create a new account. After this minor glitch, I had fun being amazed at the number of photos in one place! Working with photos is one of my biggest challenges. It has taken me forever to figure out how to take a Flickr photo and post it on my blog!! But I have finally succeeded in linking my Blogger account to my Flickr account and I now know how to Blog This with public photos to post a picture I find to my blog! Through Flickr, I learned that the small rural branch library where I began as a Library Assistant in the 1980's is getting a new building so I chose to post this Flickr photo as a reminder of my roots.

Lindsay Library Contruction,
originally uploaded by Tulare County Library.

In my examination of Flickr mashups, I had a lot of fun with Spell With Flickr and decided to post one of my creations since it is baseball season and my team is in a pennant race!

I visited some of the libraries noted for using Web 2 technology. Denver's podcasts seem like an effective way to get more mileage out of the work of putting together programs. And Seattle's MySpace Teen Center is interesting. I would really like to know the statistics on how much such efforts are being used by the public. Do teens want to hang out with their library on line or their friends?? Just wondering.

Recapping this week, I think Flickr is one of the more interesting sites that I have become acquainted with so far. I can even see reference applications for a site like this.

Web 2.0 Challenge - Week 2 (InfoPeople Things 2 & 3)

Although I created my blog at the end of Week 1, I quickly saw that it was a very beginning effort so I wanted to use the week to explore some of the options of Blogger. In reality, most of the exploration came at the end of Week 1, and a whole week seems to have gone by without finding time to go any further! Week 3 looks like more of a challenge so I need to recommit the time.

But I did see how adding a couple of lists to the sidebar would work as well as adding an image. I was not, however, able to achieve adding an image to the header - everytime I did that, it resulted in a huge graphic that was not the look I was after!

But I did play around with the different templates, fonts, etc. It is still not as unique as most of my colleagues on the Challenge, but it's time to move on.

Since I am simultaneously trying to do the InfoPeople 23 Things, I registered my blog with them. I'm finding a little confusion working from the Challenge List we are using at San Diego County alongside the InfoPeople list. I'll see how that goes as I move ahead.

Now it looks like it is on to Flickr according to where my racing ahead colleagues have been!.

Web 2.0 Challenge - Week 1.5

I wanted to officially record the whole Week 1 experience. I did complete my Learning Contract and in doing that I decided to just go ahead and go for the InfoPeople Challenge while working with my friends at San Diego County Library. So I'm aiming to finish all "23 Things" before Oct. 19. I admit it - it's fun to go for the prize (flash drive) as well as for the knowledge. The Learning Contract brought mostly to light the obstacle of time - as usual. That will be a main hurdle.

I didn't have any trouble with the podcasts and am intrigued by the possibilities of setups like this for library training. I don't know if this experience will be really enough for the Database Committee to investigate all the training possibilities using Web 2.0, but it will be a start to get us thinking in new directions.

I blogged earlier about the 7 1/2 habits and have saved them on my laptop so that I can refer back to them as a reminder from time to time.

I went ahead a little this week and set up my blog for Week 2. I want to spend some time during the week playing with the formatting and experimenting with a few customizations. Some of the blogs set up by others in the SDCL Challenge are quite intriguing and I want to see if I can figure out how certain looks were achieved.

So on to Week 2!

Web 2.0 Challenge - Week 1

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has been one of my favorite books for a long time so I was curious to see the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners. Definitely the hardest habit for me is going to be to View Problems as Challenges. I much prefer to set my own challenges and seem to naturally take the attitude that a problem gets in the way of getting on with the challenges I have set for myself. I like more control over my challenges, I guess.

As far as the easiest habit, for me it is to Accept Responsibility for My Own Learning -Stephen Covey's "Sharpening the Saw." My kids have always accused me of being a "school girl" because I love to take classes and go to trainings. I particularly like playing with technology devices to figure out new ways to use them.

Looking forward to having fun with all of this.