Thing 8 ONLINE PRESENTATION

I like the Zoho idea creating an online "powerpoint" presentation. It has a few glitches I couldn't seem to work out. I put in a time for the slide show and wasn't able to clear it. So now the embedded video gets cut short. If I could just extend the days and have more time to figure all this out!

Thing 7 WEB COMMUNICATION

EMAIL: This one is not a problem for me. I am a heavy user of email at home and work. I have a Yahoo! account, Outlook at work, and gmail. I have had hotmail, I am not a real big fan of the hotmail format. I stopped using it, I thought the spam filters were inadequate and you got hit with too much extra junk.

IM: We are already utilizing AIM at work. I am ok with it. I feel a little tied to my computer sometimes. The tough thing about IM is there are so many different ones. I hate having so many subscriptions/accounts/passwords/etc...

TEXT MESSAGING: This is just not applicable at work. Right now use of cell phones is not allowed during school hours. With teenagers nothing else would get done! It would be useful at the college level where the student/patron is more responsible for the work getting done on their own.

WEB CONFERENCES: I have participated in some web conferences before for training on our new Destiny Card Catalog. They work out very nicely. It is still a bit of a hassle, scheduling it into the day and making sure all the technological aspects are in place and working and getting everyone in the conference. One new thing Kevin found is "Campfire". It is like IM, only more people can get in on the chat. I think it will work great for ongoing projects.

Thing 6 TRADING CARDS

Big Huge Labs is temporarily down, so I guess I will not play with Trading Cards right now. Onto Thing 7!!!!!

Thing 6 IMAGE CHEF

Thing 5.4 PUZZLES & FLICKER

OK, so you can make your photos look like jigsaw puzzles. I can't think of any practical applications for this at the HS Media Center.

Thing 5.3 Splashr

My Presentation

Create your own slide shows and post them on your blog page with Splashr!!!!

I am lovin' 23 Things!

Thing 5.2 SPELLING WITH FLICKER

Spelling with flickr is fun!!

Thing 5.1 BIG HUGE LABS

Big Huge Labs is kind of fun. Still trying to figure out how to get to all these pages without using the link from the 23 Things website. The best idea I can come up with is to bookmark them on deli.cio.us.

Thing 5 COLR PICKER

I am fumbling around with Thing 5 today. I couldn't figure out what to do with Clockr?

This beautiful, blue jellyfish photo was selected from the color wheel on Colr Pickr. It is from Flickr. I had a few problems actually getting it on my blog page. I am not sure if that is my bad or my inexperience on my MacBook. I have been encouraged by colleauges to "come to the Dark Side". As an original PC girl, I am still a bit resistant.

More posts to follow. Thing 5 has a lot of sub-things.

Thing 4 FLICKR

Flickr was kind of a tough one for me. I am working on a Mac right now, usually I am a PC girl. I had to find a photo uploader that actually worked. Once I did that, I just grabbed some photos from iPhoto.

I already had a subscription to Flickr from when it used to be Yahoo! Photos. I really like the ability to post and share photos via the web.

This is one thing I will continue to use.

Thing 4 FLICKR

Well, I finally figured out how to get the photo uploader for work on a Mac. I was already a member of Flickr, grandfathered in from Yahoo! photos.

Now I am figuring out how to actually use all the features. I want to scan in all my grandmothers old photos and be able to share them with the whole extended family.

I am so excited to finally be doing the 23 Things. I am learning so much stuff!!

Thing 3 RSS

Summer is flying by!!!

I figure I better get moving on my 23 Things. So Thing 3 is RSS. I started a google reader account. Which was easy, because I have already discovered igoogle and absolutely adore googledocs.

I subscribed to my own blog!! I hope that counts. It was hard finding blogs in the CMLE list that have been kept current.

On to Thing 4.

Thing 2 WEB 2.0 PERSPECTIVES

I also redid Thing 2. I watched the online video of the Murdoch University guy. First time around I didn't have the interest to watch the whole thing. It is worth 6 minutes of your time though, I recommend watching the whole thing.

Still Tryin'!!

I did Thing 1 again today. I really want to learn all this stuff. I think I already made a mistake on my blog though. My blog name "Live to read. Read to live." is different than my blog address. I will keep researching and maybe have to change something down the road.