Thing 22 CONTINUING LEARNING

I am so committed to keep learning. I haven't blogged much lately, and that is because I have been learning. I have the best job in the world, my job is half library and half technology, my two loves: books and computers.

The school already hosted a tech seminar, Tech Quest 3.0. There are even more fun, free things on the net. We did Twitter, Animoto, Wordle, Google Docs, Google Calendars, Google Sites and further explored wikis.

My biggest problem now is finding time to squeak in my books between work and all my computer stuff. I did manage to read Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and The Host, all by Stephenie Meyer, this summer though. Currently I am reading "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris.

So everyone Keep on Reading!!! and computing!!!

Still Loving the Things!!

Thing 21 BEYOND MYSPACE-SOCIAL FORUMS

I am having so much fun with this program. I hope the 23 Things sight stays active. I joined Web Junction and Ning. I am no longer freaked out about posting my picture online.
I am loving all the book sights and the library forums. I plan to keep current on all the Things I have signed up for. They will all apply when I get around to my master plan of going back to school for certification as Information Media Specialist. There is so much information and so many resources!! I am just lovin' it!



View my page on 23 Things on a Stick

Thing 20 FACEBOOK VS. MYSPACE

Another easy Thing for me. I just recently joined Facebook, one of my girl scouts parents created a group so she could post photos. I am not the most happening person, I only have 12 friends. I did join some of the library group though.

I also checked out MySpace, but I know a few young people on there and some of the pages are so unacceptable for viewing, to put it nicely.

I think MySpace does a nicer job displaying their pages, Hennepin County Library, for example. But since I am already a Facebook user, I won't be switching.

Thing 19 PODCASTS

I found another addicting Thing. I loved the Memoirs for School Library Media . I found myself listening for about an hour and bookmarked my page (with deli.cio.us). I provided the link for you above.

I plan on trying my own podcast, but right now I can think of any topics. Also, I think I am running out of time and want to finish the 23 Things first.

Thing 18 ONLINE VIDEOS

I checked out the instructions for embedding videos, which I obviously don't have a problem with. I did have problems with finding the share button on YouTube. I found myself wasting a lot of time looking at videos. I did find some funny, appropriate videos to share on my blog though. I was at first worried about not finishing the 23 Things, now I am wishing there were more.

Thing 18.1 GOOGLE ONLINE VIDEO

It is a little bit of a different format, but many of the videos are the same as YouTube. It will be interesting to see how things play out, if they will leave them as separate sights. Here is a video I pulled from Google Video.

Thing 18 YouTube & ONLINE VIDEO

Once again, a Thing I am a little bit familiar with. My new favorite thing is embedding videos. I love this help desk one, sorry for stealing the 23 Things idea.






And here is another one I liked.

Thing 17 ELM PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

OK, :), another Thing I have experience with. I have used ELM, Gale, EBSCO and all those things and have them linked to the HS Destiny site. It was nice to learn some more features. I did the ELM challenge, went to Info Trac, searched child health, listened to the Podcast and added NPR RSS feed on child health to my reader. At last some time on the internet that I don't feel was a total waste of time.

Thing 16 STUDENT 2.0 TOOLS

I love when I find the Things I have already done. A few years ago, I took a class at the UofM and utilized the University Research Project Calendar. It is great, it sends you email reminders and deadlines of things you should have completed. You enter a start date and a finish date, then the RPC will send you reminders to be working on an outline, a draft, bibliography, etc...

Research Project Calendar does the same thing. This site I even have linked on our Destiny homepage.

High School Destiny Page