Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Learn & Play @CML Wiki

This was the hardest one for me to do because I couldn't find it! Once I found it, it is so easy and simple to use! I added my blog to the wiki and searched staff favorites, so much fun!

10 Random Things...

about me...

1. I'm terrified to drive in the snow and live in Ohio, go figure

2. I've worked at CML for almost 11 years right out of high school, never worked anywhere else!

3. This is my 9th position here in 11 years.

4. I love old movies black and white from the 30's and 40's, would rather watch those then anything new.

5. I am a chocolate addict!

6. One of my favorite things to do is sleep, I can't get enough!

7. My first time on an airplane, I was 24!

8. I love reality television.

9. I knew what I was going to name my daughter since I was 5, I decided back then told my mom and 22 years later stuck to it!

10. I am a creature of habit, if I find something I like, I'll stick with it for a long time- perfect example is going out to eat, I always get the same thing every time!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Learn & Play at a close...

To summarize my thoughts on Learn and Play- this was fantastic for this organization to go through and I am proud to have been a participant! I re-freshed on some things I already knew well- youtube, flicker, and learned some things that were completely new to me- calc, MOLDI, LibraryThing.

Also, Twitter is so fun, I am not great about posting what I'm doing, so need to improve on that, but think this has been a favorite of a lot of staff!

All in all, this program was fun, it was educational and I enjoyed taking part, thanks!

Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 Tools- which one is my favorite? Well, I have to go with You Tube, I love, love, love this! I know it is easy to use, easy to access, free (best of all) and something I find entertaining.

MOLDI

Again- another new term I have never heard of! I have not been to MOLDI or downloaded an audio book before. I am a BIG fan of books on tape so this is great. I first had to creeate my account and add to my favorites then searched and found things I was looking for and although I didn't actually download an audio book I know now the process if I ever decide to do this in the future.

Podcasts

I have only searched for and viewed podcasts from itunes, but after doing a Google search see podcastalley.com a great site for searching podcasts, there are ways to narrow down your search and view by categories, sub-categories, this is great, this is going in my bookmark for sure!

I love You Tube!

I have loved using You Tube for over a year now when it was first introduced to me, there is literally everything on there, anything you want to find you can find it here. I look up old television shows from when I was a kid, interviews, concert footage, and it is so great. I went on and did a search of Columbus Metropolitan Library and was surprised to find so many hits!