Week 10

I plan on downloading podcasts from my favorite radio station. I also will be downloading music,
oldies from the 50's and 60's.

Week 9

All that copyright information sure is alot of information overload. However, it is there to protect the artists and the authors. I played around with Liveplasma and thought this would be a usefull tool for our customers. It is like Novelist or What Do I Read Next - only instead of being for books it lets you know what is out there in the field of music.

Week 8

This week we looked at Flickr. This site posts pictures. Of course, I just had to look at the cat pictures and browsed cat show judges where I was able to identify 23 judges I know from the cat fancy. I also looked at OCLS, it is really amazing what is out there on the web. Some people have set copyrights on their photos with what can and cannot be used so they may protect themselves and the rights to their works.

I am really enjoying Online Learning. I have been working with another person whom I am able to get help from. I find it beneficial to be able to talk with others and get their ideas on what we are doing.

With some help, I downloaded pictures to Flickr. We did five.

Week 7

Today we got to play and boy was it alot of fun. I made accounts on Catster and Puzzle Player.
On Catster, I posted a picture of my award winning cat - Libris Boo Radley - and made a profile for him. On Puzzle Player, I played a trivia game. Did not do very well. Oh well, next time. I also decided to try a cross word puzzle on this site. How cool is that, doing a crossword puzzle without a pen or pencil ( it makes correcting your mistakes a breeze). On the adventure I did not have to go far as my hobby is breeding and showing cats - Catster.

Week 6

Week 6 was very interesting. The lesson dealt with Social Networking and Mash-Ups.
Social Networking is where a user creates a profiles and shares it with others. For example: Shelari - I have created an account and a profile at that site, which others may read. This site deals with books and lets others know what other books are out there. The other element we looked at this week was: Mash-Ups. Mash-Ups are sites that blend together two elements. For example if you were looking to buy a car, you could go to MotorMap USA. The two elements on this site are the map and the information on the automobile. You type in the car info. vehicle make, model, the distance you want to go to find it and the zip code. It then shows you on the map where your vehicle is located. Two sites this week that I found to be fascinating were ELF and GuruLib. ELF - will keep tabs on the library material you check out from your local library. However, your library must be on this site to use it. OCLS is on there. The other site was Gurulib - this site will help people catalog their libraries at home. it will do books, dvds, music, cds, games and software. This sure beats the old fashioned way of going to a book and cataloging what you have at home.

Week 4

I found this week to be very interesting.
I have now discovered that there are all kinds of interesting websites out there. On Myspace.com I typed in OCLS and found the teen page and was able to view a clip of Otronicon.

I looked at 3 sites on Seomoz: 1. You Tube Travel, Yelp and Library Thing. I thought Library Thing was really an awesome site. I have signed up for this and have a page. I can showcase the books that I read. The site shows the cover of the books. This is a great way for others to maybe broaden their horizons and find books that they may like to read. I need to keep up with this and learn more about setting up the page. I have also gone to Shelfari which is similiar and done likewise on that website. These two websites are so much better than just looking at a bibliography or a plain old book review. One of the other sites I looked at was Yelp - which you can look up restaurant reviews. This would be an excellent place for people to go to, that travel.

Week 3 Of Learn 2.0

• I found this to be a very interesting exercise. I thought that the RSS feeds went to this blog - they don't. They are on bloglines. I did get frustrated even though I was on the right track. Got some help and finished adding my RSS feeds. I choose these 5: Blue Dot: Public; Big Cat Rescue; Fresh Approach Cooking; News; Technology At OCLS. I found that Grokker's is going to be a nifty way to search for material. I decided to look at American Shorthairs. In Grokker's the bigger the circle the more information there will be. My learning style is visual - reading and watching and I also like to participate. By doing a task over and over again it will finally stick with me.

This and That

I can see a use for blogs in the library. It would be a great way to correspond with others on books. It would give us the opportunity to let the customers know what is out there. I could blog about the different books I have read and give a mini review of them