Week 10: is this the end? or beginning?

Whew! I've learned a lot - not sure I'll remember it all .... kind of, you lose it if you don't use it! I have seen a lot of advantage of many of these discoveries for personal use as well as understanding the "background" of how things have been done at hcpl for us - in training videos, downloadables, etc. It is definitely a HUGE computer world out there - that we are just tapping into and learning about! Wow! I don't feel "expert" at all, and may never be - but am anxious to get started on some of my sites to develop them for friends and family - to share and to learn. Thanks so much for everyone's HARD WORK putting this all together for us!! It has definitely been an enjoyable learning experience.

Week 9: Downloadable media

the Librivox site stated that their directory was "unavailable and having issues".
Wowie was very easy to use - high demands were not available... mostly self-published things. HCPL has a wide variety of items to download - ours is easy to use and easy to find something by subject. I'm glad that it will be "growing" and increasing in number of items. I have downloaded a book from HCPL in the past.

Week 9: Podcasts

I found a really darling 5 year old reading a Christmas book on her mother's radio program. What an entertaining and very expressive reader! I can see recording something done by anyone, like a librarian telling about or reading an exerpt from a book as a teaser for book clubs in the libraries... or - many other uses!

Week 9: Discover YouTube +

I found a video in YouTube about making a secret compartment in a book. The name of the video is: Make a Book with a Secret Compartment There are LOTS of videos to choose from - this was fairly easy. So - this is how y'all do this! ha!! I see how I can create my own video, put it into YouTube, and then share it with whatever entity or friends I wish.

Week 8: Zoho

Once upon a time I toddled my way into the world of computers. Here I am - trying to learn about web applications. sd



This is what I typed in Zoho - very basic, nothing to "work" on... but I have the idea of how to do and how it works. It would have been very useful when I was designing the FOL tri-fold brochure that went back and forth from me to Adm - and back again 'til we had it "right"... this would have been much easier.

Week 8: Social Networking

I checked out facebook and it was "ok"... then I checked out Ning. I liked this one a lot and think it may be the one I "land" on. I then went to Linked-in and really liked it, except, I don't see a personal use for me at this time in my life - it would really be helpful for someone who is looking for a job, etc. and needing to make contacts on a more expansive basis. I do have a young friend who moved here from Maine and is having trouble finding a job that pays like a real career job would.... so, I'm going to suggest this to him. I looked at threadless and thought it was cool - also will tell a friend of mine who designs t-shirts about this one. The catster was cute -
ok - I just went and created an account in Ning. :)) COOL!