This time I got to explore a little more and try out some Flickr mashups and 3rd party sites. I felt like I barely touched the surface of all there is to see - and to understand. I really thought that Montagr was really lovely. By choosing a word or subject, the application finds many pictures available in flickr with that tag and combines them into a mosaic of squares. It reminded me of like quickly making a beautiful quilt. My favorite two were mosaics of flowers and of snow. It was fun to see the whole mosaic and also beautiful to click on each individual square to see the details of each picture. I think that Montagr is one of the easier mashups to understand. I've been trying to see if I can copy a couple of pretty Montagr images to this blog but haven't mastered it so far.
I did begin working on the suggestion of working on a Librarian Trading Card, but still haven't gotten too far. I plan on going back to work on my card again soon. I spend way more than the 45 minutes allotted, but still feel like I don't totally understand how to make the mashups function too well. At least I know have a good idea of what a mash-up is though - a combination (hybrid) of featuresf from one application such as flickr with that of another to make a mixed or mashed web application.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Thing Five
Flickr!! Wow, I hadn't realized what this was, other than seeing pictures from various branches posted on our library's website! It's very interesting! I was happy to see how great Wheaton's children's room looked in the pictures. I'm afraid it's much harder to keep it looking so good since we aren't staffing the children's room due to budget constraints. It's a reminder to me, though, to give even more attention to the looks of the room and to make it more inviting and easier to use for our customers. Hopefully we can use Flickr in other ways to engage our public's interest in our library.
I enjoyed looking at some other library sites, including Boston Public Library where I worked in the late '60's. I plan on going back to explore more library sites. I'm hoping to also find some useful photos of room, desk, and furniture arrangements in other libraries to brainstorm some things that would be good ideas for us. I would also love to see some storytimes on video! (maybe youtube will be a better source.)
I'm excited to see the potential for using Flickr for sharing my own photos. I hope to create a website myself as a way to sending pictures of (what else) my two grandchildren, Isaiah and Liana. Nice to have the time to sit down and play with the site on this blizzard-y afternoon.
Also enjoyed looking at some videos, especially some clips from a concert featuring my favorite people, Bernice Johnson Reagon and her daughter, Toshi Reagon.
Flickr!! Wow, I hadn't realized what this was, other than seeing pictures from various branches posted on our library's website! It's very interesting! I was happy to see how great Wheaton's children's room looked in the pictures. I'm afraid it's much harder to keep it looking so good since we aren't staffing the children's room due to budget constraints. It's a reminder to me, though, to give even more attention to the looks of the room and to make it more inviting and easier to use for our customers. Hopefully we can use Flickr in other ways to engage our public's interest in our library.
I enjoyed looking at some other library sites, including Boston Public Library where I worked in the late '60's. I plan on going back to explore more library sites. I'm hoping to also find some useful photos of room, desk, and furniture arrangements in other libraries to brainstorm some things that would be good ideas for us. I would also love to see some storytimes on video! (maybe youtube will be a better source.)
I'm excited to see the potential for using Flickr for sharing my own photos. I hope to create a website myself as a way to sending pictures of (what else) my two grandchildren, Isaiah and Liana. Nice to have the time to sit down and play with the site on this blizzard-y afternoon.
Also enjoyed looking at some videos, especially some clips from a concert featuring my favorite people, Bernice Johnson Reagon and her daughter, Toshi Reagon.
Thing Three
Actually this was the first thing I did - following the directions. For some reason, I was most intimated about whether I would figure out how to set up my own blog, so I'm glad that's done! Of course it wasn't hard after all!
I enjoyed reading a little of what others have posted to get an idea of what people do. I guess that as time goes on, I'll try to make the site my own a little my own. At least I've got a picture up!
Actually this was the first thing I did - following the directions. For some reason, I was most intimated about whether I would figure out how to set up my own blog, so I'm glad that's done! Of course it wasn't hard after all!
I enjoyed reading a little of what others have posted to get an idea of what people do. I guess that as time goes on, I'll try to make the site my own a little my own. At least I've got a picture up!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Thing Two
Just finished watching "The 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners." I always think of myself as being interested in so many things and wanting to constantly be learning new things about all kinds of things in the world around me. So, I was kind of surprised and disappointed to see that many of the 'Habits' were things that don't come easily to me! For example, my first instinct is to view problems as problems! It takes me a little bit of talking to myself before I begin to see them as 'challenges' that can be an opportunity for growth and problem solving. Also I do often lack confidence in tackling new things, especially if I have not had success or experience with something similar to them.
I believe that my strengths lie in my ability to create my own lifelearning 'toolbox' and to accept responsiblity for my own learning. I do love on-line trainings and now that I have successfully gotten started with '23 Things' I am very excited to really dig in! ( With the current snowstorm that we are in the midst of this week, I will also be 'digging out!')
I believe that my strengths lie in my ability to create my own lifelearning 'toolbox' and to accept responsiblity for my own learning. I do love on-line trainings and now that I have successfully gotten started with '23 Things' I am very excited to really dig in! ( With the current snowstorm that we are in the midst of this week, I will also be 'digging out!')
Thing One
I'm FINALLY getting started! I'm new to much of this, so I'm really looking forward to learning more about all of these THINGS!
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