Final Lesson--Wiki

Wikis seem very easy. I did an edit on Wikipedia on the little town where I went to High school, Grinnell Kansas. I had never thought of creating or editing a wiki before, but now who knows where it will end. I really enjoyed this lesson and think I will do more of this. I am so excited that I made it to the last lesson and actually finished on the week it was assigned. I was behind for a while, but finally got caught up. I have enjoyed learning what is available for me as a librarian and for me personally to use. I should have lots of fun continuing to explore and create and share with my new found tools!

Slide sharing

Ok, so slide sharing is fun. I need to get some better pictures. I can see my family having a ball with this. It really isn't to hard, maybe a bit time consuming. I suppose we could use this to share pics of our summer reading events. It might also be used as a promo for events. HMMMM! The wheels are spinning now. I'll have to see how this plays out. I'll post them here if I use this as promo.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Screencasting

Screencasting is fun. I can see many ways to make use of this. I love using all the tutorials on Youtube, now I know how they do it. Also, when someone asks me a question now, I can simply show them rather than try and talk them through it without me seeing their screen or them seeing mine. Handy, Handy!!!! I like it, even though I couldn't get the audio to work right now. Screencast-o-matic is very user friendly and makes you feel like a pro in no time!

I thought I had linked my screencast on how to use the online Chilton's manual, but I guess it didn't link. I will keep trying to get it to link.

LibraryThing, Shelfari

OK so I'm doing my lessons out of order, but with working the front desk today I can't really do the older lessons.
I must say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Shelfari. I can't wait to spend more time on it and get my books on my shelf. It is so easy to use and I love the reviews and recommendations. I can't wait to add and invite friends to see what they are reading. This is going to be great fun. I can see having my Young Adults do this. We can share and recommend titles and even do a discussion. I know how the teens would rather use technology than anything else. They can also participate in library related events without having to fit a trip to the library into their already busy schedules. Hmmmm! Possibilities, possibilities!

http://www.shelfari.com/mmader

Falling behind

Oh my goodness! I have been out of town and now am very far behind on my
23 Things. I will be working like crazy this week to get caught up. Maybe it's
a good thing I work this Saturday. It will give me one more day to get there!
Wish me luck!