WRAP-UP

I am glad I signed up for this. I did learn somethings. Some of the things I don't think I will ever use, but some I will. Some I had never heard of and others I had already been using. I think that it was good to learn of these things. I know you hear about some of them and some you don't. And who knows, maybe in the future they might be something I will use and then I will have at least seen them and tried them. Since starting this program I now use Igoogle, Google docs, and I even made a map for my up coming trip using Community Walk.

FUN THINGS - Week 13

Wordle
It was kind of neat, but I don't really think this is something that I would use. When using the print button, it wouldn't print. If you used the print icon on your internet page it would print, but would cut it off. I guess that is something that a person would have to play with.

LibraryThing
Now this is something I could use. I am an avid reader and sometimes forget what I haven read, or I like to keep track of what is coming out. I read many by author. If they publish something I read it. I like the suggestions, because sometimes I am out of books or just want to try something different.

Smilebox
I looked at this, but again I don't think this is something that I would use.

ONLINE MAPPING & GIS - Week 12, Thing 19 & 20

I have never used community walk before. It was kind of neat, I could see it being useful if you were going on a trip and wanted to map things near to where you were staying. I have never used google maps before, but I have used mapquest. Mapquest is great if you want step by step directions. I found google maps I couldn't put in my address to get directions (then my street is not even listed on the map). Here is a map of my town.

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WIDGETS - Week 11 Thing 18

Widgets or gadgets. I added a countdown to my igoogle. I have already added a few, so I think this is something that I would use.

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING - Week 11 Thing 17

Diigo. Well I looked at Diigo and made an account. I can't really see myself ever using this. I think it would be good for a student who is studying from the internet. I bookmarked a couple of things, but because you can't download the tool bar onto a work computer, I didn't see how the highlighing or the sticky notes worked. I couldn't figure out how to do it otherwise, though I know the video said something about another form of tool bar in diigo for work computers. I just didn't get it.

TWITTER - Week 10 thing 16

Twitter. I have never used twitter, and I don't think it is something that I would personally use to post things. I did set up my account and am now following some of my favourite authors. Hopefully a way to know when they have a new book coming out.
One thing I found about it, if you don't check it all the time you could really miss things. I couldn't believe the number of posts that came up. but I just don't see myself checking it that often.

SOCIAL NETWORKING - Week 10 thing 15

I know we don't have to do one for each thing, but I like having something for each thing,(which I did not do for week 7 Wikis & Wikipeia, since I thought they were like one), so I am doing mine separately. Social Networking. I do have a facebook account and I do use it. I have never used or looked at any of the other social networks. It was good to know about all the privacy settings. I know they are always changing and sometimes you miss posts from your friends when they tell their friends about it.
As for using it in the library I am sure it would be good, everyone seems to be on facebook these days, it's whether or not the students look at the library's facebook page is the question. I will have to go and look at the library's page, which I haven't yet.

PHOTOSHARING - Week 9, thing 14

Photosharing / Flickr. Not sure how I feel about this. I can't really see myself using this. I still like to get my pictures printed. I like sitting down with someone and going through them. Sometimes when doing that you remember other little stories about the picture that you wouldn't think about putting in the tag. I always save my pictures to my computer (a hard drive - had a computer blow up and lost all my pictures). So I did explore flickr and looked at pictures, so in keeping with the theme I have going on in my blog, I chose to look at cats.

By ►CubaGallery




I chose this cat because it looks alot like one of mine.

After doing this, I am not sure I like trying to put a photo from flickr into my blog. I found youtube much easier. Maybe with practice. Maybe because I did sign in because I have a yahoo account.

Just because I was having troubles with this I decided to add another photo. (for practice) It is also by the same photographer.
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CATCH-UP - Week 8, thing 13

Catch-up week. Got a week off from my 23 things, as I have been trying my hardest to keep up!

WIKIS & WIKIPEDIA - Week 7, Things 11 & 12

Ok, I added my my comments to the 23 things Wiki. I get the over all idea of it, but got really confused when I clicked on the "save" button and got all kinds of errors. Here it turned out that someone else was "saving" at the same time as me. To correct the error I would have overwritten everything that they had just done. So I had to go back and start again. :(

PODCASTING - Week 6, thing 10

Podcasts. Well, this one I found a little confusing. I went to the sites that were listed and didn't really see anything that interested me. I ended up doing a google search for what I like and found something. I was able to add a RSS feed to my google reader and to my igoogle account. But, when you don't use something, it gets lost. I had to go back and read to figure out how to add the RSS feed to my reader. Once that was done, I figured out on my own how to add it to my igoogle page. I guess the point of this lesson is I need to start using the stuff I'm learning

YOUTUBE - Week 6, thing 9

1st part of this week's thing is Youtube.  I already had a youtube account and have watched numerous videos.  This is the first time I am trying to do something with it other than watching.  So here goes, going to try to put in one of my favourite videos.  When ever I need a pick me up, I like to watch this, as it always makes me smile.



Well it worked in the preview, so hopefully it will work when I publish. I am not brave enough to make my own video.

PREZI - Week 5, Thing 8

Ok, I made my Prezi.  It is kind of cool.  Don't know if I would ever use something like that or not.  This weeks thing took me longer than the other weeks things.  Probably because it was fun to play with.  I was also looking for a way to add it to my igoogle account.  Never did figure it out.  Check out my Prezi:

http://prezi.com/feobptpavbrl/my-music/

GOOGLE SPREAD SHEETS - Week 4 thing 7

I believe I was successful in completing the spreadsheet for the 23 things.  I am number 3. Had to find the "23 things spreadsheet" though.  Didn't realize that it was in the instructions!  I thought it would have been in the google documents.  I wonder if that is how we go into it every week?  Or will it have a special place.

GOOGLE DOCS - Week 4 thing 6

Ok, I was able to to the google docs and share it with myself.  Could be really handy for sharing things that you might want to use at both work and home, or on different laptops.

GOOGLE READER - Week 3 thing 5

I am all caught up now.  I now have a google reader, just have to remember how to get there and use it so I don't lose it.

RSS FEEDS - Week 3 thing 4

RSS feeds was successful!  I was even able to get an RSS feed on my blog.

REGISTERING YOUR BLOG - Week 2, Thing 3

I have just sent the email to get my blog registered.  I guess it will now be out there for everyone to see.  I also realize that I made a mistake in my second blog.  It should have been Week 2, Thing 2.  I also learnt that you can go back and edit after you publish it!

BLOG'S - Week 2 Thing 2

Well I made my first blog!  This is now my second blog hoping it all turns out.  After doing the first blog I feel really computer illiterate.  I guess that is why I signed up for this.

IGOOGLE - Week 1 Thing 1

I was able to get my igoogle account made!  Trying to get all 3 weeks done in one since I was on vacation for the first 2 weeks of 23 things.