Thing 17 - MySpace

Set up an account. Played around with my profile. Went searching for (or spying on) people. Found the Denver Public Library MySpace for teens plus many other library MySpace pages. As this is "social networking" I'm not sure that libraries need to use this "space" to grab attention.

YouBeaut.....YouTube

Already accustomed to using YouTube. I was first introduced to it at a digital story workshop by Marco Torres. Go to http://homepage.mac.com/torres21 Marco is a Social Studies teacher from the US who uses the power of multimedia as a learning tool.

I've attached a 30 second interview with Marco on what schools should be doing for students.


On a less serious side watch this its very funny.

RSS Feeds

Remarkable! Now I don't need to check myself for updates, latest webpages, new stories etc. When I subscribe to a RSS feed it all happens for me. (Can't wait for the day when all my housework just happens for me)

Fabulous FLICKR

Great tool. I had used Flickr previously only for the free photos. I was unaware of its other features. Like organising photo sets, editing, adding notes, making stuff. I'm impressed that the program permits photos to be freely available or kept private. The guest pass feature for special access, including an expiry date, is a bonus. I very easily created an account, uploaded photos and started organising them. Although ,I found because I keep my photos on a high resoultion, they were slow to load.

The photo I have uploaded from Flickr is of a French Bulldog. Why? Well because I am about to embark on a five week puppy sitting venture. My son will leave us with his French Bulldog, Tully, while in Europe.

Del.icio.us

Great way to manage web pages I want to remember and share. I really like the tagging system. I have this habit and mindset of always filing things in folders. Adding tags seems so much more efficient. I'm shocked to discover that social bookmarking has been around for years. I thought I was keeping up with technology until I embarked on the 23 Things!

Note: cute photo. I found it legitimately from openphoto.net

Library Thing

Click on the link to check out my list of great books I've read.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/grahaml

Podcasting

Great new skill to have. While it's not entirely library related, I've downloaded some free relaxation podcasts to my M4 player. http://www.themeditationpodcast.com/ I also found that
Parks Victoria provide podcasts about walks in Victoria. You can download them and hear about the walk before you go or download them to your player and listen while you you walk.
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1podcasts.cfm
Maybe we could integrate podcasts as part of our service. Perhaps by advertising events, or promoting resources.