Wonderful Wikis

Wikis are going to be wonderful!! Depending on time (I think I might be harping on about time) I think this could be something of great use for the library.

The Princeton Public Library wikis is a good example of what can be done. http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library

I'm looking forward to exploring this subject further and really think this would be something that our library could explore. It would be an easy way to get book reviews from a wide range of readers (both staff and borrowers). We are always looking for new books (authors) to try.

The Good, The Bad and The Future

"Where will the future take us"
Michael Stephens - "Into a new world of librarianship" enhances the Learning 2.0 technology and puts his perception on the usefulness of it within libraries of today and the future.
In my library which is open for 13 hours a week and has a mainly non computer literate clientele the lessons of Learning 2.0 are not immediately of any benefit - looking to the future where already the local prep are instructed in computer knowledge the need I hope will be greater (as I hope they will become my library users of the future).
No matter how much new technology comes along, I hope that we will always have our wonderful hand held page turning books. Reading in bed would not be the same without them.

Technology Technology Technology

Another site that will need to be explored in greater depth.

The ease with which you can find other peoples -

posts / blogs / videos / photos

- all to do with subjects that interest you.

Yum Yum

Another place to play - Del.icio.us may come in very handy, I have added the buttons to my screen and also tagged some of my Learning 2.0 sites and as time goes on I will make a decision on how handy I think it will be.

What fun to play with......

I seem to be spending a lot of time revisiting past lessons that we have alreading done. Learning 2.0 has introduced me to some lovely places to play. All my friends now know about flickr and also image generators.
I created this from ImageChef
http://www.imagechef.com/ic/poem/

Another Learning Experience

Rollyo!!! I think this site may be useful. Once again it comes down to time which without internet access at home is proving challenging. How much work time can I devote to Learning 2.0 - Sal my shelves are starting to look a little bit untidy, I will have a huge summer clean when this course is over.

Is There A Need??

I don't believe that this site is one that I will have much use for. I have added a few books and intend to check it out further, but until then ........

http//www.librarything.com/catalog/elephanttales

Fun at Mac Park

Adding captions to photo could be a lot of fun.

This photo of my children was taken in March 05 - they are testing out Alistair Tassies sidecar at Mac Park, Mount Gambier. Its a bit blurry but I think the caption now say it all.

This was done from http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/captioner.php

Wonders will never cease

Wonder what went wrong (with the link) I'll get back to it when I have more time (and concentration).

Am still adding news feeds etc, but it is not all going smoothly so I am moving on.

Have been checking out some very interesting blogs mainly from other people doing 2.0. I am amazed at what can be done with an imagination and obviously time.

RSS "Really Simple Something"

RSS not sure what this is really short for - I think that to really get into this you need uninterrupted time. Not having good access to the internet at home and only working 2 days a week it has been challenging. That has changed today - I have locked myself in the closed library and hope to achieve something.

This is my blogline site - hope it works.

http://www.bloglines.com/public/julie-elephanttales

The Power of Electricity

Power (electricity) how this technology has changed our lives. I have always had electricity in my life (except for camping holidays). It is the most wondrous thing, without it our lives are instantly changed.
Waking in the morning to music (the clock radio) a flick of a switch and we have light, a nice warm shower, then tea and toast, all quick and easy because we have power.
Then we have "computers" how did we manage before they became an everyday part of our lives. Can we all remember when the post was the fastest way to send a letter, now an email is almost standard. Think about it Learning 2.0 would not be available and all this lovely technology would be somewhere in the future.
"How spoilt are we?"
The loss of power - what does it mean.
The hunt for candles and lighting the BBQ to cook tea, the fun of sitting in front of an open fire toasting marsh mellows and telling scary stories to the children. Its lovely. But:-
I wouldn't like to live without power for any length of time, I like my creature comforts too much.

Photo magic

Wow, the fabulous things you can achieve with flickr.

I have done this photo with the warholizer. Not certain that it is the effect I want but its been fun experimenting.

I cannot wait to try out a mosaic of my children, something special that I will be able to send with the christmas cards.

I could spend a lot of time at this site trying out all the different ideas that other people have come up with. I just love the range of photos that people have taken. There are some very creative people out there