Thing 20 - Overview
I know this is the brown-noser response, but I actually enjoyed this part of the class. I didn't love all of the pieces of technology we explored, but it is so refreshing to be in a class where I feel like I'm actually accomplishing something other than learning yet another way to write a research paper.
As I showed the webpage I made to my students so they could begin using it, my coworkers were impressed. I would like to say my students were, but they could probably do everything I did in a 70 minute class period. Even so, I feel like I know something potentially useful.
Some of the aspects didn't come easily. I still don't feel like I have a great grasp on Wiki's, but neither do I have the desire. Ditto for Twitter.
The most useful information for me was learning how to create a webpage and to add all the functions that make it look less "homemade". The skills transfer fairly easily to other applications.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Week 13: Tag Clouds
Thing 18 - Tag Clouds
The one feature I wold like is to be able to edit which words are in the biggest fonts.
The one feature I wold like is to be able to edit which words are in the biggest fonts.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Week 12: Podcasting
Thing 17 - Podcasting
I listened to the podcast "Episode 31 - Living on the Phone" which is a podcast by a gentleman who calls himself the Cyberpunk Librarian. Something that drew me to his podcast was his great name for himself, but also the subtitle, which is "High Tech, Low Budget".
In this episode, he talks about how most of us have smart phones these days - or in other words, we walk around with a computer in our pockets - yet we don't fully use the phone to its capacity. In his dialogue, he talks about different ways to use the device to maximize its ability and - as librarians - to have the technology at our fingertips at any time.
He recommends getting a keyboard to attach to it, but cautions that it will not work like a desktop PC or full-sized tablet because it simply isn't. However, most the functions available on these devices are also available in one form or another using a cell phone.
The frustration I have with all this downloading is that the computer belongs to my work. How am I going to explain iTunes ... or the virus I seem to have acquired.
I listened to the podcast "Episode 31 - Living on the Phone" which is a podcast by a gentleman who calls himself the Cyberpunk Librarian. Something that drew me to his podcast was his great name for himself, but also the subtitle, which is "High Tech, Low Budget".
In this episode, he talks about how most of us have smart phones these days - or in other words, we walk around with a computer in our pockets - yet we don't fully use the phone to its capacity. In his dialogue, he talks about different ways to use the device to maximize its ability and - as librarians - to have the technology at our fingertips at any time.
He recommends getting a keyboard to attach to it, but cautions that it will not work like a desktop PC or full-sized tablet because it simply isn't. However, most the functions available on these devices are also available in one form or another using a cell phone.
The frustration I have with all this downloading is that the computer belongs to my work. How am I going to explain iTunes ... or the virus I seem to have acquired.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Week 11 - Online Video
Thing 16 - Online Video
Apparently there is an American adaptation of Japanese game show Quiet Library. Essentially, the objective is to complete a ridiculous challenge in the library and be able to do it without making too much noise - as measured by a noise meter.
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots participated in a celebrity edition of the game and above is their video. It's about 20 minutes long.
Week 10 - Spring Break
It would be really cool to post amazing pictures of things I did over spring break, but spring break for my work and USU are not at the same time. Plus spring break stopped being cool about the time that I took on adult roles.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Week 9 - Twitter
Thing 15
Dumb. So, so dumb. I hate Twitter for the same reason I hate Facebook. I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYONE I KNOW OR DON'T KNOW IS DOING OR THINKING!!!! OPINIONS ARE LIKE BELLYBUTTONS; everyone has one, but no one cares about yours.
It's like being on an episode of Hoarders only instead of dead cats and human feces, there is just a constant stream of information. I like order. When I want to know about something, I look into it. I don't want to be the collection point for stuff that might be useful, but has to be sorted through.
Library feeds could be useful, but I'm not going to read through everything I'm given just to find out. I want to wait until there is a need and then look.
And it is all well and good to have a link to 15 librarians to follow, but there is no button to follow them and I don't see myself taking the time to look them up individually just because an article by someone I don't know or recognize said I should.
I won't use it in my current library because unsupervised computer usage and cell phones are prohibited. Even if it were a useful tool, I can't get past my hatred long enough to engage.
Dumb. So, so dumb. I hate Twitter for the same reason I hate Facebook. I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYONE I KNOW OR DON'T KNOW IS DOING OR THINKING!!!! OPINIONS ARE LIKE BELLYBUTTONS; everyone has one, but no one cares about yours.
It's like being on an episode of Hoarders only instead of dead cats and human feces, there is just a constant stream of information. I like order. When I want to know about something, I look into it. I don't want to be the collection point for stuff that might be useful, but has to be sorted through.
Library feeds could be useful, but I'm not going to read through everything I'm given just to find out. I want to wait until there is a need and then look.
And it is all well and good to have a link to 15 librarians to follow, but there is no button to follow them and I don't see myself taking the time to look them up individually just because an article by someone I don't know or recognize said I should.
I won't use it in my current library because unsupervised computer usage and cell phones are prohibited. Even if it were a useful tool, I can't get past my hatred long enough to engage.
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