tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46315314041264680062024-03-12T22:17:09.666-07:00Molly Rice :)Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-1806527939061607922008-03-11T10:41:00.000-07:002008-03-11T10:50:30.898-07:00Week 3, Thing 7: Anything Technology RelatedHere are my thoughts, technologically speaking:<br /><br />* In the past, I have used AOL Instant Messanger, Yahoo Instant Messanger, and Skype as ways to keep in touch with friends. While I do not currently use any of these services, the familarity with them will help me immensely if I ever have the opportunity to provide online reference services!<br /><br />* In my opinion, social networking sites - including Myspace, Frienster, and Facebook - are wonderful ways for persons to keep in touch with friends, make new friends, stay informed, and share ideas and opinions. I think ALL libraries should allow social networking on their OPACS. Libraries are about "Community Building" and social networking is one way for persons to build communities!<br /><br />* I have not had much of an opportunity to use digital cameras and to upload photos to a computer. This is something I would like to experience more of in the future!<br /><br />* Thank goodness for courses such as "23 Things" to help those of us who have "fallen behind" technologically! There is Hope!! :)<br /><br />* While I prefer in-person classes to online classes, I learned a great deal about technology from the 5 online courses I took while in graduate school! I have come to love podcasts! I also really appreciate Wikis (including wikipedia).Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-20856199884107606352008-03-11T10:16:00.000-07:002008-03-11T10:38:48.370-07:00Week 3, Thing 6: Flickr Mash-Ups and Third Party Sites!HOW COOL! Before this exercise, I had NO idea that there were Librarian Trading Cards! What better?<br /><br />Two of my favorite mash-ups are: Mosaics and Cubes. I like them because they are visually appealing, unique, and would make super cool presents. It pays to be unique!<br /><br /> For a graduation/end of internship present, my boss (Mindy) made me a special mash-up present. She found photographs of my co-workers and bosses, shrunk them, put them on two round sheets of paper, and inserted them into the most amazing Wicomico Public Library snowglobe! How cool! I am not sure if this truly counts as a mash-up, but it was a totally amazing use of photos!<br /><br />This is off topic, but Wikipedia has been brought up several times in the past few exercises. I know it is a "controversial" site - as anyone can post to it - but I have ALWAYS found it to be a super source of information! Most of what I have found (maybe all) has proven to be true!Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-37133472727958147182008-03-11T09:58:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:57:17.022-08:00Week 3, Thing 5: Flickr (Part 2)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V_fYEXc61_4BHxshCQrJjfcU9uAaPZ_4qfHpNPmA6EO6w_M48M2sABb2G-TRo2AfKyw83V2wfR06v52ypomG5YWvD6TJhE3cyL-PyOoQCpS1b7PYJ01c9LEGwYQ8SXdtJ3ueqyXge0HW/s1600-h/Molly.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176529972980451122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V_fYEXc61_4BHxshCQrJjfcU9uAaPZ_4qfHpNPmA6EO6w_M48M2sABb2G-TRo2AfKyw83V2wfR06v52ypomG5YWvD6TJhE3cyL-PyOoQCpS1b7PYJ01c9LEGwYQ8SXdtJ3ueqyXge0HW/s320/Molly.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here we are again! Amanda, Julie, and Molly in Clarion, PA! What fun! I don't take a lot of photos and I do not (currently) own a digital camera! So, please forgive me if you see this picture time and again! Good times! </div><div> </div><div>I found Blogger's upload tool to be very simple to use! I liked the option to customize the page layout! </div><div> </div><div>I took a bit of time to explore Google's Picasa Web Albums and Smugmug and I just LOVE Smugmug's interface! It is breathtaking! </div>Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-48452966018834742422008-03-11T09:10:00.000-07:002008-03-11T09:58:05.983-07:00Week 3, Thing 5: Flickr (Part 1)<div align="left"><u><span style="color:#000000;">Flickr Highlights</span></u></div><div align="center"><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* Very cool to be able to share photos with people all over the world.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* Tagging - I was first introducted to "tagging" while using facebook. I "tagged" a picture of myself with two friends. Oh, the memories!! (What a great way to organize photos and to find what you are looking for).</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* I enjoyed seeing how Libraries were using Flickr to merchandise programs, collections, and the library as a whole! What a great (and free) idea!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* It was interesting to learn that Flickr is "Now part of Yahoo." I did not know this. (I was able to sign up for a Flickr account using my yahoo email address and password. No need to remember an additional user ID and password. How convienent).</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* I signed up for a Flickr account, uploaded a photo, tagged it, selected privacy settings, and described it! It was all very easy!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">* Here's My Flickr Web address: </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mollyrice"><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.flickr.com/people/mollyrice</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">What a cool, cool site!!</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div>Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-57986881034737432862008-03-11T06:09:00.000-07:002008-03-11T06:10:17.632-07:00Week 2, Thing 4: Registering Blog and Tracking ProgressA few weeks ago, I registered my Blog and began keeping track of my progress!!Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-50170157982356887112008-03-11T06:06:00.000-07:002008-03-11T06:08:45.497-07:00Week 2, Thing 3: Setting Up a BlogSetting up my own Blog was MUCH easier than I anticipated! What a great way to share information with other people.<br /><br />I have gotten a bit behind with this "23 Things" Course, but I vow to catch up in the next several weeks! I am excited that we are given 12 weeks for this 9 week course!Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-5201022590507342242008-02-05T08:17:00.000-08:002008-02-07T15:48:05.541-08:00Week 1, Thing 2: "Habits of Lifelong Learners"<span style="font-size:100%;color:#3366ff;">** I enjoyed learning about the "7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Learners."**</span><br /><br />The habits that I find easiest are:<br /><br /><u>Habit 2: "Accept Responsibility for Your Own Learning"</u><br />* I absolutely love to learn new things and I make it a habit to try to learn something new everyday. My favorite methods of learning include: ASKING QUESTIONS, reading, taking classes, discussions with friends and co-workers, and watching library science videos (I just watched the DVD <em>Putting Customers First</em> and I just loved it).<br /><u></u><br /><u>Habit 5: "Create Your Own Learning Toolbox:</u><br />* Some of the greatest components of my learning toolbox include: co-workers at WPL, friends from graduate school, library science books and videos, the <em>Library Literature and Information Science Full Text</em> database, public libraries, library websites, and the Internet.<br /><u></u><br /><u>Habit 7 1/2: "Play!"</u><br />* Most people that know me (especially Katie-J) know that I am very in touch with this Habit! I have always played and I will always play.<br /><br />The Habits I find the most challenging include:<br /><br /><u>Habit 3: "View Problems as Challenges"</u><br />* I like the idea of thinking of a problem as a "learning opportunity." Sometimes, I get so wrapped up in a problem that I am unable to view it as such. This is an area that I really want to work on. It is important that we build on our strenghts and address our weaknesses/problems. There really is so much we can learn from our problems.<br /><u></u><br /><u>Habit 4: "Have Confidence in Yourself as a Competent, Effective Learner"</u><br />* Confidence is also an area that I find the most difficult. However, I am learning a great deal about the importance of it as I am currently involved in the interview process.<br /><br />That's all for now!Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631531404126468006.post-18743525051784524502008-02-05T08:12:00.000-08:002008-02-05T08:15:32.795-08:00Week 1, Thing 1: About 23 ThingsI am really excited to have the opportunity to learn more about the role of Web 2.0 in libraries. In library school, I learned a great deal about database and Internet searching, Microsoft Office applications, and other aspects of technology. However, we did not focus heavily on Web 2.0, so I am expecting this to be the most amazing learning experience. <br /><br />I agree with Kelly... setting up a Blog was much easier than I expected.Molly Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18068696651254630418noreply@blogger.com1