Thing Eight - RSS a reason to be late?

Yes, I went through all the steps and still had trouble subscribing. After reading all the help suggestions, it became clear that I needed to download a newer version of Explorer or Firefox to see everything in Google Reader. I almost had to give up on this to spend some time with the family. But, I trudged through and I now have 8 subscriptions in my Google Reader. I can see all of this becoming very addictive. Is this a legitimate excuse for being late to work? I was busy reading all my RSS feeds. Is that an option in GUSS?

Anyway, I see this feature as an aid to keep us updated and informed on a daily basis both for our personal and professional growth. Perhaps with a daily dose of information. we as librarians can continue to stay sharp in the workplace. This is a nifty way to save time by organizing our interests into one link. I do fear though, at about the time we get comfortable with this, something else will take its place.

Thing Seven - Google in Heaven?

Is there anything that Google doesn't do? I changed my homepage (which I have never done to any of my home computers, and we had many over the years.) Anyway, I believe that this new Google homepage and all its wonderful gadgets is an attempt to keep us glued to our computers, off the streets, out of the malls and fascinated by all there is to be fascinated by. I love the daily quotes, jokes, smiley faces, and wonderful photos of worldly places.

Thing Six - Too many tricks!

OK, so the Flickr toys were overwhelming and the 3rd party stuff could keep you online for more hours than there are in any one day. So, I will just say that I will file this info away in my old storage cabinet of a brain, and will share with students and staff when the time comes. I did experimene with the nametag thing. Lots of possiblities there.

Thing Five - no jive

The tour through Flickr was fun, found some pictures I might want to use for 9th grade library orientation next school year. I didn't practice uploading pictures or using it personally, my family is already using a similar (but not so sophisticated) service called Clark Color Labs. http://www.clarkcolor.com/
There's something to be said for being able to see pictures almost instantaneously, not having to go pick them or or wait for them to come in the mail! Flickr, as well as other services of this type, provide a simple and easy way to share pictures for educational purposes as well as personal.

Thing Three - Yipee

Setting up the blog and creating the avatar were fairly easy. I had quite a bit of trouble importing the avatar since the instructions didn't match up with what I saw on my screen. But I figured out that I needed to click on Page element and add the option for HTML/Java Script. This may be an issue for other players.

Thing Two - Me too

Setting goals for lifelong learning is not a problem - but a long life of viewing problems as problems and not just a challenges is a challenge. It always just seems to work out well in the end!

Thing One - Great Fun!

Thing one great fun
Can't wait to be on the run
Watch out Thing two
Here I come...

Thing Four - Blogging for Dinosaurs

Technology has certainly changed and evolved during the past 34 years that I have been a public school librarian! Once again our "seasoned" professionals are especially challenged to learn something new and make this learning meaningful. I am really struggling with this particular task because it involves being very open with our thoughts and opinions. But like all the other challenges, this old dinosaur will do her best to find her place in the world of blogging.