Thing 23

Now, for my wrap up:
What did I like about this experience:

• It introduced a lot of new sites/tools
• The "have fun with this" attitude of the entire experience

I did find tools that I can use at home and at work. I'd never done a lot with IM before Catch23; now I use it to talk with my wife during the day. I've added a lot to my Facebook page--that started just before Catch23.

The buddy thing didn't work quite like we expected. However, the committee did a good job of providing help and support. In fact, working with the committee was the best part of this project.

I don't know what we could have done to make this experience better.

I'm ready for another Learning 2.0 experience -- maybe next spring!

Thing 12

Why do I love Flickr?

a) it's free storage for all of our family photos
b) it allows us to share as we want
c) it allows our church to post new photos on their website without alot of expertise.

I've added people to my contact list, and shared photos.

Thing 13

Image toys are fun!

Thing 14

On the other hand (or claw, if you will)....

I started using del.icio.us when I came to TCU. I was tired of reloading all my favorite websites. Of course, I need to go in and edit/organize my account since I've just added sites willy-nilly for 20 months.

I do look at the comments when I look at websites using the tool. I'm very bad about posting my own comments.

Thing 15

Confession time -- Technorati is not favorite tool.

I've watched the video. I searched for learning 2.0 (and web 2.0 and library 2.0). I looked at the various blogs--I already subscribe to the ones that interet me.

Hmmm....

Thing 16

Yes, I'm so bad about keeping up with my blog!!!

I've had a library thing account for over a year. I think I like Shelfari better; however, I do like the OPAC tools that LibraryThing are creating. Most of the items in my LT are books that I read on the train last year.

It's neat to see the tags others use to describe banned books.

Here's my chicklet for LT:


And my Shelfari Shelf:

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Things 17 & 18

I love wikis, especially PBWiki. I've made dozens of them! I love the new interface, and the ability to cut and paste Office docs into them.

I use wikis with most all the committees I work with. I like that you can create one and start working in less than 5 minutes.

I made my "dark and stormy post" during the weekly session (along with my blog link).

Sign me waky about wikis!
Iguana

Thing 19

Google Docs rock!

The doc that I shared is a spreadsheet -- the survey sent to all of you, asking about your Catch 23 experiences.

Love it, love it, love it!

Thing 20

I could not live without Google Maps! (Ok, that's a slight exaggeration!)

Here's my satellite view of TCU:

View Larger Map

Google Earth is also lots of fun. My wife used it to "fly" her pre-K kids to Italy for their unit on the Winter Olympics. I want to use it to check out WDW.

Thing 21

YouTube is such great fun, and such a black hole! My son loves seeing the videos of science experiments -- I just hope that he understands the phrase *don't try this at home.*

I have an account; however, I've not been successful in uploading a video. I've never had the urge to rate one, either.

I am constantly amazed at the videos that one can find on YouTube. For example, all the hip young iguanas want a contra bass saxophone. After seeing this video, my wife told me (quite emphatically) not to get my hopes up! (Yes this is a normal sized human!) Watch all the way to the end so you can hear how low this baby goes!

Thing 22

This is catch-up week (not mustard!). Many things to post, going backwards, and starting with Thing 22.

Podcasts are cool, and I do subscribe to a couple using Bloglines. I've not tried moving them to my phone (the device I use for playing MP3s), and they tend to be too distracting to listen to at work.

I do like the idea of posting podcasts on our website that server as guides/tutorials/etc.

I checked out Podcast Alley -- it's good to know about this resource.

Week 5

LibWorm = Good!
I like the ability to create a custom feed from all the library blogs!

Digg = Hmmm ...
Maybe if there were a library-specific version...

I'll wait to pass final judgment ... maybe someone at our next meeting will show me something special...

Bubble Wrap

This is "one of those days." TLA was great, but now I've got to catch up. An email in my inbox directed me to this site, and it's just what I needed:

http://www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf

Go for the maniac mode!

Flickr has video

New -- just released today!

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006775.html

http://www.flickr.com

Week 4

Well, I've added lots of friends on Facebook, and I've IM'ed the library. However, the widget seems to be down, so I had to create a Meebo account to go along with my other accounts.

Aggregators are NOT aggravating!

I've got all the Catch23 blogs in my aggregator! Mark me down for things 5 & 6.

I like Bloglines!

Library Week Videos

Be sure to watch the Library Week Videos at http://alfocus.ala.org/categories/national-library-week!

Thing 2: 7-1/2 habbits

Well, the easiest habbit is play -- the tools that we will explore are lots of fun!

My challenge is the helping/mentoring habbit. I don't have a problem helping others, but I do tend to forget that I can ask for help too!

TCUs Catch 23

Here's my first post for the TCU Catch 23: A License to Play program. This is going to be fun!