tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43471266391241082052024-03-12T21:01:58.660-07:00Begining 23 things on a stickkarebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-78631156975262239662008-04-15T19:32:00.000-07:002008-04-15T19:41:56.426-07:00Thing 23. Final ThoughtsI can't believe I'm finaly finished!!!!!!!! I loved the program and wish more people participated in Anoka County. If it were up to me it would have been manditory. For me this program was more about having time to think about the future of the library rather then learning about new things but I did learn a few more things and I took the time to use some things that I knew were out there but never tried using. I'm really excited about all of the things it sparked people to do especially one of our childrens librarians started a mock Newberry award called Anokaberry and I think it is amazingly wonderfull!!!!!!!!!! I've watched all of us who participated grow, learn, and bond over these 23 things and I loved it.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-76700061489282146262008-04-15T18:19:00.000-07:002008-04-15T18:26:36.108-07:00Thing 19: PodcastsWell to be prefectly honest I'm not excited about this thing. I don't really understand why you would want to only listen to something like this. Everything now days is flashy and I have to admit I'm just as addicted to the Ohhh look it's shiny and pretty as most people from my generation are and I think that I'd much rather have these conversations or shows recorded and put on YouTube. I guess it's good for people who have older MP3 players that don't have screens to watch stuff on but it's only a matter of time before those are as rare as an old Walkman cassete player. I did go to several of the websites and listened to many podcasts but I just think I will choose diffrent methods of information and entertainment.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-22481972819659441882008-04-15T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-15T18:26:50.147-07:00Thing 22. What Did I Learn Today?I think I will keep up with my blogging. I've found that it is really nice to be able blurt out anything that pops into your head and out of your fingers. I'm really glad that I work with a few people who did 23things because we all encourage eachother and continue to, even after some of us have finished. I'm also planning on working on my Anoka County Library Policy wiki now that I've finished 23things. I'm still amazed at the resources we all have available to us and found that it is always worth taking the time to learn about. I'm also on going back to school and I found that I will be using a lot of these 23 resources to help me. <br /><br /><br />Yippeee! I finished!!!!!!karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-33209923293508253432008-04-10T17:42:00.001-07:002008-04-10T18:12:58.628-07:00Thing 9. Online Collaboration Tools<br ><div id="google-view-header" ><a class="google-small-link" href="http://docs.google.com/Edit?tab=edit&dr=true&docid=dcztfx83_0dcbfwff9" id="topeditlink" ><font color="#112abb" face="Arial" >Edit</font></a><br ><br ></div><div class="documentBG" dir="ltr" id="doc-contents" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; DIRECTION: ltr; PADDING-TOP: 8px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><blockquote dir="ltr" id="u_qj" ><p id="gzvo" ><font id="v.wn" size="3" ><br id="lnn2" ></font><font id="v.wn" size="2" ><font id="q388" ><b id="xo7f" >Collaborative Document Editing Exercise</b></font></font><br id="vbko" ><font id="v.wn" size="3" ><font id="q388" size="3" ><font id="rzve" size="4" style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black" >Declaration of Independence</font><b id="xo7f" ><br id="d7su" ></b></font></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="kkga" size="3" ><br id="yf-j" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="kkga" size="3" >This </font><a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt001.html" id="vq6w" ><font id="a9i-" size="3" >fundamental document</font></a><font id="q6sf" size="3" > clearly benefits from editing. <br id="xe-3" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="v.wn" size="3" >We have inserted an image of the original Declaration of Independence below. </font><font id="q6sf" size="3" ><br id="wnii" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="q6sf" size="3" ><br id="jdvm" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="q6sf" size="3" >1. </font><font id="q6sf" size="3" >Try your hand at improving Thomas Jefferson's final draft.</font><font id="q6sf" size="3" ><span id="w.1b" > You may start anywhere, even with this text!</span></font></p><p id="kfnk" > </p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="v.wn" size="3" ><font color="#000000" id="asz8" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" >2. </font><font color="#351c75" id="uyrk" ><b id="oz73" ><font id="jdq4" ><font id="uwcj" ><font id="yvms" ><font color="#000000" id="u3cs" ><font id="l9m:" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" ><font id="bpof" ><font id="ls9-" ><font color="#0000ff" id="ystw" ><font id="f8u1" ><font id="x31q" >Study</font></font><font id="v0gu" >the suggestions below (cw 4/2/08<font id="a_b5" >)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></b><font color="#ff9900" id="kur:" > </font></font>made by other participants of <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/" id="a97x" title="23 Things on a Stick" >23 Things on a Stick</a>.<br id="emrd" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="q6sf" size="3" >3. Feel free to make any and all changes you desire. </font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font id="q6sf" size="3" ><br id="qfz3" ></font></p><p id="gzvo" ><font color="#ffffff" id="v.wn" size="3" ><font face="Arial Black" id="xr9n" size="1" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" ><strike id="tjih" >as written by Thomas Jefferson in the Graff House located in PHiladelphia, Pennsylvanie in the year of our Lord, 1776. -Zoma 3/31/08 8:27 PM</strike></font></font><br id="rohc" ></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" id="fc.v" ><font id="v.wn" size="3" ><b id="xo7f" ><i id="r2bj" ><br id="ft6m" ></i></b></font></p><p id="t4cc" ></p><p id="f_tm" > </p><p id="c:jc" ><font id="jhyj" size="3" > </font></p><p id="ivm2" > </p><p align="center" id="z5ld" ><font id="ugzv" size="3" >The Unanimous Declaration<br id="z21y" >of the Thirteen United States<font id="qasw" size="3" > of America</font></font></p><p align="center" id="k44k" > </p><p class="MsoNormal" id="nm-j" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" >as written by Thomas Jefferson</p><div id="ojfb" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" ></div><p class="MsoNormal" id="uwzx" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" >in the Graff House</p><div id="tz31" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" ></div><p class="MsoNormal" id="aqjw" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" >located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</p><div id="ps_r" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" ><span id="qa0f" style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" ><font id="fk0b" size="3" >in the year of our Lord, 1776</font></span></div><p align="center" id="k44k" > </p><p align="center" id="qvmd" > </p><p align="center" id="vhik" ><font id="fr-s" size="3" >(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)</font></p><p id="jbuu" > </p><p id="h-mc" ><font id="znb-" size="3" >A Declaration by the Elected Representatives of the Newly-Formed United States of America. </font></p><p id="mfq7" > </p><p id="ndld" > </p><p id="d031" > </p><p id="cz01" ><font id="sha6" size="3" >From time to time the relationship between a government and its governed becomes so strained and burdensome that it requires a </font><font id="a5m6" size="3" >breaking of that bond. While claiming the right to this <span id="y41l" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(153,0,255)" >new and independent status, yet wanting to respect and be respected by the </span></font><font id="oj1u" size="3" ><span id="uoap" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(153,0,255)" >rest of the world,</span> [sounds like a coming-of-age novel Naomi 4/6/08] there is an <font color="#00ff00" id="tuse" >obligation to put forth the reasons</font> for declaring that <font id="n8:r" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #b6d7a8" ><font id="j_s1" >independence. </font> </font></font><font id="eg9a" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #b6d7a8" > </font></p><p id="asza" > </p><p id="o_s4" > </p><p dir="ltr" id="fc.v" > </p><h1 id="xpty" ><font id="b4yy" size="3" ><span id="bvr7" >We hold these </span></font>truths<font id="b4yy" size="3" ><span id="bvr7" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,229,153)" > to be self-evident, </span><span id="n317" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,229,153)" >that </span><font color="#ff0000" id="xlxn" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,229,153)" >ALL </font><span id="jaoo" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,229,153)" >people are created equal</span>. That <strike id="t08n" >they are</strike><i id="rwhk" ><u id="j_jw" >all of us are </u></i>(TL 4/2/08 endowed by their creator </font><font id="tc-r" size="3" >with certain unalienable rights, including<font color="#000000" id="se8i" > </font></font>life, healthcare (as long as I don't have to pay for people who don't want to work to have healthcare!)<font id="w5sy" size="3" >, <font color="#ff0000" id="b16d" >liberty </font>and the <font id="jagz" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" ><font color="#e06666" id="yd5n" ><i id="wrht" >pursuit </i><font face="Arial Narrow" id="jsp_" >(no one guarantees that you will find, grab onto, or catch up with happiness. You can may just chase it around.)<font face="Comic Sans MS" id="xz.5" size="1" >Kris 4/2/08 3:41 P.M.</font></font></font></font>of happiness. (Agreed! - that's how I memorized the thing--sw 4-4-08)<br id="kfsl" ></font></h1><h1 id="dy4h" ><font id="ksxb" size="3" >That to secure these rights, or really good things,<font id="fo72" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c27ba0" >(What are the good things that they are talking about..shouldn't it be items or freedoms?-shelf elf)</font> governments are instituted among nations, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed (or, in some less fortunate cases, through fear of those in power). Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and <font color="#741b47" face="Garamond" id="k5.7" size="5" ><u id="pqpf" >to institute new government (lets see someone try it -LS - not a Bush!</u></font><i id="zv8t" ><font color="#ea9999" id="jhor" >Why not a Bush!</font> (I love Bush)</i>laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its and everyones powers in such <font color="#ff0000" id="vlfz" >form to be filled out, (scott)</font> as to provide for their safety and well-being and happiness! alice 3/25/08</font><font id="chf:" size="3" >. </font></h1><h1 id="gl2w" ><font id="p6x_" size="3" ><font id="suh7" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" >Dear Prudence</font> (who's she?) will dictate (you and what army??) that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes, only for heavy and stable ones. Experience has shown that grapes (grapes?) <font color="#351c75" id="sstx" >why not stone fruit aka drupes even?</font><font color="#351c75" id="lh02" ><span id="dh4u" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(153,0,255)" >(mediabreath)</span></font> are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train <font id="zuhh" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" >why do those long trains appear when one is in a hurry? E.B.3/8/08</font> of abuses juxtaposed <span id="u6zp" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(147,196,125)" >I love that word! ds 3/25/08</span> with usurpations another excellent "big word" - Janelle 3/13/08, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute (<font face="Arial Black" id="jxce" >ABSOLUT</font></font><font id="czfe" size="3" ><font face="Arial Black" id="xfaf" >E!)</font> despotism, it is their right, <font id="xmro" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(244,204,204)" >nay</font>, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards (<font color="#741b47" id="afnk" >what kind of guards?) </font>for their future security <span id="khs8" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" >and make sure that your virus software is up-to-date!</span>. NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! OR ELSE! Such has been the patient suffering of these territories under the immediate political control of a state; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. </font></h1><h1 id="d_77" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" ><font id="lt7." size="3" ><span id="m6jw" ><font id="g2t1" >The history of the </font></span><span id="nki6" ><font id="qywb" >United States</font></span><span id="z7uo" ><font id="khd7" > is a history of repeated injuries </font></span><span id="a30." style="COLOR: red" ><font id="e.q9" >[see http://www.cdc.gov/NCIPC for information</font></span><span id="q23w" ><span id="qb_6" style="COLOR: red" >about repetitive use injuries]</span><span id="z3es" style="BACKGROUND: red 0% 50%" ><span id="c4km" > KC </span></span><span id="hycw" style="BACKGROUND: red 0% 50%" ><font id="ixo2" >3/15/08</font></span></span><span id="hq8x" ><font id="qgsr" > and usurpations </font><span id="fokc" style="COLOR: rgb(51,102,255)" >(not to mention all the usurping the colonists did to the Native Americans, Jackie 3/26)</span><font id="dq9a" >, all having in direct object <font color="#ff0000" id="a36x" >or indirect object</font><font color="#ff0000" id="ud-d" >(scott)</font>the establishment of an </font><span id="n_lu" style="COLOR: red" >absolute tyranny</span><font id="mx:b" > over these states.</font></span></font></h1><h1 id="gl2w" ><font id="czfe" size="3" ><span id="xxbn" style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)" >To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world by means of Candid Camera or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" id="uiaq" style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)" target="_blank" title="YouTube" >YouTube</a>.</span> or anyone else's home video. Doesn't anyone send videos to Funniest Home Videos anymore? Ah, the good old days. - Janelle 3/1/08 Well, they did make the movie <font color="#0000ff" id="b-85" ><i id="pxo6" >"National Treasure"</i></font> Onida 3/21/08 <font color="#073763" id="v_au" ><font id="mdjd" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(234,209,220)" >Stick-ers, </font><font id="b-id" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(234,209,220)" >this is just a big mess! mojo 3/23/08</font></font>. <br id="dezu" ></font></h1><h1 id="y-lw" ><font id="cn1b" size="2" >And accordingly all <font id="axf9" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" >experience hath shown (cw 4/2/08) </font>that mankind <span id="xtua" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(147,196,125)" >HUMANKIND, if you please ds 3/25/08</span> are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. (Better the devil you know, eh?) Renee D. 3/20/08</font><br id="y9jm" ></h1><p id="o9ms" > </p><p id="lpxa" ><font face="Comic Sans MS" id="w_._" ><font face="Tahoma" id="rze0" size="4" ><u id="u_1n" ><i id="yc2r" ><b id="m72n" >Remember this country is a Republic not a Democracy!</b></i></u></font><br id="ulsy" ><br id="p9tz" ></font></p><div id="rku8" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" ><div id="ytxg" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><font id="yt6." size="3" ><img id="i.7t" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=d5nhdb4_0gc97szch" style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 37px" > </font></div><br id="av4a" ></div><h1 id="g:5v" ><div id="uw6o" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><font id="fy4w" size="3" ><img id="n2ve" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dfg34rp5_1g5nfdnd4" ></font> </div><div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><font size="4" >After reading all of this all I can think about is what happened to our freedom? Don't we live in the United States of America so that we can have freedom to do as we please? Oh but we don't if were a business owner and want to have smoking in our establishment and oh we will no long have the right to buy the kind of light bulb we want (yes they just passed a law for 2010 that we can only buy one kind of light bulb) I want to choose to be "green" if I want to be and if I don't, I should have that right as well with out my house being burned down. </font></div><div id="nrrm" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><font id="h51l" size="3" > </font></div><div id="nmwh" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" ><font id="szwh" size="3" >I also found I couldn't change anything in the actual document. But it would be cool to link some of the words to a dictionary definition. jlundholm 3/17/08 <font color="#674ea7" id="iobl" ><font id="keix" size="2" ><font face="Georgia" id="qj9g" >You wouldn't be able to edit the "actual document" because it's an image, but you can edit this text. MS, 3-30-08</font><br id="kvjh" ></font><br id="ymm2" ></font>I added a couple words in the document. Could see this work for online collorabation Alice<br id="v88d" ></font></div><div id="l5.l" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" > </div><div id="vnij" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" > </div><div id="qtha" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; PADDING-TOP: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" > <br id="aqzz" ><br id="f9dy" > <br id="u:gz" ><font id="vthd" size="3" > </font></div><br id="e4ik" ><br id="z8wh" ></h1><br clear="all" ></div><div id="google-view-footer" ><div id="canedit" style="FLOAT: right" ><a class="google-small-link" href="http://docs.google.com/Edit?tab=edit&dr=true&docid=dcztfx83_0dcbfwff9" id="editlink" title="Edit this page" ><font color="#112abb" face="Arial" >Edit this page (you have permission)</font></a></div><div id="maybecanedit" style="FLOAT: right" ><a class="google-small-link" href="http://docs.google.com/Edit?tab=edit&dr=true&docid=dcztfx83_0dcbfwff9" id="editpermissionlink" title="Edit this page" ><font color="#112abb" face="Arial" >Edit this page (if you have permission)</font></a><span style="COLOR: #676767" >|</span><a class="google-small-link" href="http://docs.google.com/support/bin/request.py?hl=en&page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=abuse&contact_type=abuse&stage=fm&contact_typemaster=abuse&Action.Search=Continue&ctx=direct&docurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2FDoc%3Fid%3Ddcztfx83_0dcbfwff9" id="abuselink" target="_blank" ><font color="#112abb" face="Arial" >Report spam</font></a> </div><div style="FLOAT: left" ><a class="google-small-link" href="http://docs.google.com/" title="Learn more about Google Docs" ><font color="#112abb" face="Arial" >Google Docs -- Web word processing, presentations and spreadsheets.</font></a></div><p > </p></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well I did my editing and these programs are great! We don't have Word on our public computers here and we have people all the time who need to write a paper or a resume and we always had to refer them to Hennepin County or the Work Force Center but now we can simply set them up at an internet terminal and show them these websites. They both seemed pretty similar to me but it looked like Zoho Writer had a few more functions on it. I love any program with spell check because I am the worlds worst speller and working at the library that isn't considered okay.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-54336369566052658562008-04-10T15:53:00.000-07:002008-04-14T08:25:40.236-07:00Thing 21. Beyond MySpace: Other Social NetworksI added the Ning badge to my blog here and I also added the Ning badge to my Myspace. I really like Ning but I always love all that stuff. I have a Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, Okaycupid (has really fun user made quizes), Fubar (only online bar lol), and many more but I don't check them frequently. The world is filled with online social networks and it's just up to you to find every one your intrested in. I set up my Ning account, added a background, added a photo, requested friends, joined the group anokaberry, and joined the college 2.0 group. Lots of fun. There is so much out there it seemes like you could look for days and still not see all of it.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-19519753800212560912008-04-10T15:20:00.000-07:002008-04-10T15:42:13.422-07:00Thing 20. Libraries and Social NetworksMyspace and Facebook... all of the time I've wasted. I've had a Myspace and a Facebook for quite a few years now and yes I am addicted!! I think I like Facebook better because of all the application and because it is a little more secure but when you first join Myspace it is way more fun. Especially learning how to ad the perfect background,cursor roll overs, scroll boxes, games, and picture effects. You can and will spend hours decorating and redecorating your "space". I also liked that Myspace was less secure and has more people on it. I found a friend I havn't seen since I was twelve years old and we talk all of the time now. That is why Myspace is awesome. Myspace is for all of those snoopy people out there (including me) because everyone you've ever known is on there and talking about everything and I mean everything in there life. I took a look at some of the library groups on Facebook and thought they are a great resource. I also looked at some of the Library Myspace accounts and I thought it was great! Once again I have to wonder why Anoka County has to have the ABSOLUTE WORST when it comes to technology. There are so many free things we could easily do to improve Anoka County Libraries and the worst part is even when we show initiative to do some of the simple things ourselves we are told we can't, but they have the time and budget to have SirsiCirc meetings every other week where they do what? NOTHING! Well at least nothing productive. I guess it comes down to one of those things where all you can say is when I rule the world things will be perfect. ;)karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-87454668758947194382008-04-09T08:54:00.000-07:002008-04-09T10:00:17.699-07:00Thing 17. ELM Productivity Tools1. Gale (Now Cengage Learning) <br />I did the search for youth smoking and got RSS feed about it and they even sent me emails when there was new information! I can see where that would be very useful for all sorts of things. I know that I will use it for school and I'm always researching stuff just for the fun of it so this would really be handy to use for that.<br /><br />2. EBSCO <br />Wow is all I have to say. I've made a website before but I did it from scratch using HTML and this is so much easier and takes all of the work out of it! It is very very easy to set up a website with this tool. My site has butterflies in the background and says Yippee! This is my site. I had a lot of fun doing this and is definitely a great resource for a simple website.<br /><br />3. ProQuest <br />Another great resource! So much to do, so little time. You could spend a lifetime setting up RSS feeds on everything your interested in or making websites and adding information. It's a big world out there baby! lol I found the direction very simple and easy to understand and the project easy to do. When I was first looking at this thing I thought it seemed like it was going to be difficult and a lot of work but here I am almost done and haven't had any problems yet! <br /><br />4. NetLibrary<br />This one I actually liked. I think I might actually use this after I'm done with 23things. Like I said I like to research stuff a lot and I would love to be able to just look online and make notes without having to go to the library try and find and request the book on the information I'm interested in (if they even have any) and then try and copy pages or something like that because we all know librarians get mad if you put post it notes in books.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-81882662723325278462008-04-06T22:25:00.001-07:002008-04-08T18:33:03.910-07:00Thing 8. Share Your Creations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItAooFPzJqsLeG2E9vk-l-qlh6LzqDOd1ccDwo9CVbrpXnVV66nI7fuIXlo10fy8Re2hZ-R74mfkIa1kRni7SxQ8hDTIBvmAjfDByvS4kIIxKaEP0bBBhBDqdykxK075mWcdQCRqMvOc/s1600-h/466801_307038cb1e7374rsx27s50.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItAooFPzJqsLeG2E9vk-l-qlh6LzqDOd1ccDwo9CVbrpXnVV66nI7fuIXlo10fy8Re2hZ-R74mfkIa1kRni7SxQ8hDTIBvmAjfDByvS4kIIxKaEP0bBBhBDqdykxK075mWcdQCRqMvOc/s320/466801_307038cb1e7374rsx27s50.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187052246737658082" /></a><br /><div style="visibility:visible"><embed src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/3/spflick.swf" quality="high" FlashVars="ql=2&src1=http://pic60.picturetrail.com/VOL1692/10918792/flicks/1/4431252&src2=http://widgetize.picturetrail.com/flicks/4431252" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" width="460" height="350" name="photo_peel" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" style="height:350px;width:460px" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><p style="whitespace:no-wrap;margin-top:10px;height:24px"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks.shtml&cID=924"><img align="left" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks.shtml&cID=925"><img align="left" style="margin-left:5px" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt2.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.picturetrail.com%2Fmanage%2Fflicks&cID=995"><img align="left" style="margin-left:5px" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt3.gif" border="0"></a></p><br /></div><br />This is my slide show. Tadaa! The Gunflint Trail in MN is BEAUTIFUL! I've made slide shows before but usually with slide.com or I think slideroll. This time I made it with Picture Trail and I liked some of the options they had and it was just as easy as any other option. Stuff like this is always fun to do. One of my favorite just for fun site is myheritage.com. Up on top is my results of the celebrity look a like finder. lol So much stupid fun.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-981004783283957292008-04-05T16:51:00.000-07:002008-04-08T18:12:39.225-07:00Thing 6. Online Image Generators<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeNqFaYOiqfAe99HvO6GCQn_ajRNKqxNY2EkemDFEyiqNBqmAaL6ryS0BPuH3jxiVaJ6QIcuZOlZ7yEE_1As6L5JdS8A2GeTET-rTNqC1km-f1DRbDjWMmdtnExMrw7TvkrbUElsHWb0/s1600-h/deck7605611.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeNqFaYOiqfAe99HvO6GCQn_ajRNKqxNY2EkemDFEyiqNBqmAaL6ryS0BPuH3jxiVaJ6QIcuZOlZ7yEE_1As6L5JdS8A2GeTET-rTNqC1km-f1DRbDjWMmdtnExMrw7TvkrbUElsHWb0/s320/deck7605611.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185913307310104786" /></a><br />I made my trading card and it was really easy but all of these things are pretty much the same where you do a few things and then copy/paste and if it doesn't work there is something wrong with the HTML. Sometimes I can look at the HTML and fix it and sometimes I can't. I am amazed at how much HTML you learn just by doing a lot of these little things. I learned the most from wanting a specific background for my Myspace page and figured out all of the color codes and things like that. As far as this project I can't really see how we could use it for the library other then to just make our website more attractive (which it desperatly needs!)karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-1344468033099535682008-04-05T09:34:00.000-07:002008-04-08T15:49:33.284-07:00Thing 18. YouTube & Other Online VideoI've used YouTube for a long time now and it's a great site. I think there are so many ways that we could use little movie clips to improve the library! A great one would be intructions for our very picky self charge machine or video clips on our website showing some of our summer reading program activities we have. I have to admit that personally I like funny or die better it's just like Youtube but it's all funny clips you can vote on. For my clip I thought I would put something else that is on a stick. I love Jeff Dunham.<br /><br />cl<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zbx-FiNFelk&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zbx-FiNFelk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br>karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-15138996444047942272008-04-05T09:08:00.000-07:002008-04-05T09:34:39.430-07:00Thing 15. Online Games and LibrariesWell I have to say that I think MMOPRGs are kinda creepy. I've played World of Warcraft or WOW as it's called and I enjoy the gaming but I think a lot of people get so involved that they lose a little reality. I think the resources that second life has are great but when it comes to role playing games some people don't know when to say when. I've known people who get so addicted to playing these games that they now call themselves a recovering WOW addict but I guess everyone has their things whether it's eating,drinking, or even reading a little to much we all have our weaknesses. There is a balance to everything and I think that's what we need to think of when we consider gaming or other things for the library. I think that having some simple games on our kids library page would be a good idea or making hour library website more like a Myspace or Facebook where people could set up there accounts with a picture and blogs or games applications that they like. But I also understand how frustrating it can be to have someone come up to you and want to do research and all the computers are filled with people gaming. Like I said it's a balance.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-26668803118528882732008-04-04T22:15:00.001-07:002008-04-05T08:24:51.200-07:00Thing 5. More Flickr Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2wJDUJFVsbFJz_KZ0GZ4tgy9-KLskPYXPQMIYmG2nSd3AZYPDYBmX96AOxNngpPh9AS9afb-fjszsk7HYHtuuyKGtRQDNj85cSGE4HzvExfAKo_AloJV8VF13Rp6byWTru0XxQqgy8g/s1600-h/magazine6134452-2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2wJDUJFVsbFJz_KZ0GZ4tgy9-KLskPYXPQMIYmG2nSd3AZYPDYBmX96AOxNngpPh9AS9afb-fjszsk7HYHtuuyKGtRQDNj85cSGE4HzvExfAKo_AloJV8VF13Rp6byWTru0XxQqgy8g/s320/magazine6134452-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185625836559048898" /></a><br /><br /><br />I had a lot of fun making this. I've seen other people do these magazine covers before but never took the time to make one myself. I think it would be great for our staff newletter (if we still had one). I have used a lot of mashups and I think they are great. I wish everything in life was like that where you can take what you have and improve it for your needs.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-17487103360561714482008-04-04T08:56:00.000-07:002008-04-04T09:02:14.213-07:00Thing 16. Student 2.0 ToolsI am so glad that I found these!!!!!! If I don't learn anything else from 23things this would make it all worth while. I'm wanting to enroll in a school I really like that encourages a lot of independant study and that's what I love about it but at the same time I was a little nervous to not have enough structure but this is a great option to help me motivate myself to get work done at a healthy pace.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-56369766003726760302008-04-02T12:34:00.001-07:002008-04-02T12:40:52.397-07:00Thing 14. LibraryThing<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=karebear&show=random&header=1&num=5&covers=small&text=all&tag=alltags&css=1&style=1&charset=&version=1"><br /></script><br /><br />I love Librarything! I really liked how it was set up and how amazingly easy it was! I was really surprised to find that one of my all time favorites was only in five people libraries. Quite honestly library thing is much much better then what Anoka County has as a catalog. It would definately be an improvment using librarything. I also looked at the librarything blog and found some of it very interesting. I think I might even go back and look at the blog somemore.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-79178597378004589942008-04-02T10:53:00.000-07:002008-04-02T12:00:49.495-07:00Thing 13. 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<br />I set up a MSN calendar but I don't understand why you would use a MSN calendar when there are other programs that have a calendar and a million other tools that you can use together. I made a tada list it seemed like it could be usefull but not as much fun as all those little pieces of paper I always have everywhere.
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<br />I also made the Igoogle start page and would consider using it at home as my home page but honestly sometimes I don't want to log on to my computer and automatically see everything I'm intrested in because then I will spend hours on the internet when really I was just looking up a phone number or a recipe which should only take me five minutes. I do see how it can be really usefull. As far as the file converters I have used some before but I honestly don't remember which ones and all I have to say about those is when you need them you need them and they are great. I think my favorite thing I made was an account with stikkit. They seemed to have some pretty neat resources.
<br />karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-7349100902766862872008-03-03T14:13:00.001-08:002008-03-06T18:13:52.772-08:00Thing 4. Photosharing with Flickr<a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24229027@N04/2308769300/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/2308769300_84dafafaaa_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24229027@N04/2308769300/"></a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/24229027@N04/">kari.orttel</a></span><br /><p>I liked this photo and I got it from librarians after dark. If there is anything that I am learning from these 23things it's that there are a lot of groups and forums for library workers. I never thought to connect with librarians through the web. I have used flickr before but honestly I don't like it. I usually use photobucket and like it a little bit better. I did like that blog it button which was really easy to use and practical.</p>karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-32477361097434889902008-02-28T18:06:00.000-08:002008-02-28T18:15:37.253-08:00Thing 12. Do You Digg? and blog challengeI don't know where to start! I feel a little over whelmed since I now have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Digg</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Reddit</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Newsvine</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mixx</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Myspace</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Facebook</span>, and many more social media site memberships. I have to admit I had a lot before I started this challenge but I didn't have any of the one's within this challenge except <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Myspace</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Facebook</span>. It seems like these days there are as many social networking sites as there are people on earth. (and they are very very addicting) which I guess is what I'll talk about in this blog.<br /> Are these social sites a productivity enhancer or a productivity detractor?<br />When I don't have much time I can easily scan these sites for info that's important at that time and get off some what quickly but when I have a day off and start looking at these sites I can literally spend the <strong>e<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ntire</span></strong> day looking around at stuff that's just interesting. I think everything is like that where you can either be really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">efficient</span> in doing it or you can let every little bit of information catch your eye <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">whether</span> it is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">relevant</span> or not.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-40430052147423724882008-02-28T15:52:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:22:18.709-08:00Thing 11. Tagging and Del.icio.us and part of blog challengeThis thing was fun. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">definitely</span> think I would use this when I go back to school. I subscribed to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RSS</span> feed and set up an account. I looked at a bookmark that had 270 comments on it! I always think it's kinda funny when people keep leaving the same comments on things. I always read comments and if I see one that is similar to what I wanted to say I simply don't leave a comment or I just leave a comment saying I agree with so and so. It just makes <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sense</span> to me. <br /><br />I also checked out that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">pagekeeper</span> site and thought it was a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wonderful</span> resource. Looking at these make me more and more excited/motivated to go back to school. It just feels like there are so many resources out there and easier ways to find them that it just keeps getting better and more efficiant.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-60968079481543330632008-02-28T11:20:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:04:52.252-08:00Thing 10. Wikis and blog challengeThere are <strong>so</strong> many useful things you can do with a wiki. I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">especially</span> impressed with the Albany County Public Library staff wiki!! After I am done with 23things I really want to make something like this even if it's just for myself to have a clear <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">reference</span> of our policies. I don't know if it's a common problem within all libraries or if it's just within <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Anoka</span> County that we don't have a clear <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">reference</span> of policies that are constantly changing. In the mean time I signed up for a wiki and will slowly start adding stuff to it. Here is a link<br /><a href="http://anokacountylibrarypolicy.pbwiki.com/?full_access=5TOu9fQAnN&l=S">http://anokacountylibrarypolicy.pbwiki.com/?full_access=5TOu9fQAnN&l=S</a><br /><br /><br />I edited the main 23 things on a stick wiki. I claimed that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NTN's</span> crowned <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fashionista</span> was here. Here is a link. <a href="http://23onastick.pbwiki.com/?full_access=Pc2BbORfc5&l=S">http://23onastick.pbwiki.com/?full_access=Pc2BbORfc5&l=S</a><br /><br />P.S. Yesterday I was crowned <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">NTN</span> libraries <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">fashionista</span> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Louann</span> Smith AND <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">NTN</span> libraries <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">gogo</span> dancer by Sherry Oaks. I am honored to hold these titles and I hope I continue to do them justice. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">lol</span>karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-65565809537888362682008-02-26T16:10:00.000-08:002008-02-26T16:21:33.788-08:00Thing 7. Web 2.0 Communication ToolsI have been having a hard time motivating myself to continue down the 23 thing road lately. I don't want to sound spoiled but it all seems so simple. I see all these things I either use everyday or things that I don't use because I feel I found a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">different</span> provider that does it better. Should we be using these at the library? Of course!!!!! It's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ridiculous</span> to not use what you have available especially with our limited budgets and so much of it is free.<br /><br />Now to get back on track with this task. I use email, instant messaging, and text messaging everyday and I see how they could be extremely <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">useful</span> at the library. Web conferencing seemed like a great idea and kinda reminded me of chat rooms with web cams so all though it wasn't familiar it still seemed familiar.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-72583087709599751992008-02-12T17:59:00.000-08:002008-02-26T16:28:00.873-08:00Thing 2 Library 2.0I looked at all the information on library 2.0 and that thing that amazes me the most is the fact that some people are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">apposed</span> to using technology to it's full <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">advantage</span>. I guess I understand because at the previous library I worked at it was a constant struggle to handle all of the kids on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Myspace</span> and monitor there usage of our services but since working at my current library I have found that with well organized staff and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">knowledgeable</span> supervisors that work with you instead of against you it is really quite easy to mange the teens in the library and their use of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Internet</span>.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-48842224374506203242008-01-30T14:46:00.000-08:002008-02-26T16:27:44.263-08:00Thing 3 RSS feedsWell I thought I would try <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">googlereader</span></span> first on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">recommendation</span> but I didn't like it. I felt like it was hard to use and after a couple of hours of trying to get the things that I wanted I gave up and tried <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bloglines</span></span> and thought it was very easy and within a couple of minutes had everything I wanted on there. I guess it just goes to show that we work <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">differently</span> and have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">different</span> learning styles.karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-13389252519427951972008-01-30T13:56:00.000-08:002008-02-26T16:28:24.018-08:00Thing 1 Blog ChallengeSo today I added the site meter and it was amazingly easy! Also I, finally, added a picture and my avatar. I really don't like yahoo avatars so I think I might add another avatar from a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">different</span> site if I have time and patience today.<br /><br />P.S. I got my background to work. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">whoo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hoo</span>!karebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347126639124108205.post-28760678425399297672008-01-28T10:18:00.000-08:002008-02-26T16:25:19.187-08:00Thing 1 starting a blog and 23 things on a stickWell I'm starting on 23 things on a stick and even though I am young and very familiar with Myspace and Facebook I've never gotten into blogging. It's been kinda crazy. I'm having a hard time getting a customized layout for my blog to work so we'll see if I can figure it out. I guess that's the point of this.<br /><br /><br />Good luck to everyone trying to complete this challenge!<br />Karikarebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998517851465528841noreply@blogger.com0