Am trying to edit using the Google tool but it says I don't have permission to do that without signing in. ? (I did read your instructions but obviously I missed something). 2/16/08 Decided to email you for the permission to try to edit these two things.
2/17--got permission and actually set up accounts in both Google Docs and Zoho Writer. I thought Google Docs was easier to use. I changed the document in Google Docs but didn't save the changes. I did email the changes to one of my email accounts but I didn't feel that I could force my changes on everyone. I couldn't really figure out how to use a "save as" feature that would keep my version, but also allow others to go back to other versions, instead of losing everything. I saw where we could see everyone else's edits but didn't know if was easy to accept some changes and disgard others.
I think it would have been a cool application for the founding fathers so that they wouldn't have to meet and argue about changes. They could just send their versions to eachother and then comment until it was perfect. But I guess it all worked out for them.
This would have been good to know about when I had to do all of my MLS group projects!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
#20 Social Networking
Ok, I see who writes the articles for 23 Things--it says at the bottom of the page.
I think the Social Networking sites are wonderful for young people. Lots of young adults hate to read and hate to write even more! Because of this, many of them are losing important skills, such as reading comprehension and spelling. Because of MySpace and Facebook, they are forced to read AND write--and lo and behold--they LOVE it. But shhhhhhh, don't tell them. They surely don't want to admit that they're actually learning anything. I know at least two young women have improved their spelling skills by 75%! Keyboarding and typing skills are also necessary when participating in social networking sites. (Again, don't tell them that.)
I haven't accessed my Facebook account since I started the 23 Things, but I think my name is (I guess I won't tell you yet--better check my page first, since I've never used it professionally.) if you're looking for me. Will let you know if it's not.
So far, our library doesn't use Facebook or MySpace, although we spend a lot of time unfiltering MySpace for everyone else. I just have used the two sites to goof around with friends. I half-heartedly made a snowman and opened a couple of free gifts. Someone is always poking me. I've got some photos on them and have listed my favorite movies, books etc. Not much blogging--well none really, thank goodness, or I wouldn't be blogging here. I will have to check out some library pages to see what they are doing with Facebook and MySpace. I can't seem to think outside the box right now as to how to use them in our library. To be continued...
I think the Social Networking sites are wonderful for young people. Lots of young adults hate to read and hate to write even more! Because of this, many of them are losing important skills, such as reading comprehension and spelling. Because of MySpace and Facebook, they are forced to read AND write--and lo and behold--they LOVE it. But shhhhhhh, don't tell them. They surely don't want to admit that they're actually learning anything. I know at least two young women have improved their spelling skills by 75%! Keyboarding and typing skills are also necessary when participating in social networking sites. (Again, don't tell them that.)
I haven't accessed my Facebook account since I started the 23 Things, but I think my name is (I guess I won't tell you yet--better check my page first, since I've never used it professionally.) if you're looking for me. Will let you know if it's not.
So far, our library doesn't use Facebook or MySpace, although we spend a lot of time unfiltering MySpace for everyone else. I just have used the two sites to goof around with friends. I half-heartedly made a snowman and opened a couple of free gifts. Someone is always poking me. I've got some photos on them and have listed my favorite movies, books etc. Not much blogging--well none really, thank goodness, or I wouldn't be blogging here. I will have to check out some library pages to see what they are doing with Facebook and MySpace. I can't seem to think outside the box right now as to how to use them in our library. To be continued...
#20 Libraries and Social Networks
Ok, sorry, I am really skipping around now. This is going to make it difficult for me to later figure out if I've completed all the Things--but I'll take my chances. Some of these "things" are just to hard for me to figure out on certain days. Plus, tomorrow I'm back at work again and won't be able to work on the 23 things--I am WAY too busy at my library to dink around with this stuff. And yes, I know eventually it will be useful to incorporate into our library resources, but right now I just have to learn it at my own speed and not really use it for anything. Have you noticed that I've tagged this blog? And after listening to Lee on the little tutorial we had to read, (that guy is so cool), I am seriously thinking of putting all of my trip to the Mediterranean on Flickr. But that's a LOT of tagging if I really want it to work for me. I know I can just upload them but there are 1300 photos and they are very difficult for me to find when I want them--take for example my Towel Animal Trading Cards--there are really about 10 but I had all I could do to browse for 3!
As far as social networking goes, I already am on MySpace and Facebook (and Ning thanks to the 23 things). So lets see if I can find out more about them by reading all of the 23 Things info. Someone went through a lot of trouble to blog on the 23 Things site so we may as well read it! Who wrote all that stuff anyway?
As far as social networking goes, I already am on MySpace and Facebook (and Ning thanks to the 23 things). So lets see if I can find out more about them by reading all of the 23 Things info. Someone went through a lot of trouble to blog on the 23 Things site so we may as well read it! Who wrote all that stuff anyway?
#11 Del.icio.us
While trying to figure out what Del.icio.us is by reading the 8 minute tutorial, I also ran across another tutorial of interest which explained in very simple terms what RSS is and how to use it. It is called RSS in Plain English by Lee LeFever. So now I am going to go back to try to add to my knowledge of Thing #3, RSS.
However, I don't understand Del.icio.us yet. These activities remind me of when I was an undergraduate taking an Accounting class. I always figured out how to do "today's" homework about two weeks later. Those "aha" moments are fine if they're not grade dependent!
Ok, I've added Deli.cio.us to my toolbar. This was a lot easier to understand and to do when I just went to the Deli.cio.us site. The tutorial made it seem a lot more complicated. But whatever. Everyone learns in different ways. It's a pretty cool feature I have to admit. But, I had to think up yet another username as it wouldn't accept the one I have been using for my other 23 Things accounts.
However, I don't understand Del.icio.us yet. These activities remind me of when I was an undergraduate taking an Accounting class. I always figured out how to do "today's" homework about two weeks later. Those "aha" moments are fine if they're not grade dependent!
Ok, I've added Deli.cio.us to my toolbar. This was a lot easier to understand and to do when I just went to the Deli.cio.us site. The tutorial made it seem a lot more complicated. But whatever. Everyone learns in different ways. It's a pretty cool feature I have to admit. But, I had to think up yet another username as it wouldn't accept the one I have been using for my other 23 Things accounts.
Thing #11 Tagging
I did some tagging of my #7 Thing regarding emailing and instant messaging. I may do some more later. I'm still trying to wrap my head around "tagging" or "labeling".
#6 Trading Cards
Ok, well, here it is. Who knew? I still don't know, but here is my trading card--cards I mean. Not exactly library-related but you never know when someone will want to trade towel animal cards with you! (As a reminder to myself, I used the middle html code). The three towel animal trading cards are on the left column of my blog page.
#6 Trading Cards
This post did not work--am trying to import a trading card and I must have imported it to the wrong area of my blog because all I got was the html code.
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