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The Long and Winding Road

2010-04-26T13:27:00.000-07:00

I don't know why a Beatles song just won't leave my head. Perhaps, A Hard Day's Night or I Want to Hold You Hand are others that come to mind right now. In trying to tie it all up, sometimes music is the best way.
Time is always a huge factor in our busy lives. (Now I am hearing a little Jim Croche, Time in a Bottle!)
I had a very difficult time finding time to work on this assignment. It was a great experience and I would love to go back at my leisure and discover more and personal applications for these sites. My favorite was uTube, it's awesome!
But I am Whooo-hooo glad that its done!
Later Gator.

#9. Funny iPad Cat

2010-04-14T11:51:00.000-07:00

What a cutie pie! UTube absolutely rocks! It has everything!!!

I was all over the Podcasts sites, willing to learn and ready to give it a shot! While readding the the info. I discovered that time is running short and I didn't necessarily need to do my own. It's something I will do later.

I joined NetLibrary and played around with several titles. I guess I'll need to get a player so I can have better access. I love to listen to books in the car, but would rather have a real book in my hands. That makes it a little hard for me to drive, although I have seen others do it!

2010-04-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

#8. I actually imported that from ZOHO! Whoo-hoo!

OK, where did it go? It was here yesterday!

Oh well, let's move on.

Youtube has it all. You can do the educational thing and find some thing to learn or teach someone else. You find hours and hours of entertainment from silly cat videos, (personally I like the dogs more) movie clips, and selected artists singing.
Any one would love the internet for just this site alone. It's fabulous! Thanks Youguys.

Yo Zoho

2010-04-12T07:58:00.001-07:00

# 8. YO, ZOHO

ZOHO Writer would be great tool for someone yous doesn't have their own computer. I can see someone using this attending college or at a public library.
My favorite feature of any program is Spell Check! Ha! I also liked the fact that others could view and comment. Lots of possibilities there for teachers of all ages!

#7 Wiki's

2010-03-26T11:59:00.000-07:00

Wiki's have the most potential of any of the 2.0 applications I have seen this far. The organizing, sharing and coordinating information is so fabulous, we may not have meetings in the future???
Why bother if we are doing a better job of sharing information in a Wiki!
The only concern I have is sabotage. Remember when we used to hear about someone messing with Wikipedia? The information we use, needs to be verifiable and based on fact.
I had fun leaving messages in our Favorite things Wiki. Let's continue with that.

#6 Social Bookmarking

2010-03-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

15 Billion Web Pages! Wow, no wonder we all feel unorganized. Let's see now, Delicious can organize them, then sort by tags (old school =LC/Sears subject headings). The we can all share sites that have been discovered by others with the same interests. I am feeling a little job insecurity here!

Away from the Icebergs and A tempory place in time.....

(What ever floats your boat etc.)
At a Librarians workshop 15 years ago, the speaker said we HAVE to become more user friendly or be blown out of the water! (I wish I could remember his name.) It's all about packaging and now, no training necessary.
The time of a new mindset and expectations is here. The old concept of a traditional Library has faded into the sunset or sunk to the bottom of the sea in this story.
I liked the idea of harnessing users in the design and implementation of services. Smooth talkin', and practical.
Library 4D is mind boggling. The Garden of Eden of Libraries??? I think not! Technology is ever changing, so will be user needs. A knowledge spa, meditation, and relaxation, bring it on!

HEB23: Web 2.0, Part 4 & 5

2010-03-10T08:34:00.000-08:00

4. Here are some sites that I like to look at every day and put them my RSS feed. Am I a sports fan or what! Also being from Oklahoma, we keep our eyes on the weather cause you never know if it's going to be 90+ or 9!

http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-footbl/okst-m-footbl-body.html
http://www.blackwelljournaltribune.net/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
http://www.newsok.com/
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Bedford+TX+76021

Let me say that I really liked doing the online images. I can see my creative "evil twin" at work at;
http://www.signgenerator.org/
http://www.funtasticface.com/
Made some funny get well cards on these sites.

Library thing is going to be a cool tool when I retire. I like the fact that it has free reviews & recomendations. Free books to if you want to write reviews.
Rollyo is always closed for maintenance, so I took a look at one of their other sites, Tweetage W@steland. This guy is pretty funny. I read his blog Confession #43. He is a really good writer and has way to much time!
As for the reply to other blogs. I pray that many of you got my Hi there have a good Spring Break!

Flickr hair!

2010-02-15T06:28:00.000-08:00

Having a bad hair day in this wind!

Flicker has it all!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digital_derf/1109142765/

About me!

2010-02-05T08:53:00.000-08:00

As they say, Kiera made me do it!
I hate talking about myself when there is so much more to learn by hearing from others. It's not that I am not introspective, but getting to know me is an on-going project. I am constantly going off in different directions, seeking an adventure. I am still searching for my hidden talents, but it is after all, all about the search!
One of my personal motto's is I will try anything once, as long as it is moral & legal!!
Hobbies, mmmmm........If it has a ball to throw or kick, I will probably watch it. I have a deep appreciation for those people who are athletic, as I am not!
Sports is one of my favorite hobbies and of course, reading would be the other. There is nothing in life like a really good book!
Well, the only other item I might add is that I am a spiritual person, believing in my savior Jesus and trusting in God to direct my life.
Nuff said!

2010 Newbery Award

2010-01-20T12:10:00.000-08:00

When You Reach Me

BY Rebecca Stead

2010 Texas Lone Star Book AND 2010 Newberry Winner!

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Just as the notes say, this book is about time travel. However, there are no flying cars or contraptions that show the actual time travel. You get the 'picture' through notes that an anonymous person leaves Miranda, the main character in the book. Throughout the story, the letters continue, each with its own sense of urgency. Miranda discovers that these notes are crucial to saving her best friends life and the person that is going to save it, will come from the future.
This book is SO GOOD!!! After I read it, I spent the next day trying to make sense of the actual time travel parts and how and why they happened in the order they did! You may have to draw a little diagram to help you understand the time travel part and how all the characters interlope.....Great read!!!!
Jennifer Halley, Follett Texas Account Mgr.