Week #3, Thing #7-Technology related

Blog about anything technology related...well I guess I could write about the amazing developments with the phone if that's all the direction I'm going to get. :) My point is that technology is all around us. We could not live in our world if not for technology. We use it when we smack down the snooze button on our alarm clocks, or using the coffee maker, turning on our computers, and turning the lights on. Technology and technology related gadgets are all around us.

But I'm sure the assignment is looking more for web 2.0 technologies or "new technologies". With that in mind, I love Itunes. I love my IPod, I love how they work together and how no matter where I am, I can get to "that perfect song". I love my snapfish account. I didn't have to print out all my pictures from my vacation and hold them so the person I was showing them to didn't get dirty finger print marks on my face!! I just sent a link and they could put their own fingerprints on their screen! I love facebook! I can keep in contact with my friends so much easier. We all have email, but somehow Facebook makes me feel like I am part of their every day life again, no matter how far they are! I have a ning site and although I don't check it everyday, I like that the video I made for national library week last year is on there, and that I had the ability of uploading it, instead of only having it live on my computer.

Technology had made my life easier in so many different ways! I was never so aware of it then I was yesterday when the electricity at my place of work went out. We couldn't do a thing. No e-mail, no photocopier, no computers, no lights...nothing. So you know what I did? I started reading my book, cuz that was the only thing I could do! It's hard for us to realize how dependent we are on technology in our day to day lives...but one day without it, and I was "back on the prairie"...reading from a print book!! :) How "old school" is that?

Week #3, Thing #6-Mashups

deck1319134, originally uploaded by PainterLibrary.

I created this card using Trading cards and I think it is awesome!! I was NOT all that impressed with Mappr, Flicker Color Pickr, or Montage. I really didn't see the point of them. However, the trading cards were funny!! I could see myself creating cards or posters or anything with the help of this application.

I had fun although it took me some time to create and navigate around the mashup sites. I think things would go much faster if I had an instructior, but I also feel that I wouldn't have the initative to go and click around the site if I had someone telling me what to do.

Oh the pros and cons of self learning!! :)

Hawaii_Sue 265

Hawaii_Sue 265, originally uploaded by PainterLibrary.

This is a photo I took on our vacation this summer. I thought I would try to upload my own photo and share it. It worked, but if I made it private and only I could see it, would I still have the option of adding it to my blog? I'll try another one to find out!

Banned Books Week Banner

Banned Books Week Banner, originally uploaded by DML East Branch.

This is a very cool picture. I have a Middle School Library club and they did the display for banned book week. It was one of the best we had! It would be great if we could enlarge this photo and print it out in banner format. Does anyone know how to do that? BTW, I am loving this class!! :)

Week #3, Thing #5-Flicker

Adding pictures to my blog is not that hard. Once I was able to find a picture that I liked that was public, clicking on "blog this" was simple! I never knew that you could do that. Add pictures to the blog. I guess I knew it, because I follow certain blogs, but I never put the two together. I have a personal account with snapfish...I wonder if you can do the same thing...

Librarian

Librarian, originally uploaded by moqub.

I love nuts!! They are good for you and a healthy form of "good fats". I loved this picture...because we are all a little "nuts" about work!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Week 2, Thing #3- Avatar!!

As you can see, I finally got my avatar up...what a battle! I had issues with flash and then issues with finding some time...but I did it!! I got it up and I am very happy!! :)

Avatar

I'm having some issues with creating my Avatar. It says I need the latest version of Flash, but my IT guy said I have it. Now he wonders if maybe you all mean an older version...cuz the latest one is not doing the trick. He's looking into it for me.

On another note, I am very excited to create my avatar! I've never done it and I can't wait!!

Week 2, Blog

I've created blogs before, but they never seem to catch on with the outside world. I think some of the problem is that one of the hardest habits out of the 7and 1/2 is confidence. I'm not sure what other would be interested in.