Web 2.0 award Ex 19

"Bookmarking," I think this is great and can be very useful at home and at work Ma.qnolia.com. Also Healia, it is the third winner, this one is for people like me, still leaving; it can be very helpful go to National Institule of health and St. John's . I helped a friend of my find this site my using my bookmark from home I was able to go right to it in know time so they could look at it and fine what they was looking for.

More EX 19

"Bookmarking" I'm using it alot now that I've discovered it I like the interview that I read on bookmarking services. Bookmarking is a powerful tool, I'm using it at home & work. Also the third winner is really good too look at that one also.

plansandboxwiki Wk 17

http://plansandboxwiki.pbwiki.com/Favorite+Blogs
This one was a lot of fun I changed and edited a few things I also moved them from the top of the page to the bottom, I was having so much fun and also leaving I made a second one called(discovergirl) I put a picture of the new library own this site.
more on week 7 ex 16 http://discovergirl.pbwiki.com/

Summarize (Week 9 EX 23 )

1. What were your favorite discoveries or Exercises on this learning journey?
One of my favorites, well that's hard to say, I enjoyed doing the blog. I also like wiki, and Generators.

2. How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
I can see how technology will be a part of my life, and my children's life, more and more everyday. I learned their is so much out there in the computer world that I can learn and to help other.

3. Were there any take-a-ways of unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
Unexpected outcome is that I did it, and I can go back and do More.

4. What could we do differently to improve upon this program's format of concept?
It would nice, if I did not need to become a member for everything I Participated in.

5. If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you choose to participate?
In a heart beat. "Yes".

Netlibrary ( Week 9 Ex 22 )

And the Shofar BlewRecorded Books Inspirational; Unabridged.
by Rivers, Francine. Publication: Prince Frederick, Md Recorded Books, 2003. Download this eAudiobook Show Details Add to Favorites

Bay County Public Library, Provides NetLibrary so you can access it for free. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eContent is the digital version of books, journals, and database content. This is great, "Love it".

Podcast ( Week Ex 21 )

A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media . Podcasting is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost. http://libvibe.blogspot.com/ You can find many sites, For example, LibLibe, Library News, Listen up!, & Open Stacks.

Youtube ( Week 9 ex20 )

I belived that youtube can be an asset to library's eveywhere. Take a look at the one below called "Women in Art", we could do the same thing, maybe for "Black History Month" or books on the Titanic. Youtube can be a great learning tool.

Word Processing ( Week 8 Ex 18 )

This document was created by Rose Hughes, Using ZohoWriter, I am documenting my favorite books. FAVORITE BOOKS 1. Murder makes wave, by: Anne George ( Mystery) 2. White Chocolate Moments, by: Lori Wick ( Inspiration fiction ) 3. Hinds' Feet on High Places, by: Hannah Hurnard ( Inspiration ) 4. The Secret of Believing Prayer, by: Andrew Murray ( Inspiration ) 5. Apostle of Faith, Ever increasing Faith, by: Smith Wigglesworth ( Inspiration ) 6. pilgrim's progress. By: john Bunyan ( Inspiration )

Wikis ( Week 7 Ex 16 & 17 )

Wiki is being used as a Research Guide to many libraries, like Library Voice. Computers in libriaries http://cil2007.pbwiki.com/ ALA Chicago, Using wiki for there Annual Conference. Ohio Libraries Biz. Using wiki for business research, "how-to's." Look at Library Success, has a great wiki. You can Add and edit topics with a group of people that has great idea. "We can all learn from each other."

More Web 2.0 ( EX 19)

http://keoughp.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/web-20-presentation-by-david-warlick/ I found this Presentation on 2.0 to be very enlightening. I did the bookmarking I'm using it at home and work.

Web 2.0 Library 2.0 ( Week 6 Ex 15)

OCLC Next Space Newsletter : Web 2.0, Where will the next few years take us in the Library world. "Well," we all know that it is changing fast and headed more to the Web 2.0. After reading all of the OCLC Newsletters and some links using 2.0, also listening to the presentation by David War. I feel like we are heading into a new world of librarianship as Michael Stephens said, basically to become the Librarian 2.0. also Away from the icebergs , Rick Anderson had some views that was interesting, like the one Just in case collection , like books online. I don't know where we are heading but it is changing, more and more people are using computers, Teacher, are giving more homework to be done on computers. People are downloading books on there PC, MP3 and reading them on line. but 2.0 and Library's are still a " ? " for me.

Technorati Tutorial (week 6 ex 14)

http://www.condenet.com/promo/xerox/ Technorati is a fun site. But there's a lot more. It is a powerful tool for bloggers, you can tag, sites, books, and categories your post by topic or keywords, phrase. you can also use bookmarklers, you can add your blog to the blog Directory and claim it. this is just a few things you can do in Technorati. check it out for yourself take a look at my "book cover", I made, you can do your own using their Image or your own the site is at the top of the page, the one I chose to do is below. I really like this site there is so many things you can do.

Del.icio.us (week 6 Ex 13 )

Del.icio.us, is a tool that can be a benefit at home and at work. Also if you are out of town and need to go to the library and use a computer their If you have and account you can log in and all of you bookmark will be their to access. This is nice to have. I can see where reference librarians to create links by subject.

Rollyo (week 5 Ex 12 )

This weeks tool, is Rollyo! It is called a search engine, It is a site where you can customize any grouping of sites, that you use several times a week or day. You can group these sites together in a searchbox or searchroll. like tradingcardmaker or mashup, FD Toy, mappr. If you like you can go to look at My Rollyo. Its called my web search. www.rollyo.com

Librarything ( week 5 Ex 11 )

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Random books from rchughes's library
Murder on a Girls' Night Out: A Southern Sisters Mystery by Anne George
Murder Shoots the Bull: A Southern Sisters Mystery (Southern Sisters Mysteries) by Anne George
Murder Makes Waves by Anne George
Kingdom Principles: Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion (Understanding the Kingdom) by Myles Munroe
A Call to Prayer: Intercession in Action by Germaine Copeland
Prayers That Avail Much: Three Bestselling Works Complete in One Volume by Word Ministries Inc.
Murder on a Bad Hair Day (Beeler Large Print Mystery Series) by Anne George
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Generator Blog ( Ex 10 )

Generator is a fun site, it can be used for Images and Graphics that you can maniputate, or you can download your own Picture's but I did have some difficulty putting my own Images in, but I will come back to it at a later time I worked on a few things and send them to friends my e-mail. my granddaugher said she would used this sites in her myspace, but I told her she had to wait her turn : ) I put the kids names in Lights they love that one. You can go to this site to see what you can come up with. Cool site, I did go back and made this magazine cover this is my Granddaugher Victoria Rose and our pet shivers.

http://www.condenet.com/promo/xerox/view_cover.html?config=2125343302360501000000000000&h1=Rose_Hughes&h2=Recommends&h3=Generator_Blog&s11=It=.

RSS (Week 4 Ex 9 )

I found in my search for Library blog some very good sites that could be helpful to Library's everywhere, one of them is Librarians' internet index: New this week, and Northwest Florida news, also lisZen is a good one for helping to find more Library blog, Topix.net is good too, it help's you to find recent news feeds you put in keywords or phrase. There are several cataloging blogs sites also.

RSS (Week 4 Ex 8 )

I set up my account in bloglines, the hardest things about this was getting my validate it was the following day before I received it. I went a little crazy with feeds before I new it I had 14 feeds so I went back an looked at them again an edit a few. I really like Feeds you can go straight to what you want to look at and click on the feeds Icon and its there I wish everything was that easy. I like cnn news and dictionary.com word of the day. I have all really started using RSS at home. one of the sites I like is Technorati blog site this one can be helpful keeping up with what's going own with current events it could be beneficial in your job, and other items like podcast. I can see RSS being very helpful to library's everywhere http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.bloglines.com/search?q=rhughes@nwrls.com&ql=en&s=f&pop=l&news=m&format=rss

TECHNOLOGY

Don't you just love Technology isn't it one of those, "Love Hate Relationship" I can't believe how far we have come in just a few years, some is good and some not just to go to your computer and click on an Icon and your there reading a book or the News or doing your homework or playing in around http://www.fdtoys.com/ or research for work, I can see it being a great help to libraries. I really have enjoyed exploring the sites and there features. You can lean so must from just exploring and trying them like www.flickr.com and www.tradingcardmaker.com, www.mappr.com. thats just to name a few. creating a blog can be beneficial for young and old alike. I have learned a lot with this challenge from plan"Navigation New technologies". You can set one up at www.blogger.com. I also left a comment own one of the participant's blog. I will try to go back to look at more of them.

FD Toy / Mashups Ex 6

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roseinpc/
I also picked the Badge, this is cool. You can do all kinds of neat fun things, Love this site, FD Toy and Mashups & 3rd party sites also I look at slashdot. This link is fun too www.Digg.com Trading card maker is a popular one.

Flickr

Using Flickr Week # 3 Exercise 5, 6, 7 I Have enjoyed exploring flickr this one is a lot of fun I can see why people like it. I was able to open an account and add my own pictures I put them in a set of 5 and tag them, I will later put more pictures of my vacation in a group but they are at home and I will need to find them, I also placed pictures on the map these pictures was uploaded into fickr, then dragged and dropped onto the map you can zoom into the map to drop it exactly where you want them I put them in Georgia that‘s where the pictures was taking . I also made a bubby Icon. I will share this site with others. I can see Mashups being a great benefit for a lot of business people and others. visit http://www.mappr.com/ I love this site some really great feature! You can put your photo in a group or slideshow, organize them, put creative comments. Download pictures. There's to much to till you about, go see for yourself. There is so many sites and so much you can do and learn
Link: http://www.blogger.com/ and http://www.flickr.com/ "I just like this picture so peaceful".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roseinpc/

Blogging

Week 2 Exercise # 3 & 4 I set up my own blog & added my first post. I can not believe how easy it was to do. I am new at this I had know idea what a blog was, I also register my blog. I just follow the step by step directions. just remembering everything my password I used in my account. So write it down someplace where you can go back and find I wrote my down and lost it . LOL

P.S. I just learn how to Edit in the Post, with out staring over, done that not fun.
"Just click on the word Edit not the box" thanks to Jeannie

7 1/2 Habits of life long learners

Well this Needed to be my first post but I just keep going and looking and discovering more about the different sites and so the Technologies journey has begun. So I had to stop and go back to Week 1. and Week 2.
Hello again after viewing the life long learning presentation I had to stop and think about what to say It isn’t easy for me to put things on paper but I will try to say how I feel about what I' am learning, let‘s...begin with the end in mind...this is the most difficult for me because it seems like there is know end to anything I work on I just keep going keep doing. Have you every heard the saying it’s like house work it’s never done LOL. The easiest for me seems to be...a competent effective learner...because I will try, I may not do as fast or as good as someone else might but I love to try, I like working with computers I don't get to very offen. And I like to show others what I have learned.