Thing 21- Beyond MySpace

I am a member of several online communities for my hobbies and sports. I like participating in these sites because people there have interests similar to me. I like the idea of having a library presence in social networking sites. I enjoyed looking at several of them.

Thing 22. Ways to keep learning

Well, I'm going to start work on the More 23 Things on a Stick. I hope to finish before the May 20th deadline. If not, I'll still plug away at them until they're done.

Thing 19. Podcasting

I listened to a couple of podcasts. The ones from Sheridan Libraries were interesting. The one on "Who's Citing Whom?" was alright. It was kind of long though at 11 minutes.
I'm not sure if I'd podcast for the library because I'm more or a visual person. I'd like video with my audio.

Lesson 18- You Tube

I really like looking at videos on You Tube. I chose the following video because it's a little fun one.
video by: apaulso2
March 15, 2006 This was very easy to add to my post.

Lesson 17- ELM Productivity Tools

I tried these tools and can see how students might find them useful for assignments. I might use the web page creators if I was working collaboratively on a resource bibliography though I might be tempted to use some of the other collaborative tools that were explored.

16 - Student 2.0 Tools

I've explored the UM's Assignment Calculator and Research Project Calculator and thought that they're really useful tools for students. Our library has links to these tools from our library's website so our students can access them. We've also publicized their availability in some instruction sessions that we've given. I think the assignment calculator could be used by library staff if we were working on a project where we needed to gather research information and if we translated the terminology used in the Assignment Calculator to terms used for the project.

Lesson 15 Online games and gaming

I attended a webinar on a Second Life area that MnSCU has set up. My first impression is that the worlds look nice but moving around seems clunky.

Last night, I tried Puzzle Pirates. I created a character and wandered around an island in the Hunter sea. I tried bilging, and roping and wasn't very good at them. I deleted my character when I left the game.