23 Things

This has been a very informative program; I liked it and would recommend it to others. I would also be interested in any more programs along the same line.

My favorites were the lessons about visual things, like Flikr. I also really liked the In Plain English clips. They are very understandable.

(I would like to mention, however, not all the links work, and the dates listed in the program are old....it would have been better had someone just run thru the posts to make sure everything worked before reusing it)

But...here it is, ya'll: CTLS's 23 Things

Thing 22

Audiobooks

Librivox is a good place to send patrons (particularly students) who would prefer to listen to a classic rather than read it.

I've always had to borrow an mp3 player to listen to anything, and because it is not convenient the only thing I've tried to listen to is learning a language CDs.

I'm looking forward to having a portable player of my own!!

Thing 21

Podcasting

I particularly like NPR's style of news. So I listened to a couple podcasts about vaccines and autism.

Also one from Podcast.com about Salt and Pepper. Did you know that at one point a serf could by his freedom for a pound of pepper? And the reason England went to India is because the Dutch more than doubled what they charged for the spice?

Splendid Table is also nice.

Thing 20

YouTube



I was here!!!! It was awesome!!!

As for YouTube, yes, I like it. It can be vastly entertaining. (see Pants on the Ground)

For library use, I plan to embed the TexShare clip in our library's blog; and I really liked the "In Plain English" clips used throughout this workshop.

Thing 19

Web 2.0 Tools

Of all the 2.0 tools that I do not use already, I liked Yelp! the best. It is a site where users can rate businesses. I was very surprised to see any ratings at all for little ol' Mexia.

I think this site would be useful to find things to do when going on a roadtrip or vacation.

Thing 18

Google Docs

Yeah for Google!!!
Google Docs allows you to save or create a document, spreadsheet, or presentation online and allow only who you wish to view and/or edit it.
Some reasons I plan to use this feature:

• Access documents multiple places, or at multiple computers within the library
• Patrons can save things at home and print them at the library
• To convert to and from various wordprocessing programs
• To allow others instant and up-to-date access to a perpetual work-in-progress schedule

It is also ideal for collaboration.
This lesson has been both informative and useful.

Thing 17

Wiki Sandbox

So this was neat. It was nice to be able to actually edit a wiki to see what was it is like. Not hard at all.

I added a link to this blog, listed 3 of my favorite movies and one favorite reference site.

However, the Favorite Blogs link in this lesson does not go to the CTLS 23 Things Wiki. It takes you to plcmclearning wiki and there is no edit button; so to list my blog, I found the Favorite-Library-Blogs page and added it there. Then I tried to make that page more visible/accessible, but wasn't able to figure out how to edit the layout of the wiki....so i gave up.
Also, the PB Wiki Tour and the PBWiki Video Gallery links are broken.