Post #20 Is this really the end...or just the beginning

This is just the beginning! I really enjoyed doing the exercises. I have learned so much about wikis, podcasts, etc. I think creating my blog was not only a leaning experience, but was fun as well. The exercise I enjoyed the most was working with Flickr tools and Image Generator. You can do so many cool things and they were easy to learn. I would participate in another exercise like this one. When do we start?! I just want to say a big "Thank You" to all of those on the committee who have taken their valuable time in setting this up, helping others when they need a little support. You guys are the greatest!

Post #19 Social Networking

I was already familiar with Facebook since I have a high school daughter that is on facebook everyday. I think social networking is a great way to keep in touch with long distance friends, and also to make new friends, with friends of your friends. The reason I like facebook is the ability to accept your friends. Not just anyone can log on and carry on a conversation with my daughter, she had to accept them as her friend. I feel that she is "safer" with facebook than with myspace.

Post #18 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

Looking around the podcast directories, I found a few podcasts that may be worthwhile. A childrens books site, scholastic and a parents guide. I would rather have something to look at along with the podcast, so this didn't interest me much.

Post #17 YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLDvP7-gRdc Here is a penguin video I selected from YouTube. There are so many videos to look at, most are trash, I don't know why anyone would want to waste their time on this website.

Post #16 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

In looked at the music and photo sites, but I'm not much into social networking, so I don't think I would use this. Although, it looks like there is a wide variety of sites to choose from, if you do like networking your music or pictures or just about anything!

Post #15 Web-based Apps

I used the Google spreadsheet and created a spreadsheet. I found this easy to use and I think it would be very helpful. Here is a link to my spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pLQYLckZqvt7RtJXrwFXQLw&hl=en_US&pli=1

Post #14 Playing Around with Wiki's

I posted my blog to the favorite blogs site. http://oulibrarieslearn.pbwiki.com/Favorite+Blogs This was one of the easier things to do.