TCL 2 document from Zoho Writer

This is my second test document.

I put a picture of the dolphin mascot in it!

Thing 18 Online Productivity: Week 7

I created an account on Zoho Writer.

The Zoho Writer seems to have all the basic functions needed to write a brief document. You can insert pictures and tables.

I was able to use the Post to your Blog feature.

I thought this was a neat wait to write a document and distribute it. This could be useful for training classes.

Thing 17 PBWiki Sandbox: Week 6

I played in the NSU sandbox today.

1. I logged in. Don't use capitals for the login password.

2. I added my blog to the NSU Wiki. Look for TLCDave's Blog
http://nsulibs.pbwiki.com/Favorite-Blogs
3. I signed into the BLCTLC Wiki.
Look for Dave Jess was here
http://bcltlc.pbwiki.com/bcltlcpage\

I didn't add my favorite book or eating place as there was no page.
The most frustrating thing about the PBWiki is that the home page takes you to the generic set up page, not the home page you created It is always a pain in the neck to find your home page. For this reason alone, I would not use PBWiki. User's become confused and think what happend to my page? The answer is that user's have to go to the bottom of the page to click on "Show all pages" and then figure out which page is the real home page.

I use the wetpaint Wiki instead.

-Dave

Thing 16, Week 6 Wiki

I explored Wikis tonight.

1. St. Joseph County Public Library.
This was an excellent example of using a Wiki as a library too.
2. BookLover's Wikis - This would be an interesting way of posting
the Reader's Advisory annotation homework assignment.

3. Library Success - an interesting way to put out useful information
for library staff.

4. ALA Wiki - We could use this idea and create a Wiki for the Broward Library Anime Convention in January 2008.

5. Bull Run Library - I didn't like this site. I thought it looked
cluttered.

Thing 15 Rollyo, Week 5 BCL TLC

The Rollyo concept was interesting that you could limit a search to a specific set of websites.

Here is the link to my Search box.



This exercise took longer than it should have.

I was not able to create a searchbox on my blog for extra credit.

OverDrive: Week 9, Thing 22

I visited OverDrive today.
Since I've been using the website since February 2007 I didn't spend too much time exploring. It did give me a chance to look for some new audio books.

I wish we had more than 638 audio books.

The hold process is fairly easy.

I designed the extra credit exercises based upon the work I had done with OverDrive last summer.

Today I put a hold on The 10-Minute Stress Manager.

For practice I downloaded the book Exceeding Customer Expectations.
I played the book for a few minutes and skipped around to get used to the controls again.
The bookmark features works great. The only problem with audiobooks is that my MP3 Player doesn't make bookmarks. I usually listen to a book when I go to the gym since I can listen to most of the chapter (70 minutes roughly)during my workout.

I decided not to burn another cd, but I did burn a cd last summer.

Library Thing: Week 5, Thing 14

I explored Library Thing and found it very intesting.
It seems like the librarian's version of Amazon.

The reviews are useful and the tag cloud make it easy to browse.

All in all this is a web site to include in the Reader's Advisory class.

You can see my books at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TLCdave2007

TLCdave2007

test video embed

Thing 13 Online Generators BCL TLC 2.0

These are my thoughts about Thing 13 Online Generators.

Overall, they were fun, but not too practical.

The generator blog for creating fractured image was artistic.

The card catalog generator is too old fashioned.


I liked the dummies book cover. I've seen other people make book covers and wondered how they did it. Now I know how.

This was the best exercise about this thing!

You can make your own book cover at http://www.signgenerator.org/books/dummies/

I explored these Flickr toys when we did Flickr in week 3.

Thing 12 BCL TLC Thinking about 2.0

I read the articles for the BCL TLC 2.0 Thing 12 Thinking about 2.0.

I decided to comment on "Away from the Iceberg" since it identified 3 icebergs on the way to web 2.0.

#1 Just in case collection.
Basically they propose we go digital and not collect these expensive unused physical print collections. On the other hand, are libraries nimble enough to keep up with fast moving web trends? Maybe our strength is still in the physical?

#2. Reliance on user education.
The author argues we need to redesign our services rather than redesigning our customers. The BCL TLC 2.0 program is an example of our trying to train staff at their own pace instead of having a class room where everyone moves in lockstep. We've all seen the websites that are easy to use and we click away from the websites that are hard to use.

#3. The “come to us” model of library service
We no longer have the monopoly on information. When people want book reviews they go to Amazon for individual reviews instead of book reviews from our periodical databases. Heck, they might not even know about book reviews in our databases.

Thing 11 BCL TLC Table Tennis

Today I worked on Thing 11 which is tag your own blog.
My hobby is playing table tennis. Some of you might call it ping pong.
Table Tennis is an Olympic Sport and the national organization is the USATT.


I belong to the Broward Table Tennis Club.

Table Tennis is great exercise.

I posted a comment on MY BCL TLC Blog Thing 9 and suggested some tags for her blog.

BCL TLC Thing 10 Del.icio.us

I explored the Del.icio.us. It is a step up from bookmark folders, but I thought it could do more. The NSU site needs more bookmarks. The BCL site is labeled as BLCTLC which is why I couldn't find it the first time. I found that the site is so bare that it doesn't explain how to search mutliple tags. It's all in the help menus. That's so web 1.0.

While the site is useful, I thought the training tips on the video was pretty cool. Social Bookmarking in Plain English (5 min video)

Trouble in paradise.
It turns out we can't install Del.icio.us toolbar on our staff computer. I did install the bookmark helper. I created an account, but I couldn't activate it since the IT blocked access to my gmail e-mail account. I'll have to do this part of the project at home.

Comment on another blog: BCL TLC Thing 9

I made a comment on another person's blog today.
I visited Chess Life and talked about my chess sets: a chess table and Boris the computer.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450388604261012651&postID=8092965405777265544

T-Mobile Wing: BCL TLC Thing 9

I am thinking about getting a smart phone, but not an I-phone.

The T-Mobile Wing is a a cool device that is well-reviewed. The two major cons to it are it has a slow procesor and it is on a slow 2.5 G network. I've tried out the Wing in the store and it doesn't seem to be very slow. Also, I would only be using the data for e-mail and save the Wi-fi for the web surfing so the lack of 3G is not a deal breaker.

ATT has the "Tilt" which is a better version of the Wing as it has a faster processor and is on a 3G network.

Since I've still got around 7 months left on my contract I'll have to see how much it would cost to break my current contract.

There are many things about technology that have nothing to do with technology, but depend on economics and contracts.

Trading Cards: BCL TLC Thing 8

BCL TLC Team v.2
Originally uploaded by tlcdave2007

Making Trading Cards out of your Flickr photos is one of the more useful Flickr tools. I thought there could be more icons to choose from on the right side.

Magazine Cover BCL TLC Thing 8

Magazine Cover
Originally uploaded by tlcdave2007

I created a magazine cover using this Flickr third-party tool.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php.

This photo was the from the Nova 2.0 kickoff in August 2007.

BCL TLC 2.0 Thing 8 Flickr Mashups & third Party tools

There were so many tools to explore it was overwhelming. I'd rather be given a list of 5 items to explore than pick my own out of 100.


I tried the Flickr logo maker. It looks cool, but you can't do much with it.
http://flickr.nosv.org/out.php?s=Digital+Learning+Intiative

Thing 6: Finding RSS Feeds

This was an interesting experience on finding RSS feeds.

1. I found that Bloglines was the most convenient way to look for RSS sites and to easily add them to my RSS feeds.

2. Feedster. I didn't care for it. It seems to be trying to be a Google search engine and is rather plain web site.

3. Topix. I liked Topix because it was designed to be a place to browse, stay, and return.
I like the Fort Lauderdale news angle.

4. Syndic8 was pretty ugly looking and didn't seen very useful.

5. Technorati is pretty good. It's colorful. The constant updating of the latest blogs is a like watching stock ticker symbols go by. Also, it was the only one to find my blog!

RSS with Dave

I created a RSS account using Bloglines. It's very convenient and because it is Internet based I can read it any where.


If you wish to see what I have subscribed to check my link
http://www.bloglines.com/public/TLCdave

Hurricane Wilma 077 BCL TLC Thing 7

Hurricane Wilma 077
Originally uploaded by tlcdave2007

It looks like the way to add a photo is to use the blog option.

I was able to add my bcltlc2.0 tag. I was the only one who had done so.

BCL TLC Thing 7 Holiday Decoration

I was able to use the Flickr blog tool to put this picture on my

blog.

Holiday Decoration
Originally uploaded by tlcdave2007

Dave's Flickr picture

I started a Flickr account.
Here is a picture of window damage to the building. Oops. The picture wouldn't load.

Flickr BCL Thing 7

I toured Flickr today. It is an amazing site.
I wonder what building he was in when he took the photo of the
Templeton building?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandrino/57046263/

7 1/2 Life Long Learning Habits

The learning habit play is really the most important. If it's fun you will do more!

TLC Program

Interesting Enough Blogger works with Gmail accounts making the registration process easy.