Learning again

I looked at lesson 6 again today and had the time to learn how to post a document to the web. Now I am following printed directions (I still need to read things on paper) and found that I can work at home on my list of patrons that read large-print books that I take around every two weeks. Now that I have mastered-sharing with emails. Now I can move on to adding to my blog.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p3Aqe_tfBK3jyf3pOCRYyCQ&gridlines=false
Now I can congratulate myself and move on. The book list can be maintained at the library or at home, now I do not have a disc to loose.

Using online office applications

It is easy to create a document on Google docs. It works like all the word programs you are use to but now you can share without copying and sending, editing and resending. I am working on the technology survey on Techatlas and created an updated 'Computer and Internet Use Policy'. Now I just have to master sharing the document on my blog.

Watching video

Google video carries mostly YouTube video and again you can spend hours looking. It does not seem to be a feature our library would implement. The only podcast or online video used in the library would be how-to information for first time users. The staff is older and more apt to read or watch television not surf the web. Our patron usage steers toward geneology research, emails, and "just because I am curius" looking up research. The blogline would be more useful in the long run.

Podcasting ?

The more I learn, the more I am amazed at what is available out in the BIG World Wide Web. As I checked out Mediafly and Podcast it became just another site to subscribe to. That part is getting to be hard to keep track of and a little discourging. There does not seem to be anything NOT on the Web these days and will require vigilant staff. I was expecting the ease of YouTube for searching and watching. It was much easier at Vodcast to subscribe( you did not have to subscribe) by URL to an interesting site: Jean-Michel Coustea on PBS as he discovers the depths of the ocean.
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/rss/media/arcticanimals_ipod.mp4
It will be more challenging to small libraries to try and keep computer users from going to inappriate sites as they explore podcasting. They do not have staff just to watch patrons use the computer. It will involve a lot of trust between library staff and patrons.

Flickr and more

Flickr is for anyone who wants to PLAY with their photos. There are so may ways to use photos besides store them in an album on the shelf, I am in awe. Trying to find a picture on Flickr can be daunting because of the large number available. But then the choices leave a lot of possibilities and imagination. Now I have a way to show off the summer reading program pictures taken this year, if I can only get the disc to open up. Some things I am still a little behind in but am learning at a turtle's pace.