#23 the end of the road

Finally I have finished. There were times when I had my doubts. It's easy to become frustrated and give up. But it's even harder to stick with it and persevere. One the whole, it was a relatively good experience. Libaries need to keep up with new technology. This was a good way to accomplish that goal. Everyone could work at their own pace. If you got stuck and needed help, all you had to do was ask on your blog or someone you work with would help you out. It's good to see us all working together and willing to help each other out.

What I liked:
Online generators - it was fun looking at them all and choosing the one you liked the most.
You tube - this was one of the easier tasks for me. The exercise was straight forward and the instructions where easy to follow.

What I disliked:

So many usernames and passwords - It took me awhile but I finally start using the same ones each time.

Flickr - I didn't understand how to do it. This "challange" was one of the hardest for me. Without the help of Starr, I would probably still be on #5.

Podcasts - because I had such a difficult time finding one that allowed me to add it to my blog. I found many that you could listen to and download.

#22 E-Books

I liked the Tumbling Talking Books because it allows you to chose my genre or in alphabetic order. It is great that childrens books are available. Also, I was impressed that the site had books in Spanish. Reading an e-book on the computer is not my thing. It seems like it would be hard on the eyes. Another reason it that I use the computer all day at work and would not want to put on additional strain on my eyes. I would listen to the audio e-books. I walk almost every day and listening to books would definitely make the time go faster. One more comment on e-books on computer, they would be great for people who are at home most of the day and like to use the computer. E-books would be great for people who do not drive or drive only out of necessity.

#21 Podcasts

I found this excercise to be very frustrating. I started you yahoo postcasts and searched for information on health. I tried healthy living, fitness, health and eating, exercise and health diet and exercise. There has information on all the topics but it was only to listen to and download. I did not find one that I could subscribe to. But all the not lost I did find Nancy Pearl Book Reviews. This you can subscribe to at http://kuow.org/rss.php?program=nancy. I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy at Marilyn Sniderman's house. She is a well read individual. I'm that I will try to read some of the books that she reviews.
Next, I went to podcast alley. Here I tried to search for music. Maybe my search was to general but I didn't find anything that I liked. Then I did a new search on fitness. The one I liked was Health and fitness 1001. This site has information diet, exercise, fitness, nutrition and other health related subjects.

#20 You Tube

Well after several tries I finally got one to post. I enjoyed looking at some of the You Tube sites. I can't believe how many there are so many. My problem was finding one that would transfer to my blog. You Tube could be useful in at a library. For example, YPL could have one on the new Special Delivery.

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