Hmmm....My Final Thoughts....L&P

When I first heard of the concept "Learn and Play" I was a little apprehensive about learning about "new technology." I am not afraid of technology but am the type of person that is fairly knowledgeable and was comfortable with my skills. Learn and Play has forced me to "learn" and expand my technology skills and bring me into the 21st century. Before now, I didn't have a clue as to what a "wiki" and let alone a "wiki sandbox." The only sandbox I knew of was the kind I played in as child making sand castles. This experience has definitely broaden my knowledge base of web 2.0. During this experience there were sites that I enjoyed more than others such as the online image generator, flickr and shelfari and then there were sites that I would rarely use such as twitter seeing that I am more of a person who prefers to communicate more via text messaging and e-mail. Overall, it has been a positive learning experience. The only thing I wish was that maybe we could have been paired up with an "expert" or "mentor" that we could check in with if we had any questions.

AudioBooks

I must I liked the idea of being able to download and listen to books. But unfortunately, the MOLDI wasn't in my opinion very user friendly. It took me about 1/2 to download a book then I had to upgrade my media player and it still wouldn't play. Maybe I will have better luck downloading onto my Ipod.

Podcast

This is a term that I have heard of but wasn't really familiar with how it worked exactly. After watching the common craft video I have a better understanding of it and it benefits. I discovered the site "PodFeed" which is organized into catergories. I had the opportunity to hear about the latest Iphone apps as well as learn french at my convenience. It is something that I could see the library using as a way of educating customers on our electronic resources.

You Tube

I have used You Tube way before Learn and Play and really enjoy watching the videos. I like the fact that once you view a video the site pulls up other related videos which could cause one to be on You Tube for hours!

CML Power Tool Box

I decided to explore the site called "Stumble Upon" and it is just want the name suggests. It has random, off the wall pictures. It definitely not a site I would recommend for young children because some of the material was very inappropriate. It contained alot of adult humor.

Web 2.0 Awards

I just explored the site called Fix-Ya. It is a site that provides online technical support and repairs for small electrical appliances to cars. It allows users to post their problems and then people can post possible solutions or post that they have the same problem. Very helpful and will definitely be one that I will use!

Web 2.0