The Wiki Quest

This week I attended the SCLA conference in Columbia. I joined in on the meeting for the Youth Services Committee and they said that they wanted a way to keep everyone in touch and informed on things we are all doing. We have a list serve but no one sends messages to it and some people opposed it all together. Mainly because they have so many emails as it is, and this would just add to the madness of their inbox. They wanted a blog or a wiki, but no one knew how to set this kind of thing up. Well, thanks to this 2.0 program that CCPL has offered, I know how!!! So, I got involved and volunteered my services!

I just wanted to let whoever reads this know that I have not only become more informed about new web-based technologies, but I am now able to offer my knowledge to others who are not as fortunate to work in such innovative library settings! So, Thanks!!

Quest 12 YouTube

Love it. Wish I had more time to explore. This is my favorite scene in one of my most favorite movies!

The Quest where you get to have fun....

So I just started exploring the ImageChef website and I love it!! We have already made several signs from it!!

AND check out how I pimped my blog!!

j.

Quest 9

Wikis are cool, but it just seems to be one more way to share info. I checked out some of the ones suggested with the Quest. Not really interested. The Wiki I visit most and benefit from most is the Library Goddesses Wikis. This started out as a blog of book suggestions for all age ranges. But, they decided to let others suggest books and made the wiki! I love it. It has book reviews from other librarians around the country. When I have a little down time I always visit the wikis for kids to see what is out there that we don't have yet. I have never contributed because that would require me going to a bookstore to explore new titles, and, well, I just haven't taken the time to do that lately.

From my experience with the Library Goddesses Wiki, I would say that Wikis are a valuable way to share information with others!

http://librarygoddesses.pbwiki.com/earlyreaders

j.

Quest 8

So, I have tried the MySpace thing and it is cool! I contacted friends that I haven't talked to in a few years. But, then I just couldn't find the time to go back. I am on the computer at work all day, so I don't want to be on the computer at night. I can understand how lots of my friends do this when they get home, because they work at a restaurant or somewhere other than a desk. But, I just cannot sit at the computer anymore when I get home. Now I have guilty feelings about getting in touch with people and then vanishing again. Oh well, I guess not that guilty because I'm not making that much of an effort to change.

Social Networking is an odd concept for me. I can understand the value of it. Several of my friends use it to meet people from all over the country. I guess they have fun with it and with meeting new people that way. Maybe I just don't have that much of an urge to add to my friend base.

Aside from what I think about it, I know that teens and even kids younger than 11 are using MySpace very regularly! This is THE way for teens to network. There are obvious dangers, but there are even more benefits. Technology based jobs will be the best way to make a living in the future and the sooner they get used to that the better!!

So, even though I don't care for social networking, I know that there are benefits and it is a valuable tool in the world as we know today!

Our New Home School Book Club!

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We had our first meeting of the Home School Book Club on Friday, October 19. Everyone was very enthusiastic about the books we read. I think the most liked was The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall!

Our first meeting.

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We had our first meeting of the Home School Book Club on Friday, October 19. Everyone was very enthusiastic about the books we read. I think the most liked was The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall!