Week 5: #11 Take a look at Library Thing and catalog some of your favorite books

I love Library Thing and will start using this to keep track of titles that I am reading this summer and use this for preparing my booktalks in the Fall. I see this as a great tool for our book club at Westminster High School as well. What a great tool !!!

Here's my Library Thing link: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jpyzik

Week 5 : #10 Play Week : Image Generators

I must admit that I have had some fun playing with the image generators. I uploaded a Meez to my blog ( maybe I was meant to be a Broadway Star-not!) . Since I don't chat online I don't see that I will be using the Yahoo avatar but the Generator Blog looks like it will come in handy and so I have added it to my bloglines.

Week 4: # 9 Merlin

I added Merlin to my list of feeds on Bloglines. I think that this will be a useful sight to have on my list to keep current with what's happening in the world of Maryland libraries. I think the easiest search tool to use fro finding feeds for me will be Topix.net. It seemed the most user friendly on first examination. I'm still not sure how much I will use feeds- it seems like information overload to me at this point.

Week 4: # 8 Rss Feeds

I now understand RSS and what those little orange icons on websites are all about. I have subscribed to several feeds, mostly librarian and book related feeds but there's a couple on shoes and such which should be fun. I'm afraid that this is one more place that will be filled with lots of good information but I won't have the time to really look at it. The concept is a good one but I'm not so sure that this will help me to be more organized and save time but I will give it a shot. At least I know what they are all about and will see how I can use them to my advantage as I get a better handle on them.

Week 3: # 7: Technology

I am really learning quite a bit about what different technologies are available and for free. That's really great! I particularly like the idea of using Flickr to share photos and I am looking forward to trying to use my vacation pictures and Mappr.com to create a journey to share with others.

Week 3 : # 6 Flickr Mash-ups

I started a trip planner for a cruise that we will be taking in July. I'm excited to be able to add pictures from our trip to the planner to share with others when we get back and put them on Mappr

Week 3: Activity #5: Exploring Flickr

I am a little behind in the activities but I am glad that I didn't get around to exploring Flickr until after July 4th so I could include some cool pictures of the fireworks.