mixx, digg, Thing12

I really have enough to read without adding to the list. I can't see myself using these tools. I did find a video on youtube and sent it to my daughter, so I've finished this thing.

Tagging and Del.icio.us Thing 11

I'm not too excited about these tools. I tagged the posts on my blog. Then I signed up for del.icio.us and bookmarked some websites. It was interesting to see what others bookmarked and what sites we might have had in common. Also which sites were very popular. I didn't join any networks, or invite anyone to join with me. I probably won't use this very often.

I'm almost half way through the 23 things! Yeah for me!

Wikis, Thing 10

I really had a good time exploring all the possibilities of Wikis! The Common Craft Video, Wikis in Plain English was a good introduction to Wikis and how they can be used for collaboration. (I liked the camping trip example, in case you haven't figured out that I like the outdoors!)

The book lover's wiki was great, but I took it farther and Googled "children's book revues" which opened up a new batch of possibilities! The library staff wiki gave me insight into libraries' procedures and issues that we are addressing in our system. It would be interesting to spend much more time on the MN150 wiki, just reading all the nominations for the top 150.

I also logged in and added a comment to the 23Things wiki.

This was a good thing.

Collaboration-Thing 9

I explored options in Google Docs, imported a file from my computer and invited my daughter to edit it. I found the location of the editing history, so I could see the changes she made. I can see how this thing could be useful in the work environment, and I could use it for planning family events, schedules, menus, etc. The idea of using web apps, and storing documents on the web, instead of using Microsoft Office is intriguing.

I did not edit the sample Google Doc.

North Shore Photo Cube--Thing 8

Below you will see yet another creation. I want to learn how to resize HTML images. Some of mine don't fit on my blog.

I have explored many of the possibilities on Picture trail and other sites referenced for this thing. it was lots of fun and very interesting.

Thing 7-Web 2.0

I've used some of these tools and others are new to me.
I've been using e-mail for years. I have two accounts, one on our main computer and a web based Yahoo account that I really don't use very often, on my laptop. I have used text messaging, but usually just use my cell, since I have more minutes than I am able to use, and there is an extra charge for texting.

I heard about IM quite a few years ago, but learned more about how it works by reading the articles that were recommended. I haven't tried it, but can see how it might be useful in some cases.

I listened to a Minitex webinar recording. That was fascinating! I learned about NetLibrary and eBooks, and that they even have eAudiobooks. What a resource! I spent some time exploring the NetLibrary site.

There are great communication tools out there. I can't imagine life without e-mail or cell phones. What can the future bring?

My creation--Thing 6

My creation
Originally uploaded by bakeroksana

I created this trading card with Big Huge Labs. I'm learning a lot about photo sharing and moving things from other places to my blog. I may come back to this, and find some personal uses, but for now I'll move on.