Still in post holiday clear up mode so haven't made a start on anything yet!!



June 11 - Week one complete - a good introduction to the programme and the Lifelong Learning tutorial is very encouraging - reminds us of the many informal learning opportunities we have that we don't always give our attention to - although I don't think I'll start learning the uilleann pipes just yet!. I'm looking forward to Week 2 and some real action!
Week 2 completed - I think! I have now set up my very own blog (watch out world!) which you can peruse - now alI I need is to start finding some interesting things to blog about...Setting up the blog was relatively easy given the choice of template styles etc but the concept of making small talk into a cyber vacuum is not something I am totally comfortable with - my excuse it that is an age related issue. Time for a cuppa!

June 16 - Bloomsday and into Week 3 already - time does fly in cyberspace. I just realised that I hadn't really fulfilled all the Week 2 requirements as I had not mulled over which of the 71/2 Habits I find easiest and hardest. I think Habit 6, "Use technology to your advantage", does not come easy to me - does anyone remember trying to set the old style VCRs and ending up with the box, the VCR and the instruction leaflets in a big mess on the floor after an hour and no progress made? Well that was me! While I do embrace some technologies willingly there are others that I shy away from - after all how many other people do you know who don't have a microwave oven? That's a whole other story...
The habit I find the easiest is Habit 2 , "Accept responsibility for your own learning", unfortunately accepting the responsibility is a lot easier than making the time to do the learning - some better time management needed perhaps?
And we are all already ahead of ourselves having set up our wiki pages back in the mists of last week! So ever onward - I'll tackle Twitter later!
Week 3 - and tweeting!
I ventured into Twitter and did some tweeting as LornaOC99. It could be a useful tool for promoting library resources and events to followers - but does it have the reach as yet? - if a library has very few followers then the messages are a bit lost in the wilderness. I did find the trending topics area interesting - very up to date tweets on the ongoing situation in Iran. The immediacy of Twitter is one of its pluses. But it is not a medium I feel comfortable in at the moment.....perhaps it will grow on me.


I really do not have the hang of threads at all - I seem to get lost trying to follow or add to them!
June 26 and Week 4 not finished yet...
Am at the IIUG/EIUG conference so no time to finish Week 4 as yet, Unlike EdTech there is very little tweeting going on here - so are librarians really traditionalists at heart? Surely not! I'm getting lots of e-mails from Flickr with all of you as new contacts - great fun keeping up with the activities - keep 'em coming!
Week 4 - completed. Explored Flickr - can see it's potential for photo sharing for both work and personal use. The colour Pickr is fun.
Won't be making much use of it myself until and unless make the next technological move and purchase a digital camera.
Week 5 - Play week - sounds like fun - here goes!
Finished Week 5 - see my blog for comments...
Catching up...
We had a good discussion of the pros and cons of undertaking the 23 Things programme today - general consensus is that it is worthwhile. We've all learned a lot so far and it has made us - especially those of use who admit to being somewhat technologically challenged - more open to exploring new ways of working.
Ready to launch into Week 6 .... watch this space!
End of July already! Finished Week 6.
I have investigated RSS feeds and readers and set up a Google Reader account. See my blog for details.
Well - after a rather long absence I am back online with Week 7 completed.
I have investigated tagging/folksonomises and Technorati. I do find the delicious social bookmarking tool useful and have now migrated the Education and Research weblinks in our online subject guides to delicious. As the links are tagged it will be easier for anyone to find those on a specific topic rather than scrolling down through a long list. Of source delicious is only one of a huge range of social bookmarking sites see the Big List of Social Bookmarks - who knew there were so many!
As to Technorati - I found it useful - it would be a good starting point when exploring brand new topics. But would agree with Mark that I generally find good sites via "electronic word of mouth" - if I am on a good site I will investigate it links to other sites. See my most recent blog entry for some thoughts on Library 2.0 generally. 'Bye for now!