Week 4- Wiki's

Thing 5

1. Watch this common craft video about the wiki phenomenon. Check

2. Create your own Wiki space. I did mine through Google sites. Check.

3. Write down your wiki address (URL) in case you forget.
Address: https://sites.google.com/site/rivercitypubliclibrary/ Check.

4. Write a blog post on what you learned and think about Wikis.

So I have made quite a few wiki's for teacher education classes so I just thought I would reflect. Wiki's are helpful especially if you aren't very good at technology. Wiki's are easy to build, easy to use, easy to update and easy to share. Wikis are also cheap because you don't have to buy a domain name. They are great for posting things for classes or libraries especially if you are in a school where students can get on the computers by themselves and download information like on Big 6 or what references are available in the library or to get a reading list or make a comment. I told my husband that I was making a wiki for my library class and he said "Wiki??" I said "Yes, it is a website that can be made by one person or many people and can be changed by whoever has controls" Then he said "Oh like Wikipedia Duh!" You learn something new every day. Check

Week 3- Photos and image links

Here are some more photo links for those who liked this learning 2.0 module.

Adobe Photoshop Express https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html simplified, but very cool!

Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/) Online photo editing, special effects, etc

Bakumatsu Koshashin Generator http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds Make your photos look 100+ years old.

Blurb

Picaboo

Shutterfly

Snapfish

Smilebox

MyPublisher

Splashup

Phoenix

Photoshop Express

Snipshot

flauntR

Pic Resize

Pixenate

FotoFlexer

Phixr

Week 3- Photos and Images

Thing 4
1. Explore what Flickr is all about so you understand how it works. Check.
2. Optional: Create your own Flickr account and upload your own photos. I have a Photobucket account. Check
3. Include a photo from Flickr into your blog and blog about any photo in Flickr that has a school library related tag. Check.

4. Find a cool way to add photos to your blog. Like a magazine cover, Check.
5. In a mashup people use two applications together to create something new. Here are some fun things people have created with Flickr. Pick one you like and add your creation to your blog. Check.

Week 2- Blogging

Thing 3
1. Go to Blogger to create your very own blog. Address: http://miriamthelibrarian.blogspot.com/ Check.

2. Write a post about Life-long learning habits. Check

I learned several things from the 7.5 habits slide. I summarized the slide show below so that I could remember it through the rest of the semester.

Learning is acquiring a new skill or knowledge

1-Begin with the end in mind

2-Accept responsibility for your own learning

3-View problems as Challenges

4- Have confidence in yourself as a competent effective learner

5-Create your own learning toolbox

6-Use technology to your advantage

7-Teach/mentor others

7.5- Play

I think the thing that I have down the best is the playing part of being successful. I have learned how to bake, cook, sew and do several photo processes from reading books. I use the research to do fun things so I have fun.

The part that I am not so good at is having confidence as a competent effective learner. Even when I have learned things I am not sure I want to share what I have learned because I am not confident that I know it well enough. I learn the Surface information initially and sometimes later wish that I had learned more. I also forget things easily and so I have to keep notes if I am going to remember what I learned. I think that if I had more confidence I would be able to be better at the other steps as well such as Teaching others. I will work harder on that this semester. Check.

3. Please post your blog's address to Blackboard. Check.

4. Add yourself as a follower of the learning 2.0 blog. Check

Week 1- Life long Learner

Thing 1
1. Go through Slides by Lori Reed called Seven and ½ Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners. Check.
2. Write down the 7.5 habits and start think about your strongest and weakest habits and how you might improve on your weaker ones.

Strongest Habit- Play. Weakest Habit- Confidence in being an effective learner. Check.

Thing 2- Usernames and Passwords, g-mail
G-mail account. Check.
Password made. Check