Week 3-23 Things Kansas

I have actually participated in a webinar regarding Interlibrary Loans in Newton on 10/28/10. We were never able to actually see Rhonda Machlin, but when she made references to changes on Agent ILL forms, we were able to see the forms! We did definitely have some issues that day! However, with some fine tuning, I believe this will be very vital in the future. Most travel budgets have been cut and this is a way of obtaining essential information in the comfort of our offices. As part of the assignment this week, I did visit an archived webinar called Kansas Tax Form Webinar from December 18, 2009. This was a Wimba webinar and the moderator was Larua DeBaun from NEKLS. Two representatives from the IRS spoke about the benefits of filing electronically. One of the primary reasons being IRS budget cuts including the cost of printing and the hiring of temporary workers. Paper filings are being delayed anywhere from 10-24 weeks or more.

23 Things Kansas-Facebook

I have learned a couple of things I didn't know about Facebook-for example I can organize my friends in groups such as Bible Study group or Book Club group. However, I am still not quite sure how to prioritize my lists so that certain groups come up at the same time. I will be working on this the rest of the week. I did link three other blogs to my Facebook, including BCC's library blog where I work!

23 Things Kansas-Blogging

I already have a blog from a previous 2.0 program, but I never use it. I need to be refreshed on all the tools, but I am going to use my same blog. It is always exciting to me to learn new things, but sometimes I get too busy to use them!

The End

It will be difficult to pick out just a few learning tools that we have been introduced to that are my favorites. However, I am still using the RSS feeds everyday to check on some of my favorite news sites, as well as a couple of quilting sites that update pretty often. I think bookmarking through Del.icio.us will also be something I will use because I will be able to access my favorite sites from any location. For Web 2.0, I found a site called Librarything where I can keep track of books I have read, rate them, and make brief comments about the content of the book or my thoughts about the material. As church treasurer, I am planning on moving a few of my excel and word documents into GoogleDocs so that I can share them with other staff members. I think this will be a very useful tool. Finally, I am going to have so much fun with YouTube!!!!What more can I say? Thanks again, Judy!

YouTube videos

I have seen a few YouTube videos, but I guess I didn't realize how many there were and how many categories you could find them in. I admit I had to have Judy help me embed the first video into my blog-the instructions I pulled off the web were misleading! Besides being so much fun, I can see how videos could be very useful educational and instructional tools! I can also see that this could become very addictive! Wow!

Kentucky Derby 2008

The Dog, The Cat, and The Rat