Friday, April 25, 2008
I've got a stack of new books that are processed and ready to be checked out! I've got them downstairs behind the counter, so if you want one or two or three, let me know and I will put your name on them! First come, first served! California Dreaming -- the latest in the A-List Novel series The Arrival -- A fascinating graphic novel (but not manga!). Gorgeous artwork! The New Policeman -- There's a place where time stands still, and J.J. realizes he's the only person who can journey there, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life. Red Glass -- When a tragic accident forces Sophie to take a dangerous journey, she recognizes that life is beautiful even in the face of death. The Off Season -- This is the sequel to Dairy Queen, a book I love! So you can't have this one until I'm done with it!! Freak Show -- If you've ever been the underdog, one of the downtrodden, you'll see a bit of yourself in Billy. Revolution is Not a Dinner Party -- A powerful story of a girl who comes of age and fights to survive during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Keeping Corner -- Based on a true story, this is a heartfelt and evocative portrait of a child-widow in Gandhi-era India
More New Books!
I've got a stack of new books that are processed and ready to be checked out! I've got them downstairs behind the counter, so if you want one or two or three, let me know and I will put your name on them! First come, first served!
California Dreaming -- the latest in the A-List Novel series
The Arrival -- A fascinating graphic novel (but not manga!). Gorgeous artwork!
The New Policeman -- There's a place where time stands still, and J.J. realizes he's the only person who can journey there, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life.
Red Glass -- When a tragic accident forces Sophie to take a dangerous journey, she recognizes that life is beautiful even in the face of death.
The Off Season -- This is the sequel to Dairy Queen, a book I love! So you can't have this one until I'm done with it!!
Freak Show -- If you've ever been the underdog, one of the downtrodden, you'll see a bit of yourself in Billy.
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party -- A powerful story of a girl who comes of age and fights to survive during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Keeping Corner -- Based on a true story, this is a heartfelt and evocative portrait of a child-widow in Gandhi-era India
California Dreaming -- the latest in the A-List Novel series
The Arrival -- A fascinating graphic novel (but not manga!). Gorgeous artwork!
The New Policeman -- There's a place where time stands still, and J.J. realizes he's the only person who can journey there, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life.
Red Glass -- When a tragic accident forces Sophie to take a dangerous journey, she recognizes that life is beautiful even in the face of death.
The Off Season -- This is the sequel to Dairy Queen, a book I love! So you can't have this one until I'm done with it!!
Freak Show -- If you've ever been the underdog, one of the downtrodden, you'll see a bit of yourself in Billy.
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party -- A powerful story of a girl who comes of age and fights to survive during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Keeping Corner -- Based on a true story, this is a heartfelt and evocative portrait of a child-widow in Gandhi-era India
Friday, March 28, 2008
Wow, what a great experience!
First of all, I want to say THANK YOU to all of you who developed this course. I have had so much fun. My family is so impressed with my new skills. I hope you will keep the website up so I can refer back to it. There is a lot more I would like to explore.
Now, about curiosity. Yes, I think I am a curious person. I have a long list of places I would like to go, books I would like to read, classes I would like to take. I am so glad for technology that allows me to discover so much, that allows me to take classes of all kinds, that allows me to meet and converse with people from all over the world. I grew up in an urban area. When we moved here to the rural Midwest 25 years ago, I was worried about being isolated. Luckily we connected to the Internet early on (one of the first households in Baraboo to connect!) The world is at my fingertips.
My parents demonstrated the importance of lifelong learning. I guess that means curiosity! I love to learn new things. I love to explore. I have been encouraged to seek out new things since I was a child. I hope I never lose that desire. (My 90-year-old grandmother hasn't. Maybe I'm okay!) I look at each new life experience as a new adventure, good or bad.
I hope there is a third and fourth semester for Project Play. There is still so much to learn. The suggested website Go2Web20 is awesome! So much more to explore..... WooHoo!
Now, about curiosity. Yes, I think I am a curious person. I have a long list of places I would like to go, books I would like to read, classes I would like to take. I am so glad for technology that allows me to discover so much, that allows me to take classes of all kinds, that allows me to meet and converse with people from all over the world. I grew up in an urban area. When we moved here to the rural Midwest 25 years ago, I was worried about being isolated. Luckily we connected to the Internet early on (one of the first households in Baraboo to connect!) The world is at my fingertips.
My parents demonstrated the importance of lifelong learning. I guess that means curiosity! I love to learn new things. I love to explore. I have been encouraged to seek out new things since I was a child. I hope I never lose that desire. (My 90-year-old grandmother hasn't. Maybe I'm okay!) I look at each new life experience as a new adventure, good or bad.
I hope there is a third and fourth semester for Project Play. There is still so much to learn. The suggested website Go2Web20 is awesome! So much more to explore..... WooHoo!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Mashup Musings
Okay, I'll admit it. I am not impressed with mashups. I guess I haven't seen any real applications that excite me....although I do wish SCLS would participate in LibraryThing!
I think I will try to explore some more. Maybe I will see the light regarding mashups!!
I think I will try to explore some more. Maybe I will see the light regarding mashups!!
Some thoughts unrelated to ProjectPlay
I was fiddling with my iPod and had an interesting thought. This is totally unrelated to this week's ProjectPlay assignment, but since the thought was prompted by these many months of exploring Web 2.0, I decided to add it to this blog!!
So, I grew up in the 60's. My generation was all about "doing your own thing." We claimed to be fighting against the system. "We're the young generation and we've got something to say" the Monkees used to sing. But, we were still
We listened to the music the radio station owners chose to send through the airwaves. When I listened to a Beatles album, I always listened to the same songs in the same order every time. To see a favorite movie, I had to hope a local movie theater would show it, or perhaps one of the three TV networks would show it -- with commercial interruption of course. Heck, we were even tethered to a wall whenever we wanted to talk on the phone to someone!! My parents could only do their banking certain hours of the day. If I wanted information, I had to work around the library schedule, or my parents had to purchase an encyclopedia set.
But NOW! Now we really can do our own thing!! I choose the music I listen to. I choose where I talk on a phone. I choose when and where I watch a movie or TV show. I can get information, do my banking, go shopping, request a library book whenever I want!! And now with the tools I've explored these past months in ProjectPlay, I can customize my Internet experiences as well!!
It took another generation to accomplish it, but we're free from the establishment at last!
Groovy, man!!
So, I grew up in the 60's. My generation was all about "doing your own thing." We claimed to be fighting against the system. "We're the young generation and we've got something to say" the Monkees used to sing. But, we were still
We listened to the music the radio station owners chose to send through the airwaves. When I listened to a Beatles album, I always listened to the same songs in the same order every time. To see a favorite movie, I had to hope a local movie theater would show it, or perhaps one of the three TV networks would show it -- with commercial interruption of course. Heck, we were even tethered to a wall whenever we wanted to talk on the phone to someone!! My parents could only do their banking certain hours of the day. If I wanted information, I had to work around the library schedule, or my parents had to purchase an encyclopedia set.
But NOW! Now we really can do our own thing!! I choose the music I listen to. I choose where I talk on a phone. I choose when and where I watch a movie or TV show. I can get information, do my banking, go shopping, request a library book whenever I want!! And now with the tools I've explored these past months in ProjectPlay, I can customize my Internet experiences as well!!
It took another generation to accomplish it, but we're free from the establishment at last!
Groovy, man!!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Now let's talk about libraries....
Just this morning at a staff meeting we were talking about videotaping some storytimes to help with publicity. I don't know why I didn't think of YouTube for these. I love YouTube! My daughter introduced me to this site early on with one of her favorite presentations. (It's called "The Worst Job in the World". Go find it! I won't post it here because there's a major swearing part....)
I really like the suggestion to use YouTube for reference questions. Watching once again the moon landing and Martin Luther King were powerful experiences for me. Books are important, of course, but the information that can be gained from watching just a few short minutes of a video is immense. I'm going to make sure YouTube is bookmarked on my computer at the library.
I'm going to explore getting a video camera for the library. I think the teens would love to make some presentations this summer. As always, I'm brimming with ideas on how to implement the skills I've gained in my Project Play lesson. Now to find the time.....
I really like the suggestion to use YouTube for reference questions. Watching once again the moon landing and Martin Luther King were powerful experiences for me. Books are important, of course, but the information that can be gained from watching just a few short minutes of a video is immense. I'm going to make sure YouTube is bookmarked on my computer at the library.
I'm going to explore getting a video camera for the library. I think the teens would love to make some presentations this summer. As always, I'm brimming with ideas on how to implement the skills I've gained in my Project Play lesson. Now to find the time.....
A YouTube presentation totally unrelated to libraries...but related to me!
This YouTube presentation shows my cousins, my uncles, my brothers-in-law, and my son being goofy (pun intended) on a Disney cruise last fall. I love the ability we now have to share these kind of happy memories with each other!!
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