Week 5, Thing 12

This was a little frustrating as I couldn't quite understand how to link this to my blog.  Even though I finally was able to do it, I think there has to be an easier way.  This is a great tool to set up for students to complete their research.  I need to play with it a little big longer to understand it a little better on how to make the link.

Week 5, Thing 11

Woods Cove Sunset
Originally uploaded by greeder

With my interest in photography, I decided to play with tool picnik. This was a photo that I took recently on a trip to Laguna Beach. My original photo was a little dark, so with the use of picnik, I was able to lighten it up a bit and come up with a great beach sunset picture.

I'm not sure of the library application of this tool, but I liked playing with it for my personal use.

Week 5, Thing 10

I like the Comic Strip Generator.  I can see the kids really getting into this.
Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com

Week 4, Thing 9

The two tools I found the most helpful in locating additional RSS feeds was the Bloglines search tool which did the searching for you and linking to websites that I visit which have RSS feeds.  I liked the bloglines search tool as I found it time saver by doing the searching for me.

Week 4, Thing 8

This is a great way to get updates very quickly and easily.  However, I can see this eating up a lot of time in an already busy day.

Week 3, Thing 7

A few weeks ago I was purchased a GPS and as with most technology it came with some additional features.  One of the features on my GPS which really excites me is that it can also double as an MP3 player with the simple purchase of an SD card.  This was a great added feature that I have used almost as much as the GPS.  As always, it amazes me how technological devices keep getting smaller and smaller but yet they provide more and more power and functions.

Week 3, Thing 6

Matterhorn
Originally uploaded by greeder

Although I was familiar with flickr before beginning these lessons, I was not aware of all the tools and toys. These tools are a lot of fun to play with, and I can see many applications that can be used with them. I have just started exploring and have feel I have just touched the surface.

Week 3, Thing 5

Yosemite
Originally uploaded by greeder

After a lot of exploring, I think I have this figured out. Since I'm not at school or have ready access to pictures of my library, I choose one of my favorite pictures from a recent vacation to Yosemite. I connected my blog to Flickr so I am hoping that this is going to go directly to my blog.

Week 2, Thing 3

Had a little problem trying to get my avatar pasted in to my blog, but was finally successful.

Week 1, Thing 2

Looking at the list of 7 1/2 habits the easiest item is probably to accept responsibility for my own learning.  I have always been very self motivated to learn new things so it is something I am always looking forward to doing.  I don't see anything on the list that I would consider hard.  Sometimes I get so caught up in trying to learn how to do new things that I forget to play with the new tools instead of just having fun with them.