Thing #23

I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do this but I wanted to try. I am vey glad I did.
Some of the "Things" I had heard of but knew very little about them.

Patrons of the library, mother and son, came in one afternoon and, as they were looking for books, asked me if I knew that I could go to YouTube and listen to Christmas music. I asked the mother how to do it and she had her son come over by my desk and show me. What a thrill to have that young man show this librarian "how to." Best Christmas present I could receive. Anyway, when it came time to do Thing #21-You too can YouTube I had somewhat of an idea of what YouTube was, thanks to that young man.

I enjoyed being able to stay here and not have to travel to take this online learning program, especially with weather conditions this time of year. It was also very helpful to me that it was free and I could work as my time allowed.

Some of my favorite discoveries-exercises were: Flickr, SlideShare, LibraryThing, Image Generators. I especially enjoyed Flickr and how to organize my photos. I plan on going back and reviewing some of the various areas again as time permits.

We learn something new every day. And we must keep learning to help our patrons out as well as ourselves with technology.

I think you did a great job with this program's format/concept. Thanks to everyone who put the Nebraska Learns 2.0 online learning program together to enable us to learn more about technologies on the web.

I would be very interested in participating in another discovery program if it were offered.