Get R Done

I really enjoyed doing 23 Things Kansas. It was alot of fun. I honestly think my favorite thing was the blogging. It is the one thing that I know I will keep doing. The most frustrating thing was trying to remember all my passwords!! Too much for my brain. Lol. The biggest suprise to me was how much fun I had. Some weeks were harder than others, but it still was so much fun. Congrats to all who went threw it and good luck to everyone in the drawing. :) Melissa Howard

Week Sixteen: Wrap-up Webinars & Final Posting

I learned so much doing the 23 Things Kansas. Some weeks I really enjoyed. Some weeks not so much. I am very thankful that I had the opportunity to participate in this program. :) :)

Week Fifteen: Wikis

This has been fun! 23 Things Kansas Participants - 23 Things Kansas

Week Fourteen: Library Thing, Etc.

I started a Shelfari account. I really really like it. I hope this is something I can keep on top of.

Week Thirteen: Slide Sharing

I really like this. I used a slide show that was used for a computer class. I like that a patron could look at all different kinds of slide shows anytime. Or you could share with fellow librarians.

Parts Of The Pc

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Week Twelve: Screencasting

Not really liking the screencasting. I could see it very useful as showing patrons step-by-step how to look items up on the catalog or placing holds. Other than that I didn't really like it. It seemed to go slow and freeze up alot. I used ScreenToaster. Maybe if I used something else it would work better.

Record your screencast online

Week Eleven: Break

Yeah!! Spring Break!!

Week Ten: Video on the Web

Not really big on putting my videos on the web, but here goes. This is a video of my son when he was 4 months old!! He is getting so big.

Week Nine: Instant Messaging

I really like instant messaging. I use Yahoo and also chat through my Facebook page. To me it is like using my cell phone without using up my minutes. I use it at work to exchange files in between computers. I use IM almost on a daily basis.

Week Eight: Cloud Computing

I shared my document with a coworker, another 23 Things Kansas participant, and also my sister. I think this is something I will use alot. A good way for me to share my documents with family, friends, and even colleagues. I think I might play with this more and use it more and more everyday. :)

Week Seven: Microblogging

I opened Twitter. Not sure if this is something I will use very often. I did find it easy to find people. I started following 2 librarians from my library, 23 Things Kansas, and KLA. Not really seeing many uses past what I already use Facebook for. I don't know. Maybe the more I use it the more I will see uses for it. My screenname is jakesmom2009.

Week Six: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

Well, I opened the Delicious account. Really don't like it. Probably won't use it very often. Sent a tag to rbrown3. Hope it worked. Really not a fan of having all these accounts. I just don't have time for any of them. Maybe I will see different after I use it for awhile.

Week Five: RSS and Feed Readers

I am very new to using RSS. I searched in my Google reader for Word of the Day, October 2009 Birth Club, Library Link of the Day, and Taste of Home. I added all of these. I really like of them. I had never used RSS and subscribing to these just may get me addicted. :)

Jake 2010-01-30

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Week Four: Photo Sharing

Well, I have just recently had a baby so I decided to open a Shutterfly account. I haven't had it long enough to really play with it. I really like it though. I also have my own share page that I can put events that my family does and all my other family that is away from us can see it.

Week Three: Online Meetings

Ok. I did the tax webinar on Wimba. Alot of the information was useful. I really liked it. I think it is really neat to hold a meeting like that and when someone misses it they can go back and still hear all that went on.

Facebook

I really like Facebook. Have found lots of people I know. I enjoy talking to people on it and playing some of the games. I once tried MySpace and didn't really like it. Now if I can just get some more of my family on it I could communicate better with them.

Week Two: Online Communities

I already have a facebook and am willing to become friends. I have found Alice Williamson, I think. Still looking for some more. Will look for more later. : )

New Picture

Just playing with this and decided to put a picture of my library on here. So cool!

Unsure

I really like the blogging. Just not sure what to type. Maybe I will find more to type about in the following weeks.

Week One: Blogging

Hi! My name is Melissa Howard. I work for the Iola Public Library. I am taking part in the 23 Things Kansas because I find it very interesting in the many things technology has to offer. Not really sure on what I'm doing, but hope to learn a lot!

My Blog

My first official blog!! Not really sure what I am doing, but will figure out as I go!!