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#91 Fun with Photos ex2

2010-06-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

I really liked this effect... I used Pho.to.com, this site has some really elaborate backgrounds to use for pictures. I think I can spend hours looking through them and trying different pictures in each background. I had lots of fun with this activity.

#91 Fun with Photos ex1

2010-06-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

I have tried all the sites listed and had lots of fun with my photos. My favorite is face in the hole.

I used fotoflexer and befunky to make a photo into a cartoon. I thought I would get the same result, but they looked very different. The fotoflexer looks more like a picture than the cartoon on befunky. In the fotoflexer photo you can make out the people in the photo, in the befunky the picture looks very distorted. I definitely prefer to use the fotoflexer.

You Oughta Be in Pictures #90: Sharing Photos

2010-05-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

Taking pictures is great fun for me. They tell me I take too many pictures. I also have family all over, and by all over we are talking about as far south as Mexico and as far north as Chicago. I keep my family updated by posted photos of the kids, because I don't travel much. The feature I use the most when posting pictures is the one about privacy, I only allow friends to view pictures of my kids. Many times we reveal information in pictures that shouldn't be for everyone to see. I have both a "Myspace" and "Facebook" account. I only use them for families members far away. I am not one to constantly check it or update it. As mentioned before I do use the privacy option. The site I use the most is "Facebook." Reason= This is the site everyone I know uses.

You Oughta be in Pictures #89

2010-05-20T15:22:00.000-07:00

I have used picnik for a while now and never thought to search out other photo editing sites that are free. I have photoshop on my home computer, but it is a very difficult program to use. I really enjoyed the photoflexer. This program had many free services. I find that the features I use the most is cropping and adjusting color of photograph. I also really enjoy adding the funny effects.

2010-05-20T15:19:00.001-07:00

#30 Spring Cleaning-Drives

2008-04-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

I have previously used the different drives provided for us. I am currently in the process of moving all photos from past summer reading programs to flickr, as well as my personal photos. I did find that I had a few emails that I did not need to hold on to. I found one from December of 2006. I was able to look through it and delete and some of the other emails I put them in folders. My email is not so bad, but I do have to work on my drives. I have many pictures that I have to get rid of. That's going to take awhile, but in the end it will be alot faster to find what I am looking for.

#29 Spring Cleaning

2008-04-07T09:07:00.000-07:00

I started cleaning out my email today. I already had a personal account and I have been forwarding anything that is non-work related to that account. I had some work to do on my work email. I went through and deleted many old emails and I also created folders for those that I needed to keep. I was able to sort my emails by themes. Since a big part of job has to do with the summer reading program I set it up to save all my information about my performers. I also set up a folder for things that just had to do with the children's programming. I really liked setting up the folders because now I can find information much faster.

#28 Spring Cleaning

2008-03-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

I looked through the different list and my favorite was the google calendar. I set up an account and it only took a minute. I was able to add events to my calendar and set up reminders. It was that simple. The one called remember the milk was more of a to do list. I prefer to see the calendar setup. Once you have set your calendar that can be used as your to-do-list. I liked the google calendar because you can set it up to send you an email or give you a pop up reminder. Once you have all your information stored it will be easier to keep track of all the things you need to do.

Week 10 #23 Grand Finale

2007-11-19T13:33:00.000-08:00

The 23 things was great. I was able to learn about many things I didn't know about. I had heard of mostly everything, but I didn't know much about it. My favorite exercise was the flickr and photo editing. I was somewhat familiar with flickr, but I was able to learn much more. I didn't know anything about the mashups. I think by doing these exercises it showed that we never stop learning. With technology changing all the time this was a great way learn about it. I was really surprised by the number of blogs that are out there. I also enjoyed listening to the different podcasts. I couldn't believe how many podcasts are out there. As far as helping our customer's I think this a great exercise for them to do. I also liked the Zoho program that we learned about because I think it will help our customers a great deal. Overall, this program was great and I hope that we get to learn many other things.

Week 9 #22

2007-11-15T10:45:00.000-08:00

I have been using Overdrive since we first obtained access to it. I really enjoy the Overdrive software. The only thing that I wish for is more audio books to be available. There is a great selection on there, but there's many more that I would like to be on there. Otherwise I recommend this to everyone that listens to audio books.

Week 9 #21 Podcast

2007-11-15T10:41:00.000-08:00

I went through the different podcasts and found a few interesting things. After some difficulty I was able to send the rss feed to my bloglines. It has been a while since I used the rss feeds and it had slipped my mind, but working with it a little I was able to get it. I found a great podcast about insider Orlando. It talks about the many attractions of Orlando, for example Disney World, Universal Studios, and many more. This is a good podcast for those planning next years summer vacation.

2007-11-12T19:27:00.001-08:00

2007-11-12T12:25:00.000-08:00

This exercise was alot of fun! It was easy to do and enjoyable. But just like anything you do on the internet you have to be careful, because some things are inappropriate. Youtube was very easy to navigate and I was able to find many things that was interested in. This is one site I could spend most of the day looking through it.

Kids Video

2007-11-07T10:24:00.001-08:00

week 8 #19 Zoho

2007-11-06T13:09:00.000-08:00

Zoho writer is a great program for those that cannot afford to purchase the expensive Microsoft office programs. There are many kids that come to the library prepared to finish their work, but because of the library becoming busier and busier that's not always the case. Many times the kids don't bring disk and sometimes when they do the disks are damaged. The Zoho writer is a great way for them to save there work and print it later if necessary. This program will be a great for the library.

week 8 #18

2007-11-06T12:33:00.000-08:00

I created a myspace account some time ago and I really like it. I was able to get in contact with friends from high school that I hadn't seen in a long time. I also am able to keep in touch with a friend that lives in Chicago. Even though we haven't seen each other in 7 years, we are to send pictures of our families to each other. I think this is a great way to keep communication between many old friends. The one the thing I don't like about myspace is that there is alot things that the teens put on there pages that are inappropriate. Myspace is supposed to block somethings, but they do miss a alot things.

Week 7 #17 Technology

2007-10-23T14:38:00.001-07:00

Now it seems that we can anything with just the push of a button. Everything is on the internet. I am the type of person that would boxes and boxes full of photos, but now with all this new technology I don't have to worry about that. I created a flickr account some time ago and I have filled it with photos. Since getting a digital camera I have been storing cd as well. This helps because sometimes I don't want all the pictures printed and can always go back and look at them. I now know how to use Windows Movie Maker and have made several video picture shows of my kids photos. It's great because you can add music and different graphics. This is a program that comes free with Windows XP and Windows Vista. I know there's better programs out there but some are quite expensive and I am happy with the results of Movie Maker.

week 7 #16 Wikki's

2007-10-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

I searched the different links that were provided for us. I liked the way they were set up. My favorite was the SJCPL because it had so many different subjects. It not only included books but also different websites that provide customer's with information. I was glad to see that they had a link for local scholarships, so are usually hard to find. I think that its a great resource for people looking for information. I also was able to add my blog to the favorite blogs page with much ease. This was a simple very informative exercise.

week 6 #15

2007-10-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

As one of the articles said "Libraries are not just collections of documents and books" we now have computers and other services that are offer. With every year bringing us new technology our customer's or patrons change. We have customer's asking us different types of questions. We not only get the question "Where is the resume books?" Now we have the questions "How do I email or post my resume?" This information is great because it helps some of us that aren't used to using these types of tools to help customers. Our customer's now and days come in and usually learn something new about the different technology that we offer.

Week 6 #14

2007-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

Technorati is a great way to search through the blogs. I was able to look through different blogs and videos. Some were very entertaining. I did the search for "learning 2.0" and for every box that you put it in you get a different result. There are many ways to look up things and I really enjoyed looking through technorati again.

week 6 delicious

2007-10-15T13:01:00.000-07:00

I wasn't able to view the tutorial for delicious,but I did go through the site and looked at the different website. I liked the fact that they bookmarked many of the fun sites as well as the informative sites. There were many sites to create avatars as well as other things. I don't have a delicious account but I would definitely consider getting one. I think this site would be great for students because, if there doing a big project they can set up there links and access them from anywhere. This a a great site!!!

Week 5 "12" Library Elf

2007-10-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

I was never able to get into the Library Elf site. I did speak to some of the people that were able to use it and it seemed to ask for too much personal information. They wanted a library card number as well as a pin number. So this is probably something that would not have used.

week 5 LibraryThing

2007-10-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

I am not a big reader. I personally like to listen to books. It was fairly easy to create a login and I was able to add a couple books pretty quickly. This is not one of the tools that I would probably use to frequently.

Week 5 avatar

2007-10-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

I created an avatar through yahoo and through meez. They were both pretty simple, but the meez was much easier to post. Meez also had many more choices of the things you can put on your avatar. I also used FD Toys to create a frame for one of my pictures. I placed my photo into my flickr account. This was very fun and easy to do.

Finding the RSs feeds

2007-10-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

I checked a couple of website to see if I could find the RSS feed, but I didn't know what I was looking for. Today I tried the website provided and it was just as easy as setting up a bloglines account. I searched through all 4 site: Feedster, Topix, Syndic8, and technorati and the think the best one was Feedster. It very simple to set and I know have a couple things that go to my blogline.

Week 4 Rss Feed

2007-10-02T08:23:00.000-07:00

I created a bloglines account yesterday and it was very simple. I just chose a topic from the list they provided. It was pretty much step by step on screen. This has probably been one the easiest exercises I have done.

Trading cards

2007-09-26T12:54:00.001-07:00

I used the FD toys site to create my card. It was so easy to use and I've uploaded my card to my own flickr account. This is so easy to use anybody can do it. You can make a card about anything you like. Hope you enjoy...!

Photo editing fun

2007-09-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

I love taking photos and I enjoy changing them around. So far the this has the most enjoyable for me. Anyone you ask that knows me knows that I love taking pictures. I have my own software at home that I use for photo editing, but I didn't know there was free programs online to do it....

Online safety

2007-09-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

Many people feel that they are safe online. That is not the case. I know people that have met people online and it they turned out to be ok. In another instance I have a friend who met someone online and they turned out to be the worst person in the world. The point is you never know who your going to meet and if you place your information out there, there's no telling what kind of people you will encounter. I don't mind putting pictures of my family online, but I'm not going to give address, phone number, or anything else that might tell you where to find them. Placing pictures or videos online is a great way for family and friends who are not close by to keep in touch. Just be careful!

Learning styles

2007-09-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

I am a visual learner... I can memorize alot of the things that I see. I also like to play on the computer alot and have taught myself how to use some programs just by playing around. I have a hard time listening to instructions and doing them. Most of the time someone needs to show before I can do it on my own...

Week 3 #5

2007-09-25T10:02:00.000-07:00

Future Houston Texan STAR

And Superstar CHEERLEADER!

The Beginning

2007-09-25T08:20:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I use a blog. I have never used them even though I have a myspace account and flickr as well as others. I really don't like to IM or even text on the cell phone. Personally I prefer to talk the person. Hopefully this exercise will change my mind. Another problem I have with blogging is I just don't have time. As you see I am a mother of two and they are a wild pair. I have a daughter 6 years old and a son that's 2. I have my hands full all the time. Hopefully this won't be the last time I use a blog.....