Technology is developing with an accelerating speed. It brings a lot of convenience to life.
The technology that I like most is the invention of digital camera. It saves me the space to store the photos, the money to develop the photos and the time to organize them.
I can view in the computer, modify the imperfect parts and delete the ones that I dislike.
The other technology that I like is cell phone which allows me to talk to friends without restriction of time and places. However, it also brings certain discomfort to life too. I know some friends who work in the field of computer engineering. Now their private life was spoiled because the cell phone call from their boss at the night from different time zone. That is a pain... I feel pity for them.
Oh well, technology can be sweet or bitter.....
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Week#3: Exercise 6 Exploring Flickr and 3rd party sites
Exploring Flickr mashups and 3rd party sites is fun but time consuming. Now it is the fourth week of learning but I am still working on the week 3 exercise. I hope I am not behind too much. There is no wonder we need to learn the lesson of 7 & 1/2 learning habit at the very beginning. I wish I can finish to the end.
In this exercise, I found Fd's flickr toy sites is fascinating. I tried a couple of them.
I used the same 4 photos for exercise 5 and made a mosaic photo.
I am sure making a trading card is fun too. I will try that when I have more time :-).
Another 3rd party tool that I found helpful is the trip planner from Yahoo. After I entered a planned date for a specific destination, a list of hotels with star ranking showed up. There is also the information from other travelers who wrote about their traveling experiences and photos for that place. I think this is marvelous to get the comprehensive information at the same time.
In this exercise, I found Fd's flickr toy sites is fascinating. I tried a couple of them.
I used the same 4 photos for exercise 5 and made a mosaic photo.
I am sure making a trading card is fun too. I will try that when I have more time :-).
Another 3rd party tool that I found helpful is the trip planner from Yahoo. After I entered a planned date for a specific destination, a list of hotels with star ranking showed up. There is also the information from other travelers who wrote about their traveling experiences and photos for that place. I think this is marvelous to get the comprehensive information at the same time.
Week3: Exercise 5 loading images
I had a great memory in the summer of 2006 while I attened the Spectrum leadership institute in New Orleans. It was a great honor to attend this conference and meet the Spectrum scholarship receipients from differents states. I knew a lot of wonderful scholars from diverse ethnic groups; their enthusiam in librarainship and dedication to serve the needed communities inspired me in many aspects. I finished the MLIS program in December 2006 and work as a public librarian now. I am sure the public library is an enviroment where I can contribute my skills and serve a varity of people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
The following is some photos that I took in New Orleans.
Photo #1: Eillen and Me
Eileen was my roommate in the Spectrum Leadership Institute. We never met each other before but we are now buddies. She is a Chinese born in Brazil. She cannot speak a word in Madarin but is fluent in Spanish. We communicate with English and plenty of laughers.....
Photo#2: French Square and Me
There are many stores selling feathered masks in New Orleans.
Here is one photo I took in front of a mask shop.
Photo#3: We are all from San Jose
Here is a photo I took with three spectrum scholars from SJSU. We all study in the same library school but do not meet each other till the day we were in the leadership institue.
Photo#4: Volunteering at Diversity booth
This is a photo of me taken at the ALA booth while I volunteered for the dollar campaign for diversity.
The following is some photos that I took in New Orleans.
Photo #1: Eillen and Me
Eileen was my roommate in the Spectrum Leadership Institute. We never met each other before but we are now buddies. She is a Chinese born in Brazil. She cannot speak a word in Madarin but is fluent in Spanish. We communicate with English and plenty of laughers.....
Photo#2: French Square and Me
There are many stores selling feathered masks in New Orleans.
Here is one photo I took in front of a mask shop.
Photo#3: We are all from San Jose
Here is a photo I took with three spectrum scholars from SJSU. We all study in the same library school but do not meet each other till the day we were in the leadership institue.
Photo#4: Volunteering at Diversity booth
This is a photo of me taken at the ALA booth while I volunteered for the dollar campaign for diversity.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Week2: Exercise 3&4
Wow, I had successfully set up my blog. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be.
In fact, it is fairly simple. I tried using different fonts and templates before publishing.
At last, I chose the one that I think is "decent" in color and design for a librarian's blog.
Although it is encouraged to learn this at work hours, I found it is easier to do this at home which allows to learn in a quiet moment without interruption while I feel more relaxed and focused. The only disadvantage is I can not register my blog through SJPL mail for this exercise at home. Overall, I prefer learning at my own pace at home environment.
In fact, it is fairly simple. I tried using different fonts and templates before publishing.
At last, I chose the one that I think is "decent" in color and design for a librarian's blog.
Although it is encouraged to learn this at work hours, I found it is easier to do this at home which allows to learn in a quiet moment without interruption while I feel more relaxed and focused. The only disadvantage is I can not register my blog through SJPL mail for this exercise at home. Overall, I prefer learning at my own pace at home environment.
Week 1: Exercise1&2
What a wonderful opportunity to learn the new technology with a group of enthusiastic learners in library profession.
The first week of exercise is introduction and understanding my learning style. I learned Blogging has been around for a while. There are many libraries have been using this to communicate with their communities for the current events and news. I am excited about the 9 weeks of learning process. I am sure I can apply my knowledge right away after I complete this course.
The slide show about learning style helped me understand what kind of learner I am. I belong to the group of learners who need structured curriculum and clear instruction. Also I prefer the class which does not proceed for a long time. Therefore, the 23 things course is just right for me to start.
Thanks for the SJ instruction team to provide me this learning opportunity. I cannot wait to explore more!
The first week of exercise is introduction and understanding my learning style. I learned Blogging has been around for a while. There are many libraries have been using this to communicate with their communities for the current events and news. I am excited about the 9 weeks of learning process. I am sure I can apply my knowledge right away after I complete this course.
The slide show about learning style helped me understand what kind of learner I am. I belong to the group of learners who need structured curriculum and clear instruction. Also I prefer the class which does not proceed for a long time. Therefore, the 23 things course is just right for me to start.
Thanks for the SJ instruction team to provide me this learning opportunity. I cannot wait to explore more!
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