Thing #10 Working with Photos

http://search.fotki.com/?link=wrkdrgwqbqgrtdrxgwgbfwgtgwkd&k=mountain&p=4


I have explored the various sites that were listed in our Thing #10 lesson. I even signed up for Fotki and fotoflexer! Now that I have a spread sheet for all of my accounts, I'm not so overwhelmed and afraid to tackle another site!

The above photo was taken from the public photos in Fotki. As you can tell from some of the other photos that I have posted on my blogs, I just love the Rocky Mountains!

I'm still leaning towards Flickr and Creative Commons for the sites that I think I would utilize the most. I think that I would become more proficient with photo editing, catagorizing, searching, and tagging if I concentrate on just a few sites. I did experiment with fotoflexer which links directly to your Flickr account.

I took the photo below at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs when I helped sponsor a youth group ski weekend. I added the photo to my Flickr account and then used fotoflexer for the border.

I need to get some better pictures on Flickr to experiment with! Picnik and Flickr also work together. So many of my photos are of my kids and I don't want to post them. So for now....I'm just getting the hang of how to do different things....watch out for the more professional looking photos to come!!!!

Thing #9 Technology

USB Flash Drives is the "technology thing" that I chose for this assignment. I really didn't know much about flash drives until this class. Now I own a 1 GB SanDisk Cruzer for $20 and a Digital Media flash drive for $20!


Flash drives are becoming the standard method for storing portable data. More and more students are coming in to the media center with their homework assignments on a flash drive. Through this Web 2.0 class, I have learned about the amazing capabilities of this tiny little device! I am able to help students transfer their data and properly remove their flash drive from the computers at school.


Some of the main features of this little device are high storage capacity, small in size which makes it easy to carry and use, stores data, pictures and music, easy transfer of data to another computer and it is affordable!

There are a variety of brands and GB sizes of flash drives to chose from. Click here for a link about more information on the Sandisk Cruzer.

Thing #8 Library Thing

Library Thing is something that I really like and would like to explore and play around with. I am going to set up a personal account with books that I have read. I have a hard time remembering what books I have and haven't read, especially if it is a series that strings over several years! It's that age thing! Karen Kingsbury and Dee Henderson are two my favorite inspirational authors. They both have written several different series that keeps you hooked! Henderson wrote a fantastic series about six different public service professions weaved with "clean" romance, family and suspense! I figured out how to show some of the books that I have read by using Library Thing and then posting to my blog, thanks to the overachiever "Aerie Thoughts" in our class!

My next project is to set up a Library Thing account just for the middle/senior library at our school that would list books and reviews that would be of interest to the students.

Thing #7 Tagging & Social Bookmarking

The Common Craft Video Social Bookmarking in Plain English was very helpful to me. His three main points were that social bookmarking is useful, fun, and not tied to one computer. Why recreate the wheel when there are other librarians out there who have tagged some great websites, booklists, etc. The video said to use key words when tagging and keep things simple! I need to spend some more time exploring some of these bookmarked websites for media clerks.

I liked the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) booklist bookmark that was under the mediaclerks network.

Fall in Love with a Good Book!

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Originally uploaded by Librarian in the Mountains

Happy Valentine's Day! Looking forward to seeing all of you at LYMDSR this week!

Thing #6 Image Generators

I was able to create this bulletin board on GlassGiant.com! I did some playing around with this site and it was fun!

I have a table set up in my library with a red tablecloth and a gift bag that says "Love"....then I added some white hearts and said "Fall in Love with a Good Book". I have various books for guys and gals displayed around the bag that is sitting on top of a covered box.

I had the book fair going on all of last week so I wasn't able to set this display up until today. I had 5 kids check out books from this table in just a few hours time!

I finally got this poster where I wanted it! It just wasn't clicking and dragging. I made this wanted poster on GlassGiant.com also.

You have to be from Nebraska to appreciate the Huskers and your loyalty to GO BIG RED! The University of Nebraska Huskers are THE ONLY sports team in the state, so everyone is a Husker.

Thing #5 Still exploring Flickr Options!

Rocky Mountain Wapiti III
Originally uploaded by DaveTBear

I would like this photo to be the heading to my blog, but I haven't figured out how to do this. I know how to customize my blog heading, but I'm still working on getting this photo in the right place and giving the credits! When I am on the edit page and try to type in the Flickr website, it tells me that it is invalid.

BigHugeLabs Exercise 5 1/2

I have spent over an hour trying to get my "trading card" that I created on BigHugeLabs to upload to Flickr, and then I wanted to go from Flickr to my blog. I would get the photostream screen on my Flickr account but only the title of the trading card was showing. I finally did it but I had to go another route. FRUSTRATING. I thought this 5 1/2 assignment was going to be fun but it has turned out to be a hair pulling experience.

Thing #5 Discover Flickr, Bullet 1

Rocky Mountain National Park 1
Originally uploaded by OneofThem

This is a beautiful picture of the Rocky Mountains that I found on Flickr! I grew up in Nebraska on a farm with corn fields, so I enjoy seeing the mountains every day!

www.flickr.com/photos/oneofthem/280727678/

This photo was found in Flickr, under the Creative Commons section of photos to browse. This completes the first bullet for the homework activity under Thing #5. The photo was posted by "OneofThem" on 7-22-03. Put your cursor over the picture and you will be linked to other photos this photographer took while on vacation in the Rocky Mountain area.

Thing 5 -- Discover Flickr -- Bullet 2 Homework

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Originally uploaded by Librarian in the Mountains

Hopefully I have figured out how to post this photo from Flickr to my blog!
Exploring Flickr and all of the possibilities within Flickr has been one of the most interesting and practical "things" for me that we have covered so far in our Librarians Web 2.0 class. To complete this homework assignment, I have created a Flickr account, downloaded some pictures from my camera, put them in sets, and tagged one of the images "MediaClerks23Things" and marked it public. Now to include the photo on my blog! We will see if I can figure that out!

The photo was taken in my library. I have found that the kids really look at the individual books that I have displayed on the shelves. The displayed books are constantly being checked out which is a great indication that these books are grabbing the attention of the kids! I am constantly rearranging books so the kids will keep coming back to the library to see what is new!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.