When reflecting up this entire exercise I realize that the "incentives" were truly my motivating factor in the beginning. Once I started to really get going though, there was incentive enough in discovering new "things". I have read some other comments that suggest that a lot of these exercises take a lot longer than the advertised 15 minutes a day. I argue that this is a good thing. If you only needed 15 minutes or an hour to explore something new then most likely it isn't worth trying out. Some of the most fun I had was following one link to the next and realizing that I forgot how I had found my way to the current site that I was looking at. If we don't really discover something, will we really remember it?
I think the most enjoyable part of the whole program was the fact that it was self guided and it encouraged me to have fun and EXPLORE. This is refreshing for me when I hear from friends about how their work place locks down so many sites; whereas, with this entire exercise we were asked to try these new technologies and to think honestly about their possible use within a library context. Granted I'm not sure of the relavence of every "thing" for the library, but the vast majority have legitimate applications if not for an academic, than for other libraries. If we are not willing to try these new technologies then how will we ever know what is worth our 15 minutes?
I had a great time with this project and would definitely take part in another program of a similar nature. I loved the fact that I could call up a colleague to ask if they had completed thing 16 and so on. I think it is funny that the vast majority of us reflect the student population whom we serve in that we waited until the pressure was on, the due date almost here, when we started to get really serious about finishing!
I had fun writing up my posts and I hoped YOU enjoyed at least some of my ramblings. I'm signing off for now. God's speed for those of you who have not yet finished and congrats and good luck to those who already have.
Peace,
D
fun with image generators
negative effect
1 comment:
Devin, that's a great Obama video, isn't it? I can tell you like it, because it's on the blog even going back in time. I think your Rollyo widget is cool! I have a question though: when I tried to search it to search your blog (for words like "cool," or "library,") it found nothing. Do you know why? I was confused. Anyway, congrats on finishing your 23 things! I sure am celebrating!--Ramona
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