Thing #23!!!!!

Yeah!!! I did it!!! Well, I must admit that getting through Things 1 - 10 was quite the challenge for me. I am not a natural blogger, so having to complete the task and then blog about it was a giant hurdle for me to overcome. Although I hate to admit it, I am getting quite good at this blogging thing! It is becoming more natural.
What did enjoy discovering most in Learning 2.0? I enjoyed learning about things like blogging and RSS feeds that I knew of but was unfamiliar with their usage. The image generators were fun, but not something that I have time to play around with too much. My kids, on the other hand, will have a blast with them. I overcame my dislike of social networking sites and signed on to FaceBook and have been having a blast reconnecting with friends from High School. Scary stuff!
Would I ever do this again? Yes, definitely. While I would never consider myself to be an expert, I at least have a familiarity with the elements that were presented and probably could assist someone at least in a rudimentary way if they were having difficulty.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to learn!

Thing #22

I am really impressed with how much is available through OverDrive. I put a hold on the audio book for Eragon and had a blast watching previews for the IMAX movies. That is so cool to be able to see those at home. I'm excited to get my MP3 player to be able to download more stuff. Is it going to have video capabilities as well??? That would be extra nice :-)) My only complaint is that I was disappointed with the music selection. Bit, i imagine there would be quite the conflict with iTunes, etc. Still, would be nice to have more current selections available with more popular artists.

Thing #21

So, I went to listen to some podcasts, but the computer wanted to run ActiveX and then it gave me a really hard time. Anyway, I saw that a fifth grade class has a Podcast and I thought that was terrific. Good for them! If a 5th grade class can do it, so can we!

http://bcpodclassroom.podbean.com

Thing #20

I have a love/hate relationship with YouTube. I love it because you can find old TV Shows, TV commercials, Film Trailers, anything! I hate it because you can also find some really inappropriate content (which my kids just seem to find over and over again!!) Also, I dislike the ease of putting videos on YouTube because it is difficult to stop underage usage and posting. In any case, for my silly sense of humor, I really enjoyed Potter Puppet Pals and this is why:

Thing #19

I looked at the list of Web 2.0 Award winners and was surprised at how many I had heard of or even used and (longer list) how many I hadn't heard of. Two that I liked were Yelp which has great local info on cities and Farecast which is another great way of comparing prices for flights. Everything was really interesting.

Thing #18

We all have pretty much used Google docs if we've spent any amount of time in the call center. When I tried it out for myself, I was really amazed to see that I could upload a file from my desktop and work on it in Google docs. Very cool! I think I will keep exploring this technology since it seems that it will have lots of uses for me in my work life.

Thing #17

Added my blog and my favorite movie to the PBWiki. Kind of fun to see what other people have been adding in.