It's over already?

It's hard to believe that Betty Blogger Summer School is drawing to a close, as I feel like it's just begun!

Here are my responses to some follow-up questions that have been posed:

1. After taking the Betty Blogger summer school, on a scale of 1-10 (1 being "web 2.huh?" and 10 being "web 2.guru"), how would you rate your knowledge of Web 2.0 and its applications?

When the course began, I rated myself as a 8. I think now I can proudly boast being a 9.5.


2. Did the Betty Blogger summer school meet your expectations?

Indeed, it did.

3. What was most challenging part of Betty Blogger? Why?

The rapidly changing face of Web 2.0 applications made some assignments a bit difficult, as the applications themselves had changed since the course material was prepared.

4. How successful did you find the “self-directed” learning model?

I did not have any problems with the "self-directed" manner of working through the course. It was helpful to have the weekly e-mails from the Library Lady.

5. If we ran this program again, would you recommend us to a friend?

For sure! Thank you!

Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Bibliovik/yourlibrary

I think Library Thing is great! It is a simple and effective way for people to catalogue personal collections of books. I would like to use Library Thing more often. I would use it frequently if I had a bit more time available in my days.

Google Reader

For our Google Reader assignment, I subscribed to a blog by a librarian called Miss Information, and to a bundle of feeds provided by Google about e-books. I found Google Reader easy to navigate and I really like it so I believe I will continue to use it.

What to Bring to the WikiPicnic?

Learning about Wikis, and we each had to add to a wiki a dish we would bring to a picnic. I will bring fresh, in-season, corn on the cob. I have used wikis before for group collaboration, and they are a very handy tool for such purposes. I haven't yet encountered a reason to use a wiki for personal reasons, but perhaps that day will come!

Summer tastes good!

My Recipe

Pretty Picture

For Task #5 we checked out photo sharing and Picasa Web Albums. We were to chose a photo, and you can check out the pretty picture I picked:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=scotland&psc=G&filter=1#5420033955174066306


The tags associated with this photo are HDR, highlands, loch, Loch Awe, scenery, Scotland, Scottish.

I think Picasa provides a convenient way to share photos. It was a bit unusual, however, to be browsing public photos and see pictures of someone's wedding, or "Patti and Bob in Scotland." I do not think Picasa is a service that I would use personally, but if I did, I don't think I would share my photos publicly.