Write about the process about setting up your blog and your avatar in a new blog post for Thing #3. Have you looked at anyone else's blog...have you made a comment or ask a question?
Setting up the blog was easy for me as I have done so many times and have a few active still. Having all blogs under one user account will make things easier for me since I have separate user accounts now and I tend to forget which account is under which user name. Setting up the Yahoo avatar was a royal pain. I had to re-do it 5 times and it NEVER saved. Then I went back to the post and noticed a note about YAHOO avatars having problems anyways. So I took a screen shot of the avatar, put it in Paint, put that in PPT so I could save the image and size it, then saved the jpg to my desktop and put a picture widget on the blog to show my avatar, but it is not from the Yahoo avatars app. :-/
I did go to a collegue's clog and made a comment about IGoogle and a shared calendar we can use as traveling librarians. I am so excited to be working with others who love to use tech tools to help us do our jobs well!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thing #2
RE: the presentation 7 1/2 Habits-- which one is the habit among the 7 & 1/2 that is easiest for me and the one which is hardest.
I think all of the habits are great theoretically. "Begin with the end in mind" is probably to hardest for me because I often jump in to do or try things just to see if it will work. I don;t always have a goal in mind. if I do have a goal in mind, I don't have trouble changing the goal if the experience warrants a change, Flexibility is just as valuable as beginning with the end in mind.
The easiest one for me is "Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner." I think I may have an addiction for which there is no 12 step program...lifelong learning. After a BA, an M.Ed, a MS in LIS and certifications in several subject areas, I'm still not exactly sure what I want to be when I grow up...but I am having a lot of fun trying and learning new things.
I have recently accepted a library job in a new town where I will be the certified librarian for two elementary schools. That is a very new and exciting challenge for me since all of my experience is secondary, and only three of my 20 years is as a librarian. I have a LOT to learn, and sometimes it seems a bit daunting, but most of the time it is just plain exciting!
Here we go!
I think all of the habits are great theoretically. "Begin with the end in mind" is probably to hardest for me because I often jump in to do or try things just to see if it will work. I don;t always have a goal in mind. if I do have a goal in mind, I don't have trouble changing the goal if the experience warrants a change, Flexibility is just as valuable as beginning with the end in mind.
The easiest one for me is "Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner." I think I may have an addiction for which there is no 12 step program...lifelong learning. After a BA, an M.Ed, a MS in LIS and certifications in several subject areas, I'm still not exactly sure what I want to be when I grow up...but I am having a lot of fun trying and learning new things.
I have recently accepted a library job in a new town where I will be the certified librarian for two elementary schools. That is a very new and exciting challenge for me since all of my experience is secondary, and only three of my 20 years is as a librarian. I have a LOT to learn, and sometimes it seems a bit daunting, but most of the time it is just plain exciting!
Here we go!
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