Feed my Inbox

Joined "Feed my inbox" unfortunately I couldn't open the video that explains the concept (at the moment)....and so I've opened up a vid on youtube and discovered that 'feed my inbox' is exactly that. I've got the latest updates of

• Te Karere Ipurangi
• Christchurch City Libraries (non-fiction, just ordered books)
• Christchurch City Libraries (new non-fiction)

I'm still waiting for The New Zealand Herald and The Gisborne Herald updates, so I've added the urls.
Videos, News, Blogs, Shopping, Search, Twitter and many more websites can be added and sent to one's inbox.
This would be helpful to me when focusing on Library and or Maaori sites, however, with huge amounts of information already coming through my work email, I would need more time to read and to clear my emails. :(

Final Post

Yep my final post...hehe. I think I will be forever doing this blog :). From the creation of this blog through to my placing comments on a lot of the other blogs...and there were a many, so many that I ended up 'befriending' everyone in the end...well those who had the friend application. Twitter, Facebook and downloading mp3 files weren't new to me and the benefits/and or otherwise, I have mentioned in previous posts. Zamzar was by far my favourite, because of the benefits to myself and to our customers, and GoodReads I found exciting because it was new to me and I found out so much info about books that I would have otherwise not looked at.

A huge negative with web 2.0 was the fact that I never had enough time as well as working in the main library (customers still thought I was on call and I ended up spending more time helping them whilst losing track of my work). So I ended up doing most of my blog at home.

A huge positive is that I really did enjoy doing web 2.0 and I am looking forward to continuing this training. As I have previously said, "I do love learning."

Twitter - Week 3

• I found Twitter easy to use and to add to my blog. 
• SHORT messages...and one isn't bored witless with long spiels 
• It is interesting in a voyeuristic way to see what other people are doing in real time. 
• Checking out Trade me auctions, cheap air flights and such.
• Fast links to other interesting places on the web
• Worldwide contact with others
• Neighbourhood contact with others
• Manukau Libraries are proactive in the use of Twitter e.g. book reviews etc
• Yes, I would certainly promote this service to customers
• Use in the workroom??? Haven't got enough time :(

Ōtara Ataahua

Wow, another blog in the name of Learning 2.0. This is an online self-discovery exercise, which would help Manukau City Library staff further our 'expertise' and therefore help our many patrons in the various online queries that are presented to us daily.
The programme will cover six weeks and begin with this blog (week 1), followed by Zamzar (week 2) in which I will learn how to convert file formats. In week 3 I will be setting up a Twitter account and in week 4 I'll be signing up with ‘goodreads’ which combines books and social networking. This is followed up in Week5 with learning how to download music and mp3 files where I'll be exploring the various free music websites as well as downloading a mp3 file. I will visit Facebook in the 6th week and finally we've been shown what we could be doing in the future to further our knowledge on the internet. https://outlook.manukau.govt.nz/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://mlweb20.blogspot.com

This would in no way end 'learning through play.' What could follow is Learning 2.1...