Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thank You, Media Clerks

This post is long overdue. I want to share with all just how rewarding the Library Learning 2.0 for Media Clerks PST really was. We all agreed on our path, learning more about the Read/Write web, and were excited to learn new tools for sharing and enhancing our own learning. That we did. But, what I wasn’t expecting was the phenomenal affinity, communication, and sharing that this group experienced.

We all have the same job title, but our jobs are so different. We are all valued at different levels. We all have different comfort levels with technology and digital resources. But, in this classroom, we were all learners. We were frustrated, intrigued, ready to quit, and exuberant. We laughed and cried out in joy upon mastery of new skills. We all hung in there together. And, we learned a lot. It was exciting to see everyone’s blog develop into a personal platform and a great reflective journal of our learning journey. This professional study team turned into so much more – a valuable personal learning network. The conclusion of this class is not the end, but only a jumping off point to keep learning on our own.

This is my “hats off” to all the clerks who participated and all of their hard work for 12 weeks. Thanks for the new friendships and sharing your learning journeys. I look forward to our next professional study team endeavor.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Desperate for more open windows

No, I don't mean the air flow type. I have now hit tech land where I can simply not keep loosing my open windows in Citrix. What a nussance to have to keep going back and reopening the sites. I know we glossed over something that does this, and I think it's Foxfire, but I need the "you can learn this in less than two minutes" tutorial. Can you help... (Myra).
Also, I got an email form the Wikispaces people and I am so happy we can now play with the fonts, colors, etc. I just wish free time came with this offer.