Thank you Ronda

This is what I was trying so hard to do at work. Thank you, thank you for your help.

#21

Popcasts. Cool name. Not so cool trying to FIND one. I looked around all three directories and at least found the one I liked. Using it was another thing. Actually it was youtube all over again, except I gave up quicker. I can't justify that much off desk time going to learn and play when teacher collections are piling up, I'm behind on weeding and being slammed by programming just now. I tried. I couldn't connect the podcast to my bloglines account. I did update the account though, for what that was worth. I need a picture in my blog in the worst way. I may put one in just to vent.

youtube is a failure

I tried three times to do this entry. I had fun initially finding videos, but no one could help me embed one to this post. None of the experts ( and I asked more than one) here at the branch could help. The blog on learn & play was straightforword but when I did it the way the blog said to it didn't work either. ( I know it doesn't sound like it but I did try that first.) I find myself so frustrated that I couldn't do one of these things that I really wanted to do. I've spent too much time trying to figure it out. ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See how mad I am. What a total waste of time this was. My good mood at finding something fun couldn't sustain me through repeated failure. I sure hope podcasts don't make me this upset.

Tooling Around CML

It was easy. I found my way to the blog from the page and tried out a couple of tools. I got confident so I posted a comment but signed in using the wrong blog. Have I got too many accounts and passwords? I do believe my head is buzzing. Maybe I better eat lunch.

I did the tango with Zango

O.K. now there's too much fun. I thought everyone would do a web 2.0 on books, so I wanted to do something different. Organization, no - too necessary. I might never come out of a site. Music, no - too scary. O.K. Games? Yes. I just want to say, I was lucky to get out of there alive! Ask Linda, she kept hearing some weird sounds from over here at my computer. Zango is super!!! Maybe if they didn't have a filtered site it would be a great one to introduce to the kids. Maybe not, no one would want to get off the computers. Maybe adults could become addicted to this. I sure could. I like the awards site almost better. I have at least 15 people to show it to.

Google's a giggle

Wow something easy! And yes I can see the possibilities. Imagine easy to print out lists of books to recommend. Trading info and adding to each others doc. What a world! I've got to start filling in some of my new documents and adding people to my account. Got to run. Bye.

Sandboxes have always been my favorite.

This one I did totally and fumblingly on my own. I think I may get to like it here. The best part about this blog is that it "catches me up" to where I'm ready for the new stuff again. I know this is not a contest and there are others out there like me who need a lot of help, but just getting this far is an accomplishment. I feel really good right now. I was talking to a co-worker today about how I can now do a few tricks here and there but the depth of knowledge I have yet to learn is huge. Its like knowing how to turn on the light but not understanding anything about electricity.

wonderfully wiki

This is another idea I can really get enthused about. I got so inspired by the thought of all those people contributing to a reading list that I got shivers. Then I checked out some of the other library wikis and realized it was the air conditioning. They were a little disappointing until I remembered they were all probably still "in progress". I can't wait to see what our wiki looks like.