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I CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST THING. I'M KINDA SAD ITS ALL OVER AND WOULD DEFINITLY PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN IF CML COMES UP WITH ANOTHER ONE. BECAUSE I'M STILL A STUDENT AND BECAUSE COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN A PART OF MY GENERATION FOR QUITE AWHILE NOW, I CONSIDER MYSELF PRETTY KNOWLEDGABLE ON ALL THE TECH STUFF OUT THERE. LEARN AND PLAY GAVE ME A HUGE OPPORTUNITY THOUGH TO EXPLORE SOME THINGS THAT I HAD NOT REALLY HEARD OF OR THAT I HAD HEARD OF BUT HAD NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO WORK WITH YET.

I FOUND IT HARD TO GET STARTED WITH LEARN AND PLAY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE TRACKING. ONCE I STOPPED THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT IT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE JUST TRACKING OUR BLOG POSTS I GOT INTO THE FLOW OF IT AND IT WAS MUCH EASIER.

I REALLY LIKED EXPLORING FLICKR AND SOME OF THE OTHER PHOTO AND IMAGING SITES. I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY IN ALL FORMS SO THIS DID NOT SURPRISE ME.

I'VE SEEN THE RSS BUTTONS ON SOME WEBSITES AND ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. I WAS HAPPY TO EXPLORE THE RSS READERS IN WEEK 4, BUT I ALSO FOUND THIS TO BE THE MOST CHALLENGING WEEK FOR ME.

I LIKED LIBRARYTHING, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS LIMIT ON ADDING BOOKS I SIGNED UP FOR A GOODREADS ACCOUNT INSTEAD. I WOULD NEVER HAVE REALIZED I COULD DO THIS THOUGH WITHOUT HAVING EXPLORED LIBRARYTHING. TWITTER IS STILL PROBABLY MY LEAST FAVORITE. IT WAS EASY TO WORK WITH BUT I STILL NEED TO FIND IT MORE APPLICABLE FOR MYSELF.

IN GENERAL I LIKED HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW THINGS OUT THERE. MOST OF THESE SITES WERE ACTUALLY FUN TO EXPLORE. IT REALLY WAS A LEARN AND PLAY EXPERIENCE!

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MOLDI IS PRETTY COOL, EVEN WITH THE AWFUL NAME. I COULD SEE THIS AS USEFUL FOR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BOOK OR MOVIE THEY NEED IS NOT AVAILABLE. IN MY EXPLORING I FOUND A VERY OLD MOVIE THAT I HAD TO WATCH FOR A FILM CLASS YEARS AGO. AT THE TIME THE OTHER 50+ STUDENTS IN MY CLASS ALSO HAD TO WATCH IT SO EVEN THOUGH I RESERVED IT RIGHT AWAY, IT DID STILL TAKE AWHILE. MOLDI WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE TOOL THEN.

I THINK ITS GREAT FOR THE CLASSIC BOOKS TOO. WE HAVE MANY COPIES BUT WHEN EVERY STUDENT IN THE 8TH GRADE IS READING A PARTICULAR BOOK, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO FIND AN AVAILABLE COPY AT THE LAST MINUTE. USING THIS EXCELLENT SOURCE, STUDENTS COULD STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOK.

I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TOOL JUST BY HAVING A LIBRARY CARD!

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SO PODCASTS... KINDA INTERESTING TO EXPLORE. I HAVE LONG BEEN A USER OF ITUNES BUT NEVER REALLY EXPLORED TOO MANY OTHER PODCASTS. IT WAS COOL TO LOOK AROUND THE SITES AND SEE WHAT I COULD FIND. I FOUND A FEW BOOK REVIEW PODCASTS AND I SUBSCRIBED TO ONE ON MY BLOGLINES ACCOUNT. I'LL HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING BACK WITH IT TO SEE IF ANYTHING INTERESTING POPS UP TO WATCH OR LISTEN TO.

I COULD DEFINITLY SEE THE LIBRARY HAVING OUR OWN PODCAST AND BROADCASTING ABOUT OUR EVENTS. IF FANS OF CML SIGNED UP FOR OUR PODCAST WE COULD EVEN GIVE THEM NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIBRARY THROUGH THE PODCAST. THERE WOULD BE MANY WAYS TO USE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

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I'M SO OFTEN ON CMLSI OR ONLY SHOWING PEOPLE THE ABOUT YOU FEATURE ON OUR CATALOG, I SOMETIMES FORGET WHAT A COOL RESOURCE IT CAN BE. I HAD NO IDEA WE HAD A POWER TOOLS SECTION. SOME OF IT WE HAVE ALREADY EXPLORED WITH LEARN AND PLAY, AND SOME OF IT I KNOW ABOUT ON MY OWN. SO I DECIDED I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW OF THE TOOLS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF.

BOING BOING IS SO RANDOM THAT I REALLY ENJOYED EXPLORING THE SITE. I DIDN'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON BOOK BURRO BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT SITE FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO BOOKS. I DIDN'T REALLY FIND CREATIVE COMMONS THAT USEFUL AT FIRST GLANCE. I READ THE ABOUT SECTION THOUGH AND COULD SEE HOW THIS WOULD BE A REALLY USEFUL SITE. I'M SURE FOR SOME OF OUR PATRONS IT WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE. DIGG IS A WEBSITE I WOULD PROBABLY USE AGAIN. THE FORMAT IS EASY ENOUGH AND IT SEEMED TO HAVE SOME COOL INFORMATION. MAKE SEEMED REALLY INTERESTING AND VERY SPECIFIC TO ITS USERS NEEDS. IT WAS ANOTHER SITE I COULD SEE MYSELF REFERRING TO A CUSTOMER WITH AN INTERESTING QUESTION, MAYBE ONE OF THOSE SCIENCE FAIR QUESTIONS? STUMBLEUPON ALSO INTERESTED ME IN HOW UNIQUE IT IS. I EXPLORED MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES OF THIS WEBSITE AND CAN SEE MYSELF BOOKMARKING IT FOR FUTURE USE.

I TEND TO STICK TO THE SAME SEVERAL WEBSITES. IF I LIKE A WEBSITE, THOUGH, IT CAN BE ADDED TO THAT SMALL LIST. IT'S GOOD SOMETIMES TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS AND FIND SITES YOU MIGHT LIKE MORE THAN ONES YOU HAD ALREADY BEEN USING FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

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I TOOK SOME TIME TO EXPLORE MANY OF THE SITES LISTED. AS I SCROLLED THROUGH I NOTICED I USE SEVERAL OF THE AWARD WINNING SITES ALREADY. ONE OF MY FAVORITES ON THE LIST IS IGOOGLE.

I WANTED TO EXPLORE A SITE I HADN'T USED BEFORE SO I EXPLORED NOWPUBLIC.COM I FOUND IT INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER NEWS SITE I HAVE SEEN. I LIKE THE SIMPLE LAYOUT AND USER FRIENDLY DESIGN. I LIKE THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO ADD YOUR OWN NEWS. THE PHOTOS AND VIDEO SECTION IS ALSO UNIQUE AND I FOUND SOME COOL PHOTOS THERE THAT I DON'T KNOW WOULD BE ON ANOTHER SITE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE A COOL SITE TO SHARE WITH LIBRARY USERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR NEWS WEBSITES. IT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL IN FINDING OBSCURE NEWS ARTICLES. IN GENERAL IT MIGHT BE COOL TO OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS THIS LIST OF WINNERS SO THAT THEY TOO CAN EXPLORE SOME COOL WEB 2.0 AWARD WINNERS.

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AS A SIDE NOTE, ANYONE ELSE NOTICE HOW OFF BLOGGER'S TIME ALWAYS IS?

I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT GOOGLE DOCUMENTS A LONG TIME AGO. I HAVE TO SAY I WOULDNT BE SAD TO LOSE MICROSOFT OFFICE. IT IS SO EXPENSIVE, MY FAMILY HAS ONE COPY THAT WE ALL USE. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MICROSOFT WORD AT MANY TIMES DURING MY COLLEGE CAREER. I ALWAYS HAD TO USE MY ROOMMATES COMPUTERS OR HEAD TO THE LIBRARY. WHEN I STARTED WORKING FOR THE LIBRARY I COULD SPEND LUNCH HOURS TYPING UP PAPERS. I CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DISC OR FLASHDRIVE WITH YOU TO SAVE A DOCUMENT. HAVING THEM SAVED ON THE WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU TO LATER PUT THEM ON YOUR COMPUTER OR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM ON ANY COMPUTER WITH INTERNET ACCESS. ITS A GREAT BACKUP. I WAS SURPRISED TOO THAT IT WASN'T JUST DOCUMENTS, THERE IS A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO POWER POINT AND OTHER USEFUL TOOLS. DEFINITLY WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS ONE SOONER.

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THIS WAS NOT MY FAVORITE THING. ITS TOO AWKWARD AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. PERHAPS IF I BECAME MORE FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT MIGHT GO FASTER AND MIGHT NOT SEEM AS COMPLICATED. I'LL HAVE TO EXPLORE THE SITE A LITTLE MORE, BUT SO FAR IT JUST SEEMED TOO MUCH EFFORT. ALL THE GAINING ACCESS AND THEN CLICKING ON SO MANY THINGS. I LIKE THE IDEA OF WIKI'S BUT THE EDITING SEEMED COMPLEX. MAYBE IT WAS JUST WITH THIS WEBSITE? OR MAYBE JUST FOR AN INEXPERIENCED USER? EITHER WAY IT TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE AND I NOTICED A LOT OF HOSTILITY ON THE BLOG FOR THING 16. IT MADE ME FEEL BETTER KNOWING I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE.

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I'VE BEEN USING WIKIPEDIA ENTRIES FOR A LONG TIME. I LOVE THE FORMAT OF WIKIPEDIA. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE BREAKDOWN AND LINKS INCLUDED FROM WIKIPEDIA. I WAS A BIT SURPRISED THOUGH IN WORKING ON THING 15, TO LEARN THAT WIKIPEDIA IS A WIKI AND THERE ARE OTHER SITES (WIKI'S) LIKE IT! I FELT A BIT STUPID FOR NOT REALIZING THIS. I GUESS THOUGH ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS, I HAVE BEEN USING A WIKI WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING I HAD BEEN.

I LIKED EXPLORING SOME OF THE OTHER WIKI'S. THE LIBRARY SITES WERE COOL. THE BOOK LOVER'S WIKI WAS MY FAVORITE ON THE LIST. I RECOGNIZED SOME THAT I HAD READ AND READ WHAT OTHERS HAD THOUGHT OF THE BOOKS. I ALSO TRIED TO GET AWAY QUICKLY SO I WOULD NOT PICK UP ANY MORE BOOKS TO ADD TO MY LIST OF MUST READS, I HAVE TOO MANY AS IT IS.

I CAN DEFINITLY SEE HOW WIKI'S WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE LIBRARY. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THEY HAD, LIKE MAKING SUBJECT GUIDES OR COMMUNITY WIKI'S COULD BE HELPFUL. WIKIS WOULD ALLOW US TO GET MUCH MORE INPUT FROM OUR CUSTOMERS, AND ALSO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO HELP OTHER CUSTOMERS. I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN I SEE CUSTOMERS HELPING EACHOTHER OUT AT THE SELF CHECKOUT. WIKI'S COULD BE SIMILAR IN HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS HELP OTHER CUSTOMERS.

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WOW, ALL THIS 2.0 STUFF IS PRETTY COOL. AFTER ONLY BEING HERE THREE YEARS I KNOW THE LIBRARY IS ALWAYS CHANGING. WE HAVE ALL BEEN HEARING ABOUT WEB 2.0 FOR SO LONG NOW THAT I HADN'T REALLY STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT IT MEANS. READING THROUGH SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON IT WAS INTERESTING. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE LAST ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT 3.0 AND 4.0 AND OTHERS.

BASICALLY TO ME 2.0 IS JUST A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF THE LIBRARY. ITS ALL ABOUT MEETING OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS WHICH SO OFTEN NOW ARE WEB/COMPUTER NEEDS. AREN'T MOST OF US DOING THIS LEARN AND PLAY TO BE BETTER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS? SO WE CAN ANSWER ALL THEIR QUESTIONS ON THE NEW POPULAR TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE. OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS CHANGE AS THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD CHANGES. STUDENTS USED TO NEED MANY MANY BOOKS AND NOW WHAT THEY NEED ARE JOURNAL ARTICLES OR ONLINE SOURCES. OUR TECHNOLOGY WORLD IS ALWAYS GROWING AND OUR CUSTOMERS NEED OUR HELP TO LEARN WHATS NEW OUT THERE. 2.0 JUST HELPS US CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB OF MEETING OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS.

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JUST A RANDOM FACT FOR YOU, THE FEAR OF THE NUMBER 13 IS CALLED TRISCADECAPHOBIA. I AM A BIT FEARFUL OF 13 BUT THERE REALLY IS NO VALID REASON. I DID A REPORT ON TRISCADECAPHOBIA MANY YEARS AGO AND FOUND IT INTERESTING.

ASIDE FROM THAT...

DELICIOUS IS A BIT OVERWHELMING TO ME. I THINK IT WOULD BE A COOL REFERENCE TOOL FOR OUR INFO STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE CENTRAL LOCATION WITH WEBSITES THEY HAVE FOUND HELPFUL IN ANSWERING CERTAIN QUESTIONS. IT MIGHT ALSO HELP ME OUT WITH GRAD SCHOOL FOR MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES. I CAN SEE ITS MANY MANY USES AND HOW HELPFUL A TOOL IT CAN BE. IT IS STILL OVERWHELMING ME THOUGH. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY POSSIBILITES WITH IT. I THINK THATS WHY IM FINDING IT A BIT MUCH. THERE ARE TOO MANY OPTIONS. IT SEEMS A BIT COMPLEX, THOUGH ITS REALLY TRYING TO SIMPLIFY. I SEE IT AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE TOOL AND I ALSO AGREED WITH THE COMMON CRAFT VIDEO IN THAT IT BRINGS YOUR FAVORITES WITH YOU TO ANY COMPUTER YOU USE.

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SO FAR I AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH TWITTER. I HAVE HEARD OF TWITTER BUT HAD NOT BECOME A MEMBER BECAUSE MY FRIENDS AND I ARE STILL MORE MYSPACE, FACEBOOK, LJ USERS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE KINDA COOL TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS TWITTER. ONE OF THE RESOURCES DID POINT OUT THAT SOMETIMES TO LIKE TWITTER YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT A FAIR TRY. I WILL DO THIS BUT AS OF NOW THE SEARCH TOOL IS TEMPORARILY DISABLED AND I CANT SEEM TO DO MUCH. I DID CHECK OUT THE LEARN AND PLAY TWITTER AND I CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO USE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE. I LIKE IT FOR A JOB OR PROJECT SETTING I SUPPOSE, BUT AS FAR AS UPDATING WHAT I AM DOING I DONT SEE HOW ITS DIFFERENT FROM A FACEBOOK STATUS OR A AIM AWAY MESSAGE.

ONE REALLY COOL THING I LIKED THOUGH WAS THAT IN THE SIGN UP PROCESS IT TOLD YOU RIGHT AWAY IF YOUR USER NAME WAS ABLE TO BE USED. I HATE OTHER SITES THAT WAIT UNTIL YOU COMPLETE THE WHOLE FORM AND THEN SAY YOU CANT USE THAT NAME. MY USERNAME AT TWITTER IS OSUGRAD. I DO ALSO LIKE THE LINGO, TWITTER IS A COOL WORD, AND TWEET IS CUTE TOO. I GUESS LIKE MANY OF THESE THINGS I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH IT AND SEE WHAT IT BRINGS.

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LIBRARY THING IS PRETTY COOL. I HAVE A BOOKSHELF APPLICATION ON ANOTHER SITE I USE BUT THIS IS MORE ADULT AND EASY TO USE. I HAVE ONLY ADDED 13 BOOKS SO FAR BUT I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE USING THIS SITE AS WELL.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING AT CML I WOULD TAKE TONS OF BOOKS HOME AND THEN HAVE TO BRING THEM BACK WITHOUT HAVING READ THEM. NOW I WRITE DOWN TITLES I WANT AND HAVE A RUNNING LIST. I THINK LIBRARY THING WILL BE EASIER TO USE THEN MY LIST. NOW I CAN ADD ALL THE BOOKS IN THIS AND RATE THEM WHEN I FINISH READING THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPLORE A COOL SITE I DIDNT KNOW EXISTED.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/lwolf

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THIS ACTIVITY HAS SO FAR BEEN MY FAVORITE. I COULD HAVE SPENT MY WHOLE SHIFT EXPLORING THE GENERATOR BLOG. I DEFINITLY WILL GO BACK TO THAT SITE AND HAVE MORE FUN. I ALSO ENJOYED EXPLORING FD TOYS. I WILL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT WITH SOME OF MY OWN PHOTOS AS WELL. I DON'T EVEN REALLY LIKE CANDY HEARTS, BUT MAKING ONE WAS JUST TOO CUTE TO PASS UP. HERE IS THE IMAGE I CREATED USING THE CANDY HEARTS LINK ON THE GENERATOR BLOG.

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AFTER THE LAST THING I WAS CURIOUS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING NEWS FEEDS OTHER THAN THROUGH THE BLOGLINES SEARCH TOOL. I WONDERED IF IT WAS JUST SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE ON A WEBPAGE AND THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ONE OR NOT. I LIKED THE SEARCH TOOL IN BLOGLINES BUT I HOPED THERE WERE MORE SEARCH SITES AVAILABLE. OF THE THREE WE EXPLORED, TECHNORATI APPEALED TO ME THE MOST. THE OTHER TWO WERE OKAY AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM BUT TECHNORATI WAS EASIEST FOR ME TO BROWSE. I LIKED ITS SET UP AND FOUND THAT I SPENT THE MOST TIME EXPLORING THIS SITE. I DIDN'T FIND THE ADS TO BE OVERPOWERING OR SO MANY HUGE IMAGES LIKE ON SYNDIC8. I SPENT THE LEAST TIME ON TOPIX. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY IT DIDNT APPEAL TO ME AS MUCH AS THE OTHERS BUT I FOUND THE SET UP TO BE A BIT MORE CONFUSING AND THE LAYOUT DIDN'T FLOW AS MUCH TO ME. I REALLY THING THE BLOGLINES TOOL IS SOMETHING I WILL CONTINUE TO USE OUTSIDE OF LEARN AND PLAY AND THEIR SEARCH TOOL AND THE TECHNORATI WEBSITE WILL HELP ME FIND NEW FEEDS TO SUBSCRIBE TO.

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THIS ONE WAS THE HARDEST ONE FOR ME SO FAR. I'VE SEEN THIS RSS THING BEFORE ON OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE AND AT SOME POINT SOMEONE SORT OF EXPLAINED IT TO ME BUT I STILL DIDN'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT I WILL CHECK IN ON THOUGH AND EXPLORE SOME MORE ON MY OWN.

I SIGNED UP FOR SEVERAL DISPATCH FEEDS, ONE FROM THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, AND ONE FROM THE LANTERN AMONG OTHERS. HONESTLY I THINK THIS IS COOL BUT I REALLY THINK MY DAD WILL FIND IT USEFUL. HE LOVES BROWSING NEWSPAPERS FROM ALL OVER ON THE INTERNET. I'M ALWAYS GETTING E MAILED ARTICLES HE WANTS ME TO READ OR THAT MAKE HIM THINK OF ME. IF I CAN TEACH HIM HOW TO DO THIS I COULD SEE IT REALLY MAKING THINGS EASIER.

I'M GOING TO KEEP EXPLORING THIS ONE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE TOUGHEST SO FAR, I THINK ITS THE MOST INTERESTING.