Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The End ... ?
Godo says it’s over.
We’ve exhausted all the 23 things.
What started with a grainy video of a man staring awkwardly into a camera has reached its end.
I think we were supposed to learn about the libraries of old and see what we could bring to libraries of today. We were also supposed to do this while doing our regular jobs (killing zombies, answering questions, taking rad pills, fighting the paper scorpions in the fiction section, etc).
Godo asked me to answer the following questions. So I’m going to get k'afe and think about my answers.
Okay, I’m back.
What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
YouTube was the crispiest, even though the Electronic Brain complains about how much it slows him down.
How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
I’m working on a wasteland survival wiki as part of our staff development plan.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
Occasionally my blog would have comments left on it.
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
This was a great example of 2.0 tools available in 2006. I’d like to see what happened in the years after that. Also, I think this should be focused on tools the library intends to use. Maybe a few of us that really latched on to this could form a committee to implement/incorporate some of these.
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?
Yes.
We’ve exhausted all the 23 things.
What started with a grainy video of a man staring awkwardly into a camera has reached its end.
I think we were supposed to learn about the libraries of old and see what we could bring to libraries of today. We were also supposed to do this while doing our regular jobs (killing zombies, answering questions, taking rad pills, fighting the paper scorpions in the fiction section, etc).
Godo asked me to answer the following questions. So I’m going to get k'afe and think about my answers.
Okay, I’m back.
What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
YouTube was the crispiest, even though the Electronic Brain complains about how much it slows him down.
How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
I’m working on a wasteland survival wiki as part of our staff development plan.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
Occasionally my blog would have comments left on it.
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
This was a great example of 2.0 tools available in 2006. I’d like to see what happened in the years after that. Also, I think this should be focused on tools the library intends to use. Maybe a few of us that really latched on to this could form a committee to implement/incorporate some of these.
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?
Yes.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Really?
Of course it helps to know what an iPod is. 
An iPod
People would hold these up to their ears and a tiny hand would move along a raised etching causing a noise similar to music. Later versions even replicated human speech.
Podcasting
When people wanted to listen to something new they would podcast these into garbage mounds and purchase new ones. Sometimes they would podcast to hear news reports or interesting facts about cheese.
Staff Orientation
Up until a few years ago, staff development involved taking a staff and hitting librarians with it until they performed better (better performance usually involved fetching alkohaul for the senior staff-wielding librarians). After The Incident, Godo decided to try something new.
This week brings us thing 20: youtube. Thing 20 seems at war with last week's thing 18: online productivity and at some point I remember reading a scroll warning against watching videos on the Electronic Brain, but -- oh, where was I?
Yes, Deana and I have been working on a staff orientation video for new librarians and mutant shelvers. This seems like a good use of technology we aren't supposed to use. Wait, I'm getting something wrong...
This week brings us thing 20: youtube. Thing 20 seems at war with last week's thing 18: online productivity and at some point I remember reading a scroll warning against watching videos on the Electronic Brain, but -- oh, where was I?
Yes, Deana and I have been working on a staff orientation video for new librarians and mutant shelvers. This seems like a good use of technology we aren't supposed to use. Wait, I'm getting something wrong...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
HairMixer
There's so much I wonder about the before time. Did robot librarians ever take off? Was there a need to mix and match hairstyles using the Electronic Brain? How did that ChaCha thing turn out? Who are the stone giants imprisoned in South Dakota? What is a McRib?
Okay, I've put off dealing with the paper scorpions long enough.
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