Module ? Lovin' Wiki

There is a question mark in the title because I honestly do not remember which module we are on in class. Even though, I have looked at the directions page for this module at least a dozen times. My only excuse for this memory loss: After this week of wiki madness, I have brain fatigue.

I truly love these wikis. After viewing every group’s wiki I can say with certainty, that I now understand the reason a lot of libraries don't have one. These things are work! ... Full time jobs! ... Toddlers! They take as much time to care for as toddlers! Even in a group of six people this wiki seemed like a lot of work. From what I have seen on the web, most libraries can barely keep their Facebook pages current. How would they keep a wiki up-to-date?

Now that all the rant is out of my system, I can list the good things about wikis. The sky is the limit. I wanted to add something extra to my page. I thought I would finally go buy Photoshop and do a cool "Welcome to my page" icon, but I got lazy ... and cheap (Price of Photoshop). I could have downloaded some free application (Check out Gimp, I like what I see). I finally decided to add a sound file to my page. PB works makes it easy, since they allow plug ins within their page editing. If you don't know what page I'm taking about click here. I had a friend listen to the file and she said it was funny T_T. *sigh* Oh well, I tried.

After viewing the comments about group alpha's wiki, I decided to add a Tweens page at the last minute. A few people commented that it was odd we didn't have one since every other age group was covered in the wiki. So, now we're complete! I almost wish we uploaded our sites earlier so we could give each other feedback. But as usual, (for me anywayz) it all comes together at the eleventh hour.

Diigo is Delicious... and vice versa

I love them both! My delicious account and I have been through ups and downs. I had it and them I forgot about and then I remebered it and then I lost it. And I recently created a new one at the beginning of this year. My diigo account was very easy to learn. I thought the directions were clear and I followed them without problems. I found that having both open at the same time really slowed down my internet. (Not sure what happenend there)

I think libraries could use these to connect patrons to information. I also think this is a great way to see what your patrons are interested in (keeping privacy laws in mind of course). I have see bookmarking sites used for classes. I attended a webinar that showed looks of resources for educators. At the end of the webinar the instructor gave us the delicious link for all the sites. It was nice to have an online copy that would be maintained by someone else.

One major drawback to bookmarking: The information is only as good as its internet life. If someone's page goes down or gets hacked you've lost all that information. If you had a hard copy or created a personal file you would be able to control how long the information is available. But that's the Internet.

Module 5 QR Code

Here it is! The QR code to my google site. I do not have a smartphone so I cannot test it. Please let me know if it is not working. I use a different site at work to make QR codes so I am excited to find a new site.

P.S. - Did anybody end up having to export there QR code so that it would save as a jpg. only to realize that your blog would have opened a png. file? I was so upset I took 3 extra seconds to do all that. (LOL) I don't know. Maybe if it was a png. file some of you guys might not be able to view it?