Lesson #23 -- Worth the Effort

I have to admit that even though we sold this program as a way to "play" and "have fun" it felt more like work for me, I think because I was always unders such tight time constraints I couldn't just relax and goof around w/ it.

That being said, for me this class was a great learning experience. I have already been using delicious and I can see the potential for rss feed readers (tho I can't seem to figure out time in a day for reading blogs & such).

I thought Zoho was going to be a bust for me, but I discovered this great desktop sharing program that could be terrific for online training.

What else? I really want to go back to that post-your-library one because I want to read some of the books that were posted by people w/ similar libraries as mine.

There were plenty of potential library applications. It was such a whirlwind (even in 15 weeks), I need to go back and tag all my favorites in delicious so they're easy to go back to later.

Thanks, Lynn, Karen, and Diane, for all your hard work!

Now I want my MP-3 player!

Lesson #22 -- OverDrive

I already had an account so I didn't have to do that, but I did download the software on my work computer. Browsed the selection of nonfiction history books available. Nothing jumped out at me.

I do have a cautionary tale -- If you buy an MP-3 player for use w/ OverDrive, be VERY careful. The first one I bot (for my nephew) wouldn't work w/ Windows Media w/ drm (digital rights management).

Lesson #21 -- Podcasts

I saved some podcasts on Odeo. I can see these as being valuable if I could save these into an MP-3 player and then plug them into my car radio for the drive home. It would be like a Tivo for your car radio.

Lesson #20? -- YouTube Football Hi-jump vid -- COol

ZOHO -- The future of remote training?

Hey! I started playing w/ Zoho's e-meeting software. It's got a NICE desktop sharing interface. Could potentially vastly improve our online training capability. Can't wait to experiment more.