Conclusion

23Things has been a really refreshing way of learning and a part of work that is something to look forward to. I would encourage anyone else to do it too (and have nearly got everyone at our library finished).

It was amazing - last weekend we were looking at real estate windows and on each property poster was a QR code...so due to 23Things I knew what they were & could explain it & saw a really useful application!!

I would love to do more of this type of learning with other things such as endnote...I like self paced and online style but I realise this isn't everyone's favourite way of learning.

thanks Kate for all your hard work! please keep it up...

Mashups

Now this is the second time I've heard of a Mashup. The first time was on Glee where they combine 2 songs together!

It's fun to play around with images & photos, and Kate I love the VALA clip with the little girl - she looks like a little you maybe!!! Maybe we could do something like this for Oweek???

I liked spell with flickr & put my name in, but I loved Colour flickr - would be good to combine that with Glogster! Would that be a triple mashup?

Glogster

I tried Glogster to do a poster rather than a story which was fun. I've got a video to add to it later. I used to have software to do this but now it's all online & you can see all the other cool stuff everyone else is creating. It's such a sharing environment now. For libraries, I think it could be fun to do some posters that are bright & inviting with a fresh new image & add videos of our own libraries to promote to prospective students.

Mobiles & QR codes

I tried Curtin's library catalogue on my iphone & it's very easy to use. Even the covers of books came through with the call number on the first screen. How much time could this save students on public transport on the way to Uni?? I don't know any students without a mobile but not everyone has an iphone...they are getting cheaper though and mobiles are so important now socially that getting the latest is a priority! QR codes could be useful, how about a competition for O Week? Could we be ready in time? We are always looking for something cool & new in orientation. Testing a Librarian is a natural progression from our current email format. I would volunteer to trial it! I remember thinking 10 years ago that I didn't need a mobile phone. Everyone laughs at me now if I admit to that...

Podcasts

Audio Podcasts are great for busy people! It's good to be able to listen to stuff while stuck in traffic or on a plane. Lots of people prefer to learn by listening rather than reading, & how good is it for people with vision impairments? Libraries can use Podcasts for instructions & information too, it just takes more staff time of course, which we never have enough of! I like your 12 seconds Kate, doesn't it go fast?

twitter & tweetdeck

Yeah sure there is a lot of not really necessary stuff on twitter, but all I remember is in the middle of a 2 day conference, Kate Bunker was the first one there to hear that Tony Abbott had won the leadership - which was a big shock at the time!
If anyone is confused by twitter try www.tweetdeck.com
it helps to manage & organise all your tweets & followers, & can link to facebook & myspace.