I added a link to Perspectives newsletter on my blog today. I joined the Perspective's editorial board last summer and two articles have been published to-date ~ see September 2006 and Winter 2007.Perspectives is a newsletter for and by employees of McMaster University. The editorial board consists of:Madeline BarrMarlene Monster (retired)
Tamara Monster
We are always looking for volunteers (McMaster employees ~ but I guess that is obvious) who would like to join us on our editorial board. Please get in touch with me, or click here if you'd like to make a submission for an upcoming newsletter! The new issue will be 'on newstands everywhere' very soon...Tam
Stella Mae
Tiny and Teeny
The title of this post comes from a website I found online today. Very amusing cat photos. A few are even a bit scary...
Tam
It's been a wild ride but I am happy to report that I have completely finished all the Learning 2.0 activities. Yay!Nevertheless, the learning doesn't stop just because the program has wrapped up. Social networking in libraries and new technologies for communication, teaching and learning are constantly being created and recreated, and will continue to play an integral part in libraries in the future. I plan to stay active on my blog because I truly love to write (and edit). On days when I might not have anything to say or post, I will likely keep posting/archiving interesting videos from YouTube and cute cat pictures from Flickr and Google. And I'm certain there will be opportunities to participate in collaborative projects with staff and students (of McMaster University Library).
In some respects, many of the Learning 2.0 activities seemed to fall more into the category of playful fun, rather than work/education, but I suppose this doesn't make them any less important. I was really glad to be given the chance to practice finding my way around all these electronic tools and inventions. I am looking forward to trying to download audio e-books to my new MP3 player (I am hoping this is possible!), as well as finding my favourite tunes on the web and being able to take my music with me on-the-go.
If ETG offered another discovery program along the lines of Learning 2.0@mac, I would definitely be interested in participating again. In some cases, I was able to help friends and family work with web 2.0 stuff, and it was very satisfying to be able to instruct others. Thanks to Amanda Etches-Johnson and the rest of the ETG team at Mac for leading us down the social networking path!
Tam
