Crafts & Hobbies #63 Digital Scrapbooking, p.s.

Note to Myra: I guess the link will have to be cut and pasted.

Crafts & Hobbies #63 Digital Scrapbooking

I really enjoyed this activity. This is something I would like to learn to do. No real problems encountered...just had to take my time and figure it out. Scrapblog is pretty easy to use and the fact that it is free makes it a great find!

Here is hopefully a link that will work for the scrapbook page I created:

http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbid=1955579

Crafts & Hobbies #64: Zines

1) Do I want to put together a Zine? - It was interesting to read about Zines. At this point, I do not have the desire to put one together, but, if I did, it would probably be on Carmelite spirituality. Since I am completely unqualified to start such a Zine, I will leave that to those who are knowledgeable on the topic.

2) What do I think about Zines in the library? - If a library has room and wants them, I don't see why it would be a problem to have Zines.

Potluck #56: To Tweet or Not to Tweet...Twitter

1) I was glad to have a chance to see what Twitter is about. I signed up for Twitter and named myself as a follower of two threads. I can't, at this time, see myself using Twitter but I thought the same thing about Facebook and now I enjoy using it.

I enjoyed reading some of the entries by the celebrities.

I'd like to tweet about the Catholic faith.

2) I looked for Carmelite spirituality and found a little bit and quite a lot on the Catholic faith in general.

3) Twitter seems interesting and has a lot of potential. It feels a bit overwhelming. About 5 or 6 times when I tried to log in, it said "Too Many Tweets...Try Again Later". But I was able to log in a little later.

I guess overall my impression was favorable and I am sure I will check back in with it and learn more how it works and what is available.

Pot Luck #55: Getting the Most Out of Facebook

Well, this was a fun exercise. I was already on Facebook, but I still don't know how to work it well. I learned new things doing this exercise and spent time adding Visual Bookshelf to my profile on Facebook. It probably took longer than it should have! I think there is a way to fill out a 'registration of completion' for this exercise, so I will try to do that.

Potluck #49 Love of Languages

1. LiveMocha- I have used LiveMocha, but did not investigate it thoroughly. For this exercise, I made some flashcards, which I had not done. I also submitted four sentences for Extra Practice that described in Spanish my last vacation (these were VERY basic sentences!).

I can see that there is more to use on LiveMocha and I was glad for the chance to explore more.

2. Mango Languages- I also have used Mango Languages. I had not used the translator, so I typed in the same four sentences that I had submitted to LiveMocha (also using the translator there) and the translation in Mango Languages was only slightly different.

I do not like Mango as well as LiveMocha. I agree with the comment on iHCPL that it goes too slowly. Also, it annoyed me when they plugged their own product in about the fourth lesson. One good aspect is that it gives a lot of speaking/hearing practice.

3. I did not know about the Wikipedia textbooks to learn a language. That is a good resource to know about.

4. I could use all of the above resources in assisting patrons who are wanting to learn a language.