It's Over!

(Week 9, Thing 23)

I have now reached the end of 23 Things. I have enjoyed most of the program, and none of it seemed like a waste of time. It was well designed, easy to follow, and I will find it useful in my career.

The Flickr and image editing parts of the program were recently directly relevant to my work. I noticed that many of our teens and tweens have cell phone camera pictures of themselves on their social networking pages. My library has a digital camera that can take higher-quality pictures, so I allowed some of them to borrow it to improve their pages. I was able to show them the Flickr Toys page to modify the images and make them more interesting. This helped me form a better connection with these younger patrons, and I belive that this simple activity will improve my working environment.

I already knew about certain sites and applications explained in the program, but I am still glad that they were a part of this. For example, I already knew about Overdrive and podcasts, but these are resources that all librarians should be able to use. I am glad that this program will let everyone learn about these resources on library time.

I would definitely participate in another, similar learning program if one is offered in the future.