I have been a part of social networking for a while and have a Facebook page. It just another way of staying in touch with family and friends, and it's been fun. I don't care to Twitter...too much unneeded conversation. But, saying that, I understand that people like up-to-the moment contact and updates, and Twitter is a way to do just that.
I did visit the Library's Facebook page and found that it is a good way to remind and update our patrons about current library programs. A very useful tool! It's also a way to elicit patron involvement and responses about our materials and programs. It also shows patron involvement by showing online pictures of the programs and the people that attend them. I thought it would be a useful way to highlight new programs and new books and think that patrons may enjoy being able to rate books on the site! By visiting the Library's Twitter account, I discovered another way to instantly share information about our library's programs and other community events. It's a convenient way to get patron's feedback to our programs and might be useful if enough patrons use it. I'm curious about how many people are using our library's Twitter site.
I was very interested in reading the articles about online safety. I do have concerns about too much personal information being available and realize that the only way to be safe is to keep learning about how to protect my privacy. There was interesting, current information about internet safety on the website www.connectsafely.org. I think it is important to stay current!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Owen at 3 months
Our little Grandson, Owen, wearing his Bengals outfit! GO Owen!
I thought that I would share this picture of my new grandson Owen on this blog as he is such an important example of how quickly life changes! Not only each day for Owen, but also the learning that is taking place for his Mom and Dad as brand new parents and for my husband and I as brand-new Grandparents! Something neither one of us has ever experienced, but are looking forward to so much! He is a joy and we are very blessed to have a healthy and happy little grandson to love! Flickr is pretty easy to use; it was a little confusing to get the picture of Owen on this Blog, but I eventually figured out how to add it. I will have to try again to become more familiar with the site.
Besides learning how to share a picture on this blog, I've had fun checking out
videos. It was great to discover the internal video link right on our email site...something I hadn't checked out before! I watch the video of the library's15th Anniversary once again - what fun!! I had missed seeing a lot of people that I've known over the years in the first video.I'm providing the link to this fun video!
http://video.google.com/a/vapld.info/#/Play/contentId=8f2aab14963b2ae5
I also enjoyed searching You tube videos...just not enough time in the day. I watched several videos - from Jim Gill, a musician who sings music for preschoolers, to how to make bread, to learning how to make an origami frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luG7_nzBHjI&feature=channel . Maybe we'll be able to use this as a craft idea in the YS department someday! It was easy to add this link...much easier than I thought! All in all a fun experience this week!
I thought that I would share this picture of my new grandson Owen on this blog as he is such an important example of how quickly life changes! Not only each day for Owen, but also the learning that is taking place for his Mom and Dad as brand new parents and for my husband and I as brand-new Grandparents! Something neither one of us has ever experienced, but are looking forward to so much! He is a joy and we are very blessed to have a healthy and happy little grandson to love! Flickr is pretty easy to use; it was a little confusing to get the picture of Owen on this Blog, but I eventually figured out how to add it. I will have to try again to become more familiar with the site.
Besides learning how to share a picture on this blog, I've had fun checking out
videos. It was great to discover the internal video link right on our email site...something I hadn't checked out before! I watch the video of the library's15th Anniversary once again - what fun!! I had missed seeing a lot of people that I've known over the years in the first video.I'm providing the link to this fun video!
http://video.google.com/a/vapld.info/#/Play/contentId=8f2aab14963b2ae5
I also enjoyed searching You tube videos...just not enough time in the day. I watched several videos - from Jim Gill, a musician who sings music for preschoolers, to how to make bread, to learning how to make an origami frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luG7_nzBHjI&feature=channel . Maybe we'll be able to use this as a craft idea in the YS department someday! It was easy to add this link...much easier than I thought! All in all a fun experience this week!
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