Summary-Thing 23

Wow, I'm done! Whap, whap, whap! (that's me patting myself on the back!). I set as my goal to finish this program by Jan 31 so I could get in on the laptop drawing. I'm glad I finished it because of that, but now at the end I realize that I'm glad the program encouraged me to learn more about accessing information from the internet. I feel better prepared to do my job helping youth find information. I feel like I speak their language better. I've been able to connect with my college age sons by sending them links to different site I've discovered in this program. And after they've checked them out, we've had some very interesting email and cell phone conversations. I think they're surprised and pleased at what I've learned and that makes me glad I accepted the challenge of Learning 2.0 @ KDL. And you should see the cool desktop we have on our home computer now-it's my "Warholized" photo from Thing 6!

I never would have been able to do this program during my part time work hours. We are a medium sized branch with 7 staff members who crossover and do all kinds of jobs not strictly in the job title. There would have been too many disruptions. Also, only our manager's computer is equipped with a sound card for podcasts; the youth desk computer would not have allowed me to complete thing 22. Luckily, we have high speed internet and a soundcard in our home computer so I was able to complete all 23 things. But what about staff members who do not have internet access or only dial-up access? Completing this program would have been much more difficult for them.

Would I participate in another online program like Learning 2.0? I guess I would have to check it out before I committed to it. But now that I know this old dog can learn new tricks, it certainly wouldn't be so intimidating!