Method 5

I am familiar with posting photos and images on the web and participating in photo sharing. I can imagine that this capability will have its use in the library, especially when librarians want to share their floor plan, displays, etc., with other librarians. I can also imagine students sharing their photos online, which I am sure they are doing at home. At this point, we have safety filters on our network that limit what the students can do. I have uploaded a photo from Flickr as part of the requirement for completing this step. After following directions and being told by Flickr that my photo has successfully uploaded, I am still not confident that the photo is there. I guess I will see after I publish the post????? If not, back to the drawing board.

Method 4

http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fearthfriendlygardening.wordpress.com%2Ffeed%2F#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%


www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fnybooks#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%


www.squidoo.com/booktrailersds.feedburner.com%2Fnybooks

It's nice to know now what RSS feeds are because I wasn't really sure, although I assumed that it had something to do with accessing pre-selected topics. It's an interesting feature, but I do not think I would take advantage. I am beginning to feel that there is so much information out there and so many different ways in which to access that information, it all becomes overwhelming.

Method 3

Cloud based computing is a fascinating concept and one in which I was not familiar until I completed the recently assigned readings. The tools and concepts of cloud based computing seem to be the wave of the future, the beauty being that everything from documents to spreadsheets to photos can be stored "in the clouds," thus reducing the amount of storage needed on a personal computer. I can see the benefits of using cloud computing in the library, such as storing book trailers on my blog rather on my hard drive. Students could benefit greatly from utilizing cloud computing, such as accessing their documents, research, etc., from any location. I am a bit cautious about introducing cloud computing to students until I discuss specifics with our tech department, as they are very cautious about opening up social networking to the student population.