At long last I've managed to finish the Web 2.0 Basic Training Course and what a relief! I have to be totally honest here and say that I found it all a bit of information overload, very time-consuming and a real chore! This may be due to the fact that I did the entire course from home in my own time (only working part-time, most of which is on desk, and not having my own designated computer, I felt it would just be easier). Also, I have to admit to spending way more than 1 hour on each lesson, just trying to absorb the material. Some parts of it I really struggled with, others I sailed through. I really am a technophobe - I must be one of the few people who doesn't even use a mobile 'phone! A couple of months down the line, will I remember what I've learned? I'm not so sure.
On a more positive note, I did appreciate the opportunity to learn a bit more about what fantastic technology is out there. Working in a public library, I guess we really need to embrace all things that make accessing information easier, if not for ourselves, then definitely for the public. I'm definitely more knowledgeable about the terminology at least. Much of the course I wouldn't personally use. Facebooking and Twitter are not for me, much rather spend my time constructively, but I did like LibraryThing and hope to continue using this.
What will now become of my Blog?. Well, I guess like Miss Haversham's wedding feast in Dickens' "Great Expectations", it will sit somewhere in cyberspace gathering dust and cobwebs!
Hey well done weescotslady - congratulations on finishing the course. Let's see how much we can now incorporate into our library life........
ReplyDeleteYes, well done weescotslady on finishing the course.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations weescotslady - you have indeed finished the course! I've just checked all your tweets, too :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems the course creators underestimated the time it would take to complete each week of the course. That and the lack of time at work to complete the course seem to be the biggest hurdles. It's a sign of your commitment to your job that you completed the training at home :)
It's good to hear you enjoyed learning about the new technologies - even if you won't use all of them again. And I think that's an important distinction. We need people who enjoy and understand different things in the libraries. Life would be boring if we were all the same
Congratulations! Even if you don't appreciate Fb, Twitter or any of the other online tools, at least you know what it's all about!
ReplyDeleteHave finally finished the course and am now posting my final comments!
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