Mobile Technology

The extent of my mobile technology experience consists of asking my daughter to log onto the the library homepage and see if we have a particular title in our system so I can place a request on it. I am so tempted to get myself one of Verizon's phones that I can use for more than a phone, but every time I ponder such a purchase my daughter reminds me that so far Jitterbug has not make such a mobile device for the visually impared. As I age (gracefully or not) my eyesight has gone south, making it impossible for me to see the display on a regular cell phone. Thank God for special ringtones- or I would never answer my phone. So unfortunately, until these devices come with a magnifying screen, I will have to continue to be a dinosuar. ROAR...

Facebook and Linkedin

I have a Facebook account and will visit there several times a week, mostly to keep current with my family on Prince Edward Island and in Boston. I really enjoy looking at their photo albums. I think for the most part I must be an old fart, because I don't get the logging on and telling people what I am doing or how I am feeling; but to each his own.
I have never used Linkedin, but will give it a try. Who knows, it might be worthwile in the long run.
Later...

2.5 and away we go...

O.K. so here's the thing. I, like Tom, am not a SL citizen and can not imagine myself spending any time "exploring" at home. However, as a grandmother of a 9 year old who plays in virtual worlds, I can understand the value in libraries having a presence "in world." I can imagine a time when I will be using this technology as a function of my profession, but in no way will I patricipate in therse activities once I home. I do not consider myself a gamer and prefer more tactile activities such as spinning and knitting. But, I can appreciate how some people are naturally drawn to this type of world.

Where's my mouse?

O.K. This type of thinking is right up my alley. Here are my thoughts: My mother (78) can not sit in any room of our house without the television on. My granddaughter is being homeschooled, so the television is not turned on in the living room at all during the day and only on certain nights (The Office, ER, Ghost Hunters and Most Haunted). Therefore, my mother is "forced" to perch on the corner of her bed watching a small screen most of the day. It would never occur to her, or others of her generation for that matter, to engage in another form of activity. I can remember a time (when I was in high school ,a century ago) that only hippie households were without television and we would make fun of them. I am thankful that we can now pull away from the idiot box for some part of the day and engage in more stimulating activities. I enjoy the challenge of devising educational and exciting uses for the cognitive surplus we now find at our homestead. So, here's to turning off the television and turning on!

Help!!

I have somehow lost the Easter Eggs and don't know where to find them. I tried to leave them alone, but they did not come home. Help me, I falling and I can't get up.

Sir Ken Robinson

If you have an extra 20 minutes, you must watch the YouTube video (on the left) of his address at the TED conference February 2006. I was completely blown away. Homeschooling rocks!

Changes

After reading the DaVinci article, I can see we have on fingers on the pulse of the future. With the exception of the "creative spaces" (which I am hoping we are looking into-as these ideas rock) we seem to be getting it correct. Surverys, focus groups, new technology, and Orlando Memory. Go Us!!