Thing 23: Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?

I liked flickr and the image generators. Those were a lot of fun.

How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?

I had lifelong learning goals before the program, so it really just fit in with my own ideals.

Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?

Not really.

What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?

I would say to post the "things" all at once, so we can do them as we please, and not have to wait to do the next thing. I actually completely forgot about the program because I had to keep waiting.

If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?

Sure. It was interesting in it's own way, if a bit behind the times.

Thing 22: Audiobooks (or "The end is near")

I think that the downloadable audio books are a great idea, but copy protection stuff makes it a real pain in the ---. I don't know why people can't just get along. Don't steal stuff it makes it all a big pain for all of us honest people. I've used the netLibrary before, and in general it's pretty good. It would be nice to not have to jump through hoops to listen to something...

Thing 21: Podcasts, Smodcasts!

I really don't like bloglines. I find it cumbersome and pointless. I've been getting podcasts a long time without it, and I've been just fine. Once again, I can find these things if I want to, I don't need someone to manage it (rather poorly) for me.

Thing 20: You too can YouTube

There are a ton of things that we could do with YouTube. Any time there's any kind of media that relates to any of our programs we can use the embedding to show kids stuff on the website. YouTube is a tremendous resource, but you have to be careful, because sometimes people don't own the things they post and we don't want to be showing illegal content. Other than that, it's fine. I chose this video because it makes me laugh. But if you're easily offended or have a poor sense of humor about the absurd, don't watch it.

Thing 19: Discovering Web 2.0 tools

I chose Linked In, a social networking tool. I thought that it was an interesting idea, and since I'm a technology guy I figured I'd see people like me on there. Since nerds of a feather flock to similar websites.... or something that's actually clever....

The pages are a little cluttered, but I think it's because they're trying to avoid having lots of frames and menus to go through. I just think they'd be better served by putting a few in there.

Social networking is good for everybody, so yeah, I suppose it could be useful here too.

Thing 18: Web-based Apps: There not just for desktops

The online versions of these kinds of applications are becoming more and more powerful, and professional looking. It used to be that the documents and interfaces looked like crap, but not anymore. I was also impressed that there are ways to synch documents on your pc with your online account. Pretty cool.

Thing 17: Playing around with PBWiki

Riveting. Absolutely riveting. It works just like other wiki's. computers can do that...