FINISH LINE

The end is here, only for web2.0. I will always remember that learning is a life long process.
The web2.0 is a great experience to explore. The instructions were a little confusing.When I started the program I didn't know what to expect and felt like I was aimless and eventually it all cleared.I loved the workshop with the mashups and I never knew so many tools existed.
Definitely time is a big constraint.Expecting to finish up the exercises in just an hour every week is impossible.So next time another workshop of this kind is launched please make sure the management and staff is aware of the time commitment so it can be easier.I had a very had time to accomodate the workshop in the bits and pieces of time that i could saveup to do it.I guess this is one of the reasons many are not coming forward to accept such challenges.

Finally I still believe that "Begining with the end in mind" is the best strategy for achieving the goal as you are feeling yourself closer to attaining the goal from the very first step.
I will definetly take course like this if offered in future.

OverDrive

I know the downloadable media service the library provides. I also helped few customers with it. I haven't done it yet. I checked that we have quite a collection of all the titles including the childrens materials.I wonder why the checkout peiod for these is only 14 days while the print material can be checkedout for 21 days. I was also under the notion that all of the media can be downloaded on to a cd, but guess not.

I will probably listen to the "Chronicles of Narnia" the entire series on my MP3 player that is one step away.

P.O.D casting

Wondered many a times what a pod cast was.Now realized it as Personal On Demand casting.I went to itunes and browsed their site. I don't think podcasts are so reliable for information on health, kids etc etc. Who even knows who if the person is giving reliable material.Well for gossip and entertainment they are mighty useful.Coming to news podcasts, with radio in the car and the news channels repeating the news through out the day I don't think news podcasts are useful.
The idea of having tv series and other shows downloaded to be watched at our convinience, the cable provides the option of recording the programme and playing it at ones leisure so why pay for the downloads.
I found this podcast called "listening to the library lady". It caught my attention because this kind of podcast is like creating an audio version of the book as the librarian reads the book for the customers to listen to.Initially i felt it appealing as we can create audio for books not available on cd. The main constraint is the time to do so and hence I decided this as impossible.

As of what I feel untill this point I am not convinced of the uses of podcasting.I will keep probing this feature until I learn more about this feature and change my opinion, maybe.