Thing 2 Posting...Learning Habits

Today is the last day of the year and I wanted to complete this phase of the project. I mentioned the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Learners briefly in my last post, but I overlooked the fact that it was supposed to have its own posting.

I am currently attending TCC, and need to develop as many successful habits as possible.
The strongest habit that has gotten me thus far is organization. Write down a schedule and stick to it. I like to use Outlooks' Task feature to notate project deadlines, and how far I have progressed. It helps keep me on track. I managed a 4.0 this semester and made President's Honor Roll. Not bad for a grandmother!

The second most helpful habit is to reward yourself with the time to learn. That's right reward yourself. Most of us are too busy to take time for ourselves. We give to our families and others that need us. But we seldom think we deserve to be pampered. Go back to school or pick up a hobby.

Thirdly, when I take on a new project I start from the most elementary information and work my way up. Working recently on a project about bees, I borrowed a book from the childrens' section first. I eventually found my way to the more advanced books, but at least I had a layer of understanding.

My hardest obstacle is procrastination. Usually I think I do not have enough time, but actually, I have the same amount of time as everyone else, it's what I chose to do with it.

My tool box runneth over and consists of my faith in God and His Love for me, my warm, loving and ever expanding family and friends, my special treasure who knows when to be tender and when to give me the jab to get moving, a general love of life and learning new things, a good computer, internet access, and music. I need a microphone, and a camera to do the podcasting!

If I need help, I can ask Pat, Felix or Tricia and almost anyone in Info. They are a great team to work with.

signing off...
Jeanne

Bumbling and Mumbling Learning 2.who?

Thing 1 and Thing 2 had it a lot easier cleaning up the mess they made, than I did trying to complete this Learning 2.0 First, in the hope of joining the ranks of highly successful learners, I signed a contract to give myself the time to learn something new and exciting.

I read about and pondered the effect of the next generation of the web on libraries.
A Climate of Collaboration struck me as pertinent. Libraries have always been collaborative with its users. But as Dr. Schultz points out, we must think beyond being inventory managers. We are a full service, hands on community. We are compelling in our Reading programs, and events that bring the young and old into our environment. From Tax preparation, to Genealogy, to Teen movies, Storytime and Friday evening concerts. People from all walks of life come and enjoy our services. In the computer lab we teach people how to set up email accounts, surf the web and become collaboraters like me--blogging away!

I viewed two blogs on UTube. One was highly technical and I am certain the speaker knew exactly what he was saying. I did not. However, the second one, titled, Web 2.0 in Five Minutes, by Michael Wesch, deserves an award of some kind. It was phenomenal and I got it! I enjoyed it so much I watched it a couple of times.The article Away from Icebergs, makes economic and survival sense. Fortunately under the wise leadership of our library, we have been moving in the right direction for some time. With theannouncement of Gov. Kaine's funding for the joint library between VB and TCC, we are definitely heading for Web 3.0!

signing off...
Jeanne