Whew! What an adventure :O

Hey hey! Play to Learn is over :( But goodness, all the stuff I learned!

First off, Bloglines has become my favorite discovery of this whole program. I used to spend so much time catching up on things and getting frustrated when I missed an important post. Now, not only can I organize everything into categories, I can add things like library blogs and art blogs easily and keep track of them. It's something that is going to help me learn a lot of new things for a very long time to come.

It really surprised me that, once you sit down and think on it, so much online content and applications can be used in the library system. Going into this program I would have never thought of using something like Myspace or Flickr as a tool for patrons. Sitting down and brainstorming, though, I realised all the possibilities to expand resources to our patrons, and pretty much for free!

I know in the future I'll be reading back over my posts and the PTL to remember all the nifty and fun things I learned. I always considered myself pretty adept at the Internet and such, but thanks to this program I found all sorts of new places and technologies. :)

Now we just have to see about implementing some of these ideas. I'm just a page, so I'm not usually privvy to any planning of events or library ideas, but now I know if they need help with putting into action any of these things, I can step up and volunteer help, plus I'll be informed enough to help patrons who might have questions! You never know when another employee or patron might need help, which is why I feel so good about being informed and learning everything that went on in this program!

I would definitely participate in any future PTL or similar programs! Knowledge and learning helps everyone in every role grow, which makes the team better than ever!