I DID IT!!!!

I can hardly believe I have completed this task. I have been exposed to a lot and the amazing thing is that in the time since this has been created new sites such as "Twitter" have become the rage. That is the wonderful and the frustrating thing about IT. It takes a time to learn the different things which are available and soon they are passe or obsolete. I need to get a digital camera to use some of the sites and be able to post pictures and so on but I loved going on sites and finding my nieces or other family members had joined and now are keeping in touch with me through various ways. All of that is very wonderful. I also think it will be able to help folks find some sites although most of what we offered are used by folks who are pretty savy already. I makes me feel more up to date in my skills and I appreciate that very much.

gaming

It was interesting to check out the free Yahoo games. I have watched coworkers play these games and did not know exactly where they came from. I also enjoyed looking for the children's games. I don't know if I would use these myself but I appreciate having learned where they are to help our patrons.

Maps

I spent a fair amount of time on Google Earth. It is amazing and you could get lost in this sight.

Overdrive Downloads

I have downloaded a book from the overdrive collection. This is a great deal.

Avatars and second life

I created an avatar in both of the recommended web sites. I found the Gai Tech one hard to use. It was fun! I had taken a class on Second Life and found it interesting but weird. I am busy enough figuring out my REAL life and real job and do not need to create an alter ego in an online universe.

Online Applications...

I explored and tried several of the online free applications. Google documents had a cute birthday reminder list as well as alot of Christmas letter backgrounds and organization charts for shopping lists and so on. Also found the Zoho writer interesting but did not find as much that I understood there. Seemed there were alot of things for more techy people than I. I learned alot in my research though.

Search Engines

I enjoyed this section and enjoyed learning about different search engines. I was unable to come up with a specific enough search to highlight the differences.