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This is the first time I have attempted to write a blog so I am a bit of a novice! I have decided to have a go at completing the 23 Things for CPD as I am interested in technology and would like to...
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I started this "Thing" a while ago but then never had time to write anything on here! I have looked at several blogs, I initially looked at Delicious and narrowed the list down to just those who worked...
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This will be an interesting Thing to see what other people have found out about themselves online - I have quite a common surname so I chose to add the town where I work to the search. I found some...
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Finally got around to looking at this again! I'm not sure if anyone else is having problems with the speed at which the main CPD blog site is loading but I seem to have had a few problems when logging...
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Reflection on what I've learnt so far...I have been having a few issues with using this blog and the course blog as it seems quite slow to load! I have now swapped to Firefox which has made things...
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I have had some experience with online networking - I have heard of LinkedIn and my husband uses it however I do not have an account of my own. I'm not sure I'd really use it, I guess if I was...
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Real life networking....I am a member of CILIP bit haven't really done much face to face networking except for going on a couple of courses that have been run by CILIP. I have also been on courses run...
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Google calendar - seen a link to this before but hadn't ever clicked the link! I have now had a go at using the calendar and setting up the weather feature as suggested - I do like that as I like...
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I'd never really come across Evernote before so this was a new one for me. I had a look at it and initially it wouldn't download so I had a look at some of the help pages and decided I'd try the online...
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Qualifications and courses....I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for a job when I was 18 so I decided to do a BA (Hons) in IT with English Literature. I had looked at specific undergraduate degrees for...
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Mentors....I had to select a mentor for my Chartership - forgot to mention that on the last Thing entry - anyway, I was lucky as realised I sort of knew one of the people on the mentor list. She worked...
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Putting the social into social mediaI have to admit I do tend to lurk on blogs, especially for work related things, though occasionally I will make a comment. I commented on a blog the other day as I...
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Google docs etc.I've had a look at Google drive, formerly Goog docs and I can see in some places it may be very useful. At work we use a shared drive on on our server which means we can put all our...
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Referencing softwareWe don't use any referencing software that I know of at the college though we do promote Cite this for Me http://www.citethisforme.com/. This is quite a good website, doesn't have...
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Attending eventsI've attended several events through JISC though recently they have been more online events than face to face events. I have attended some events relating to new online resources which...
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AdvocacyI have had a look at some of the links relating to FE - I chose the shortened list and found it was still quite long! I haven't had a chance to look at many of the links in detail but would...
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Prezi and SlideshareI have now spent about 20 mins on Prezi and think it's great, I haven't even looked at how to do it yet but just been engrossed with looking at the examples! This is a good library...
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Screen Captures and PodcastingA member of Library staff created some screen captures over the Summer to help our students and staff use our resources e.g. searching our catalogue and Britannica. I had...
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Catch up week on integrating "things"There have been lots of useful and new things that I have learnt so far. I used to have a Twitter account and am trying to use that a little more though I don't...
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The Library Routes ProjectThis is similar to Thing 10 so not going to repeat all of it again here. However, I did try to add my details to the Wiki but I wasn't sure if I was doing it right as I...
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