Hello all
Well, with much help this image has been added to my blog.
Over the last school holidays, we got the kids to make space ships, which we put in to this "space station". Some of these space ships were very creative and this is the overall shot.
In the mean time I have learned everything from how to point an shoot a digital camera (I had done that before - honest), to how to upload the image on to the computer to adding the image on to the blog! I missed some really obvious steps and needed help to get through them - thanks to those involved - you know who you are.
So what is the use of this technology in the library system? Well we can put photos of events and show our libraries on our blogs so that people can see what they look like. We can also share with other libraries. I once saw fabulous photos of a library returns chute which was designed to look like Dr Who's Tardis. I forget which school had this, but the woodwork kids had actually made it.
On the dark side, I have concerns re the taking of photos in libraries in terms of privacy of members (and of staff!). We need to ensure that we comply with guidelines requiring written permission from anyone in photo's.
Technology exists. It is neither a force for good or for evil, but can be used for either (or for both). It is up to us how we use it.
On another note. This was supposed to take about an hour to accomplish. It has taken me half a day and I have a headache again (as I usually do when trying to get the computer to do things which I know it can do, I just don't know how. Hopefully it will all start becoming a little easier - which is one of the objectives of this exercise. In fact that is already happening. Ironically I have been helping other people so sort out how to do things on their computer, so am becoming a participatory member in this community of computer users and not just a student (although I think I will always have the student role).
XXX
Harry
The time factor issue is a big concern. Half a day is certainly a lot longer than one hour and I'm sure others have spent more time than was deemed necessary. It is very easy to become sidetracked when blogging.
ReplyDeleteIt does get easy as you go along. Just rememeber there are others around to help, like me!
ReplyDeleteKeep going you're doing great!