As requested - my thoughts on the journey (yes, I've done the survey, too)...
Of the tools explored, would any of them be of use to my customers?
Not really. I use other sources for book recommendations - I like Library booklists - most of the time, I'm looking for thematic material...
Animation - nope. Don't have computers with enough time for customers to play with any of the tools.
Family tree - don't get any granny-hunters in my area.
Social sites - nope...
For my work?...
As above re lit sites... social & family tree...
Animation - in my non-library working lives, maybe... but not goanimate or animoto...
For me, personally?...
Family tree might be fun
Animation - see above
Others - see above.
Of the programme overall... the sites were ok, but their irrelevance to my working life made it a bit pointless. I know the social sites - Digg, etc - are designed to filter your internet experience - but there's just too many hoops to go through to make them useful for me. Too many sites / log ons / passwords to remember.
I had enough time to complete the programme - but I also did parts at home. Some of my colleagues are struggling to finish. There's just not enough unrostered / free time in their working lives to complete the tasks. The situation isn't helped by the slowness of some of the sites - and the many steps you have to go through to complete the task. Yes, goanimate was fun - but if you really wanted to explore / play / exploit it - you needed a solid 2 hours time. And hardly any of us get that at work.
There's the embedding on the blog - an issue for some, too...
In my other working lives, it's a struggle to build a sense of community in a virtual world. Getting computer-literate people to use google docs, for example, is almost impossible. Getting them to visit a blog with info relevant for their jobs - nearly impossible. Sometimes - getting them to read emails is impossible... I think we're all just tech'd out. If you're a techie-inclined person (like I sorta am) then all well and good - but I'm reaching my limit, too. I don't want to spend any more time than I need on a computer. I'm happy visiting the sites I know about, discovering the occasional new one - but I like finding them myself, or having them recommended by a real friend - not some virtual one who thinks it might know what I like.
It was a nice diversion for me, and a chance to win stuff (assuming I haven't scuppered my chances by being honest...) - but I'd rather see our training time and budget spent on things that have a relevant to most staff's day-to-day working lives.
And now, I'm off to help a colleague try to complete the programme themselves...
Hi The Madness of Hamsters
ReplyDeleteThanks for completing the Web2.1. We hoped you had fun learning and are able to share what you have learned with customers, staff, family and friends. On behalf of the Web2.1 administrators. Congratulations on completing the programme and your name has been added to the prize draw. Good luck and well done!!