Thing 23 - The BEGINNING ....... (cue deus ex machina)

Cue portentious music. Anyway, this exercise was a fun and easy way to earn those CEUs. I was at least aware of everything that was included in the 23 Things, and for some of them I am relatively facile in their use. It is tres amusant though, to watch how techie developments have raced ahead of the 23 things - where's Facebook? Twitter? Explain what an app is? How about the mobile web? Recently, the system has devised a long overdue list of technology competencies that all staff will be expected to be able to demonstrate. The things on the list, which is only in draft at this time, are extremely basic even when measured by the current iteration of the the 23 things. I have cajoled most of my staff into going through the 23things exercise - some will be more successful than others, but I think everyone will enjoy it. I hope. Anyway, thanks for the opportunity!!

Thing 17 - No Sandbox, but here's some sand

Having tried several times to access the MD Sandbox Wiki to post a few of my oh so intelligent thoughts on Web 2.0, I have come to the conclusion that either - Kate T. is messing with everybody's head and has set this up so none of us can actually achieve the golden CEUS or - the wiki is defunct. I have set up an account with PB works (one more acct that I will forget about in a month), but still have no access to the MD sandbox. So - adeiu to this particular thing - I will not be sharing my insights with whoever still has access to the thing. I'm sure it was useful, in it's way.

But I've got to get this wrapped up! So here's some fun video of my daughter's games team doing what they do best - winning.

Thing #22 - Downloadable Audio (Possibly)

I have wanted to use the eaudio collection for years, but always seemed to be stymied in some way. I've had
an account with Netbooks for years - but couldn't get it to work with my MP3 player. I see that now they've upgraded the interface
so you can download directly to a device, but I can't install that software on my work computer so can't check it out. The manual
download I just attempted is blocked also, probably by security on my work computer. I will have to try this out at
home, and see if I can get it all to work. I have to say that the Netbooks collection looks great, and
I would love to be able to use it with my Itouch Christmas present.
I haven't had a lot of luck with the MD Digital Library either. I have the Overdrive Media Consol loaded
at home, but have run into problems with the downloads. I can't check it here at work, since I can't get the
software downloaded and installed. I'm sure it all works fine, and I will try to get this all going again at home shortly.
In the mean time, I love my Itouch, it works great, love all the great apps and I'm going to try that out as an ebook reader as soon as I figure
everything out