I often wondered what some of the people who were using the public internet were doing, at times they seem to have these amazing looking pages that they were adding content. Some of this web 2.0 stuff I knew about but other things I'd heard of but had certainly not experienced. This whole Library 2.0 program is exciting and I'm looking forward to learning how to use these fascinating new technologies.
I'm certainly a promoter of Lifelong Learning, I do it everyday in being a librarian at work, a parent of two children at home, and in pretty much every other part of my life. I believe that having a keen interest in teaching and learning stems from my parents who were committed to ensuring opportunities for education were always available. What this means to me now is that I try to provide assistance to people who are seeking it in my work setting and in my personal life I am always a great encourager to people who want to take a learning step, whatever that may be.
I have a friend who's blog is devoted to the restoration of his English house, from encounters with tradesmen, recommending a local friendly hardware store, to his brightly painted new door and his specially constructed garden shed.
I think the beauty of blogs is their ability to have communication with the diversity of the world. There is always someone else out there with similar wants and interests.
2 comments:
Great to see you have started. I hope you enjoy the course.
Ellen (PLS)
And here is that friend. The shed's going nicely, by the way. I was out there on Friday when it absolutely bucketed down with rain - stranding me. So I put up a couple of shelves and generally cleaned up a bit. Soon I'll be able to take my computer out there and sit at the little table I've set up beneath the window.
I think lifelong learning is best defined by a friend of mine who described her father. "He's a farmer. He doesn't have the time or opportunity to hire people to do things for him - it's too remote. So he just gets himself a book, works out how it's done, and does it. It's what all farmers do."
So I say, here's to the farmer's attitude, and the writers and librarians who provide the knowledge support that attitude needs. Keep up the good work.
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