# The End

In summary:

Q: What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
A: By far, learning how to add an image from Flickr to Blogger. Once I learned this, a whole world of ideas and play opened up.

Q: How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
A: Um, it allowed me to learn something in a supportive context that I would otherwise have not allowed the time outside of work to work on.

Q: Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
A: Well, I've grown a little less anxious about being frustrated with technical learning curves. That's actually a pretty big leap!

Q: What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
A: Perhaps restructure the weekly content and pages. You could start by going back through and making the into's, links, and excercises a little less "I'm stuck in the dryer cycle like". Also, check the directions on the exercises and perhaps abbreviate some which took much longer than others.

And last but not least…

Q: If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?
A: Yep. No question about it!

#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

#22 Audiobooks or (The end is in sight)
Overdriven? Ha Ha. Actually, I have listened to a couple of books already some time ago around the time that Overdrive first came out. However, because I have an iPod and a Mac, I didn't get very far. Otherwise, I have referred desperate teens to the site to download summer reading list books and hot titles like Stephanie Meyers' Twilight. As of right now, there are 33 Young Adult titles. Still, I'd love to get/make some promo visuals to promote Overdrive to the Teens as I think it's a under-realized resource. Oh, of course, I'm looking forward to using it more with an MP3 player!

#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts
Well, I at least now finally know how podcasts are defined (the super simplified version)by the tech community thanks to this exercise! Speaking of which, I did some picking around. So, I didn't find iTunes very helpful. It's very commercial to start with, and searching was not a breeze. Next, I tried some of the other podcast directories. Podcast Alley led to a dead link. (I Googled it and got the same.) Odeo was not bad. I found some good stuff in the form of exhibit audio by big-name museums like The Met and MOMA. I also found a put-you-to-sleep dull teen produced podcast on Pickle. Honestly, though the idea was nice, it was somewhat painful to sit through;( Otherwise, I searched NPR and found an old directory from 2006. Hum? Is podcasting not as popular as it once was? I don't know. All I know is, though I love all of these forms of communication, the variety and span is dizzying. Still, in the case of the library and my department proper, there are lots of good, practical uses for podcasts. For starters, we could use them to create self-guided tours. We are also having a contest in Teens as we speak. Along those lines, I broke-down and searched on good ole Google and found some good teen and library related podcasts. Because I like the Seattle Public Library's Teen gig, it's been added to my Bloglines per our assignment.