Thing #23

This is it -- the final installment of my 23 Things blog! Some thoughts about this whole experience:

Favorite things: Setting up my own blog (something I probably never would have done outside of this assignment); creating an avatar; searching and downloading podcasts (especially the one with Lidia Bastianich teaching a neophyte how to make his grandmother's ravioli).

How has this exercise affected my long-term learning goals? It's made me realize that most (if not all) of my professional development will be online in the future; there really isn't a training budget anymore, and the budget situation will probably not improve much in the next 5-7 years, so this is the new reality.

I was surprised by . . . how much I enjoy blogging! Maybe it's b/c I like to have a say in things that affect me professionally, but I never expected to have this much fun doing some of the assignments. (Others were the equivalent of having a tooth pulled.)

To improve the program, PLEASE UPDATE THE LINKS! Also, it would be great to have a way for staff in each branch to discuss their progress with this training (regular meetings to share ideas, problems, etc.), but again, the staffing level will no longer support that amount of off-desk time. Also, please consider transferring the J Books to Know, YA, and Adult Readers' Advisory trainings to podcasts, especially if there is no money for out-of-branch training.

I would definitely participate in another program, but I think it would be better to limit it to 10-12 assignments; 23 was a bit unwieldy.

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Ciao!
tlk