So, I'm a Lifelong Learner

(Note to self: Learning 2.0, blogging, and migraine do not equal happy fun time. Nuh-uh.)

Ok, hi!

Got some off-desk time and finally watched the Lifelong Learning vid. What was the easiest of the 7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners? It's a toss-up between creating my own learning toolbox and using technology to my advantage. For the toolbox, I use whatever I can get my hands on to further my learning: books, web, radio, classes, mentors. It seems to be second nature to take and file away at least a little bit of something from everything I encounter. With technology, I try to use it whenever possible, or I should say, whenever it is efficient to do so, especially time or ease efficiency.

What's the hardest of the habits? I loathe goal-setting. I am easily discouraged by huge goals with lengthy timelines, so I like to break them up into smaller victories and successes. (These "23 Things" works well for me, rather than a big monster "YOU WILL MASTER ALL OF LEARNING 2.0 BY DECEMBER 31st" directive.) But even worse than that, probably, is that I don't tend to view problems as challenges, but more as crises that need to be solved; I react rather than resolve. Talk about lifelong learning--I'm still working on that one.

I can't even think about Flickr until next time, or why I can't make Blogger do all the stuff I want it to do and think it should do, like make a link, right on my blog, to the Learning 2.0 blog, so I don't have to dig through email every time.

Ok, now I must go crawl into a dark room and whimper. Kthnxbye.

Uh...welcome to my blog?

*waves* So here I am, Darth Librarian, with my new blog for SPPL's Learning 2.0. Do you have any idea how much time went into picking a name for this bugger? It's worse than naming a pet or a child! I really wanted some kind of Jedi truth or wisdom, or even something witty by my favorite hero, Obi-Wan Kenobi, but alas, nothing clicked (I figured Jocasta Nu, the spinsterish archivist in Ep. II, was not a healthy rolemodel since she gave Obi-Wan totally bum advice--"If it's not in our records, it does not exist"--what kind of answer is that???), so I'm stuck with Darth Librarian. Besides, admit it, there are days when a good Force-choke or Jedi mind trick would come in handy, right?!?! Uh huh, I see you nodding. *does not mention Sith Lightning*

This would be where I say yes, I'm a big ol' Star Wars dork, and I make no apologies. I know an alarming amount of minutiae about that fandom--too bad there aren't patrons storming the reference desks in need of my skills!

Ok then, I totally skipped the previous lesson in Learning 2.0 with the video, since I'm never at my desk to watch said thing, so I'll have to figure that one out. Anyway, so far, so good.

See you on the Darth side!

Later, Vaders!