Nebraska Learns 2.0: Funky Photos

Nebraska Learns 2.0 is the Nebraska Library Commission’s ongoing online learning program. The goal of our program is to encourage participants to experiment with and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other. Nebraska Learns 2.0 is a self-discovery program which encourages participants to take control of their own learning and to utilize their lifelong learning skills through exploration and PLAY. Each month, we offer you an opportunity to learn a new Thing (or lesson). You have all month to complete that Thing and receive one CE credit. You may choose which Things to do based on personal interest and time availability. If the Thing of the month doesn’t interest you or if you are particularly busy that month, you can skip it. The Thing for September is: Funky Photos. Wow! It’s hard to believe we are up to Thing #40 already. Looking back over the topics we have covered, I realized a number of the sites we explored allow users to upload their own profile pictures and some, such as Facebook, Flickr and Blogger, even allow you to upload multiple photos. I thought this might be a good time to explore two online image editors to see how they can be used to make our images a bit more interesting. If you are new to Nebraska Learns 2.0, your first assignment is to sign up to participate. This program is open to ALL Nebraska librarians, library staff, library friends, library board members and school media specialists. We hope you’ll join your library colleagues in the fun as you learn about new and exciting technologies!