Revolution Health

For this assignment I visited Revolution Health. I thought it was a very good website with a lot of great information. It has articles on many different conditions as well as information on different drugs and treatments. Along with just the basic information on medications there are related articles, as well. For instance, I found an article comparing and contrasting the different types of birth control to help the reader weigh the pros and cons of each method and decide on one that's right for them. There are also useful tools for health and fitness related issues, such as a calorie tracker. It has a healthy recipe section which I enjoyed looking at. You can enter in your zip code and it will list all of the doctors and hospitals in your area. In this section you can even rate and leave reviews of the doctors. There is a personal health record section for which you must create a free account. I didn't have time to check that out, but I plan on doing so. And, as with most web 2.0 sites, there is a community section with different blogs, forums and groups for the users.

Overall, I found this to be a useful website that I can easily see being helpful in the library setting. It would be a great place to point any patron with health or fitness related questions.

Easy & Hard

Ok, our first blog post is supposed to be about which of the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners are the easiest and the hardest for us. I suppose the easiest for me is probably number 6, using technology to your advantage. I'm pretty familiar with most of this kind of stuff, at least in a passing acquaintance sort of way. There is probably a lot out there that's not on my radar yet, but that's why I'm doing this training, right? Aaaannnnddd....the hardest for me would probably be number 7, teaching and mentoring others. I'm terrible at explaining when someone doesn't know how to do something, especially computer related. I tend to be more of a "Here, just move over for a minute and I'll do it for you," kind of helper...which probably doesn't actually help much in the long run. So, there you have it. My best and worst.

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