It is with sadness that I post about this last week ofVermont’s 23 Things. On a lighter note, we get to guiltlessly watch videos on YouTube and listen to podcasts.
So, to take your mind off the winter wonderland outside, why not sit down with some hot chocolate and have a look at a few new Things? This week the adventure is about free web-based online productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, presentations, project management, and web conferencing) and the most recent Web 2.0 Awards list.
Welcome to the wonderful world of wikis! This week we’ll be turning our attention to a great web-based tool for multiple-participant projects. Plus we get to see another Common Craft video!
This week we’ll be looking more closely at del.icio.usand Technorati, two Web 2.0 applications that take serious advantage of tagging (we’ve already looked at a few -Flickr, LibraryThing, and blogs all use tags). Tagging allows you to associate keywords with online content – webpages, pictures, posts, etc. It is considered a folksonomy – an unstructured categorization scheme. We’ll also be reading and blogging about a few perspectives on Library 2.0.
For those of you who have just stumbled on this program: it’s still not too late to participate. Spend some time with the first few things, create a blog to record your Vermont’s 23 Things thoughts and adventures, and send me (mara.siegel@mail.dol.state.vt.us) the link to have it added to the still growing list on the Participant Blogspage.
As you might have noticed, Week 6 has no Things (though it does have a Common Craft video! See below). It’s Catch-up Time! Take some time and breathe a little. Catch-up, revisit an old 2.0 friend you didn’t have enough time with, discover a new one.
Come back ready for Play Week!
By now you’ve probably figured out all how much I love the Common Craft videos. What you might not know is that I love ice cream even more. Here’s a video that combines both!
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Strip published Monday, October 20, 2008
(c) Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum unshelved.com Used with permission.
Week 5 of Vermont’s 23 Things is all about exploring social networks, including Facebookand MySpace. Thing 11 has you setting up a Facebook or MySpace account. For those of you who would prefer not to, there is an alternate exercise. There have also been several questions about creating pseudonymous identities. If that makes you more comfortable, who are we to stand in your way? Enjoy the week!
Here we go again! It’s September 23 and for those of you who haven’t yet gone on the Vermont’s 23 Things adventure, especially you children and youth services librarians, here’s your chance!! Find out what everyone has been talking about!
If you’ve already started and are a little stalled, how about using this as motivation to conquer the next Thing?
Vermont’s 23 Thingsis a self-directed online learning program that will introduce you to many free Web 2.0 tools. If you’ve ever been curious about blogs, wikis, flickr, RSS, MySpace, and YouTube, but haven’t gone beyond looking up their definitions, here’s a chance to explore those tools (and more!) Vermont’s 23 Thingswill encourage you to play with them and see how they can be useful in your library (or personally).
Grace Greene, DOL’s Children’s Services Consultant, campaigned for a fall session for children and youth librarians, but all are welcome. As an extra bonus, Grace will be participating.
Style and content for Vermont's 23 Things has been borrowed and duplicated from Learning 2.0, a program created by Helene Blowers, then of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Learning 2.0 is licensed under Creative Commons.
