You Tube: Video Playground

Now, this is one resource I've known about but haven't explored a great deal. What an amazing variety of videos! The search tools are simple yet effective. You simply type in your search terms into the search box. There are many ways to sort or limit your results by time, most _____, category, language, category, type. Hours and hours of enjoyment! :)

The Library

"At the library knowledge is free. Just bring your own container." This hilarious vid sends a great message.

Web 2.0 Awards

Wow! I looked at a bunch of the award-winning sites and am impressed. I find the categories chosen to be very comprehensive. In fact, they're eye-opening. I have just learned about new kinds of sites that I had no idea existed such as Personal Organization and Start Pages. What great ideas! Also, the ratings are very relevant: usability, usefulness, social aspects, interface & design, content quality.

I don't think I would have been exposed to these great resources had we not done this whole Learning 2.0. I do remember coming across these awards in school but I had forgotten about them. And I think the categories have grown since I saw it last. It's nice to know what sites you can trust for quality. Another website that I trust is the Librarian's Internet Index(www.lii.org). This whole experience makes me think that we need to educate our patrons on these wonderful web tools after this is all over. I think they would respond with the same wonder and amazement that I have. As a result, they would become smarter web surfers.

Zoho Writer

I had some fun creating fictitious documents using this web-based app. It had features similar to Microsoft Word that I'm used to and had additional ones as well. It was nice that you could export your doc into different formats including pdf and word. Another nice feature is that once I've published something to a blog and made edits to it I could easily update my post with the changes.

A useful tool that I didn't know about until now...nice!

anne

Student ID Card

Anne Shirley ID #: AGGPEI

Green Gables School of Arts 4110 Avonlea Road Charlottetown, PE Canada C1A 7N8 In case of emergency call _________________________________ _________________________________ Signature

I used Zoho Writer to create this student id form. What fun!

PB Wiki

This thing was by far the easiest and least time-consuming but it was the least enjoyable. I looked at the various favorites listed and my curiosity wasn't peaked at the slightest. So, I didn't have much fun in the sandbox. The format was not very engaging. It fell flat for me.

Wiki: Quick in Hawaiian

WIKIS:
- Subject guides
- Annotating the catalog
- Community wiki
- Wikis for librarians


The SJCPL Subject Guides is awesome. It is also very much a community wiki, a one shop stop for community resources and information. It's a great resource that must've taken many hours and minds to put together. It's a wonderfully informative and organized resource. It would be incredible if LCPL had a wiki of the same calibur.


Meanwhile, I can see us using wikis in various ways. Using it for online bookclubs or soliciting reviews about different media. It can be used internally as an avenue for more networking b/t branches, collaborating on ideas or issues, and much much more. It can be a way to open up communication b/t staff and patrons, thus getting more of their input in terms of their needs and wants. The possibilities are limitless.

Library 2.0

Reading the articles about Library 2.0 was enlightening. I gleaned some basic truths from them. Libraries must change with the times. Libraries must respond to the needs of the patrons they service. I would add that libraries are responsible for educating its patrons and giving them the tools to keep up with the times. These articles also reiterate the fact that librarians will never become obsolete as people need gatekeepers to the vast amounts of information on the web and elsewhere.

Technorati

Searching "Learning 2.0" in the various directories yielded different results.
Remember...
search "in blog posts" yields blogs that mention the term anywhere
search "in tags" yields blogs that have tagged blog posts about that term
search "in blog directory" yields blogs that are focused on that term

It was interesting to see the kinds of blogs that are linked to or favorited by so many. A lot of technology or news-related and others are just human-interest stuff. I looked at a few and was shocked and intrigued.

del.ici.ous

I can see how this can be very useful. By gleaning off of what others before me have discovered I myself can encounter new things. It's "delicious" to see how many others have saved the link as well as read their comments. This is a tool I will use from time to time. It's similar to storing Favorites but has many more features.