#19 - Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

For this exercise I found myself going back to Flickr. What I love so much about this tool is that you can search for places you have never been too, and images just pop up! I plan on using this when it comes to deciding where I want to go for my next trip. I can see that students could use this in the library to find pictures they need to add to research.

#18 - Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

I did not know this existed. I have never heard of Google Docs before! I published this right to my blog from Google Docs.

#17 - Playing around with PBWiki

After finding the password I was actually able to go in and add my favorite restaurant, Pei Wei. I love their food! They have great stir-fry's and lettuce wraps!

#16 - So what's in a wiki?

So what's in a wiki? The shorter answer is what is not in a wiki? As far as I could tell, and my technology skills are still very inexperienced, you can find almost anything in a wiki. I loved the SJCPL Subject Guides, it was so easy to find what you wanted, just click on the subject and it brings up another page of choices to narrow your seach, then you can click on individual titles and it brings them up for you in their catalog! Amazing! I think that all libraries should have this!

#15 - On Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

In reading the perspective, Away from Icebergs, I am taken back to a time 10 years ago when my son was finishing middle school and transitioning into high school he made, or I should say WE made, many, many, many trips to the Library in hopes that they would have the information he needed for this report or that project. Sometimes it was in panic mode as he had waited too long and maybe the library would be closed by the time we got there! We did not have a computer at home and if we had I don't even know what would have been available to us electronically.

Fast forward to today as my daughter is in her last two years of high school and she seldom needs to make a trip to the library! How is that possible you say! Well, she has a computer at home, they have computers at school, and guess what? She knows how to use them! Her generation has a full command of all of the new, and to some older folks "scary" technology, out there. So why would she want to come to the library? She comes to find DVD's to check out, better than paying for them at Blockbuster, or to hang out with her friends in a comfortable environment, however she complains about the lack of all of those speciality coffee drinks that they can get at Starbucks so maybe they should hang out there instead. Programs are another thing that she will come to the library for or the occassional book that the school doesn't have available. Yes, I think we need to look hard and figure out just how we can entice those teens back into the library.

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

I went and explored Technorati and searched for various items. I did find that there were 9 blogs tagged as "Learning2.0spls" and 444 blogs tagged as "Learning 2.0." There were only 371 posts tagged as "Learning 2.0," so I guess that means that not everyone adds tags to their blogs. I even found photos and videos tagged as "Learning 2.0." I also learned something very valuable to me when I put in "Vista and Trend Micro Problems," according to some of the blogs Vista breaks Trend Micro which explains why my new computer is having issues!