Hello!
Listed below are 23 Things that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. The San Clemente Library reference staff is encouraged to complete all 23 items on this list by August 16th, in order to be eligible for prizes. If you are not a San Clemente/OCPL employee, you are welcome to follow along, however the library cannot award you any prizes for completion. We will add your blog to our participants page if you are interested.
You can click on the links below for further explanation of each "thing".
Please begin by reading the About page. This page gives answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Week 1: Introduction
1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
Week 2: Blogging
3. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
4. Register your blog and begin your Learning 2.0 journey.
Week 3: Photos & Images
5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
6. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.
Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
8. Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own Bloglines newsreader account.
9. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Week 5: Play Week
10. Play around with an online image generator.
11. Explore Library Thing and catalog your own books!
12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
13. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Read a few perspectives on Library 2.0 and Web 2.0
Week 7: Wikis
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
19. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
20. Discover You Tube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
21. Podcasts (no iPod required!)
22. eAudiobooks
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.
