I have used Wikipedia before. The only thing that makes me nervous is the validity of the information since anyone can edit it.
I liked the http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page. I appreciated the detailed list of searching choices.
I also liked http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton+Public+Library. This site would be handy for Readers Advisory, and Book Reviews.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thing #16 Technorati and Blog Tagging
Take a look at Technorati and try doing a keyword search for “Learning 2.0” in Blog posts, in tags and in the Blog Directory. Are the results different?
Technorati is a handy search tool for Blogs. When I did a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" the differences I found were in the number of hits .....629 in Tags, 299 in Blogs, and 179 in the Blog directory.
Explore popular blog, searches and tags. Is anything interesting or surprising in your results?
When I checked out the popular blogs the most favorite/popular blog is called "BoingBoing". Kind of a cool name, anyway, it's a "weblog of cultural curiosities and interesting techonolgies." Pretty neat for people that have the time for that kind of thing and want to connect with people that have the same interests.
Technorati is a handy search tool for Blogs. When I did a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" the differences I found were in the number of hits .....629 in Tags, 299 in Blogs, and 179 in the Blog directory.
Explore popular blog, searches and tags. Is anything interesting or surprising in your results?
When I checked out the popular blogs the most favorite/popular blog is called "BoingBoing". Kind of a cool name, anyway, it's a "weblog of cultural curiosities and interesting techonolgies." Pretty neat for people that have the time for that kind of thing and want to connect with people that have the same interests.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thing #15 Tagging
First I tried and tried to get the video link to go for this "thing" but it's not working, and I checked out a few Thing finisher's Blogs and they had the same problem with the video, so I gave up on that.
I did not make a del.icio.us account because I'm not sure I would use it a whole lot. I can see how this would be useful for students and their research papers, and another helpful tool for group projects by sharing tag information. Although, I saw I can tag my favorite recipes on certain sites, that might be fun. I think I like rollyo better since I'm not totally into the social benefits of sharing this or that.
I did not make a del.icio.us account because I'm not sure I would use it a whole lot. I can see how this would be useful for students and their research papers, and another helpful tool for group projects by sharing tag information. Although, I saw I can tag my favorite recipes on certain sites, that might be fun. I think I like rollyo better since I'm not totally into the social benefits of sharing this or that.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thing #14 Best of 2.0
I selected to look through the winners and to play around with a few I've never seen before....
O.K. so the first one that looked appealing to me was....Games2Web which I'm not too impressed with. There's a little Mario guy so I was excited that I could play some kind of Nintendo game but it's not easy to search for them because the drop down menu for games has a gazillion games on it and if I can't get to something lickety-split I give up.
Peertrainer.com looks pretty looks pretty cool as an exercise/weight loss accountability buddy system.
O.K. Widgets are FUN. Now I feel very accomplished with my clock on my blog that I made MYSELF, and my handy-dandy calendar and weather updater!
I just love the name widget. I googled free "clock" widget for blogs and found this coooool widget web site....www.fancygens.com. After creating the widget you want copy the code. Then in Templates select "Add a page element", then select HTML/JavaScript and paste your code. Pretty sweet, I feel nerdy. I got the weather thingy from weatherbug.com.
For library use...........I think there are already some widgets on the web site.
O.K. so the first one that looked appealing to me was....Games2Web which I'm not too impressed with. There's a little Mario guy so I was excited that I could play some kind of Nintendo game but it's not easy to search for them because the drop down menu for games has a gazillion games on it and if I can't get to something lickety-split I give up.
Peertrainer.com looks pretty looks pretty cool as an exercise/weight loss accountability buddy system.
O.K. Widgets are FUN. Now I feel very accomplished with my clock on my blog that I made MYSELF, and my handy-dandy calendar and weather updater!
I just love the name widget. I googled free "clock" widget for blogs and found this coooool widget web site....www.fancygens.com. After creating the widget you want copy the code. Then in Templates select "Add a page element", then select HTML/JavaScript and paste your code. Pretty sweet, I feel nerdy. I got the weather thingy from weatherbug.com.
For library use...........I think there are already some widgets on the web site.
Thing #13 Online Productivity
Online Productivity...........This was super easy to set up an account with, but I don't think I'll be using it much. I rarely need to send our spreadsheets or documents. However, I'll mention these online productivity options to my husband who has to do a lot of group projects for Grand Valley as he tackles his MBA. Seems to be what online productivity would be most useful for.
Zoho writer's features are pretty neat. I like all the stuff on the tool bar, so visible and easy to access. It's spiffy-er than the Micro. Word I use at home.
Zoho writer's features are pretty neat. I like all the stuff on the tool bar, so visible and easy to access. It's spiffy-er than the Micro. Word I use at home.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Thing #12 Customized Search Engines
So, this seems to be a glorified way of keeping your website "favorites". I can see myself using this if I have oodles of "favorite" sites and I want to keep them organized.
I did check-out the Google-Co-up and it looks like something one would make for a company or organization.
http://rollyo.com/evandentoorn/
I did check-out the Google-Co-up and it looks like something one would make for a company or organization.
http://rollyo.com/evandentoorn/
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Thing #11 Library Thing
So far.........this is my favorite thing. I think it's pretty cool. This would be a great way for people to keep track of what books they've read, what series they'd like to continue, and to do their own reader's advisory by sharing it.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/evandentoorn
Cindy says to check out goodreads.com and secondlife.com
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/evandentoorn
Cindy says to check out goodreads.com and secondlife.com
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