Week 8, Thing 19:Discover any site from the Web 2.0 awards list

I looked at Lulu, a self-publishing site for books, calendars, brochures, CDs and DVDs, etc., etc. I liked that you can upload files and can set it up to charge for printed copies but offer free downloads. What a great site for budding young authors! I can see lots of program possibilities. Could we do a book of our short story contest winners?

Week 8, Thing 18: Take a look at some online productivity tools Take Two

One of My Miniature Projects

I became a librarian because I love to read books!  "So many books, so little time" could be my mantra.  That is what I've titled this scene in a bag.

 

                                

 

 

The above was posted from Zoho Writer. For some reason, this seemed easier to use than Google Docs, but I would have to play with each of them more to really decide which one I prefer. I am very excited about the "portability" of documents using these products. No more need to e-mail documents to myself or carry around a thumb drive.

Week 8, Thing 18: Take a look at some online productivity tools

Baltimore Row House - a prototype for the Maryland State Day Project, April 2006

I made the sofa and two chairs and dressed the bed. The row house is electrified using the tape wire method. The cat is out of scale.

The above was posted from Google Docs. I tried using that first since it would mean one less password to remember!

Week 7, Thing 17: Add an entry into the Sandbox Wiki created with PB Wiki

Added my blog to the list. Seems some folks, i.e.,The Original Craigster, need to stand out from the crowd. :) Could be a fun way to share with family and friends.

Week 7, Thing 16:Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them

Wikis - at last, something that I already know about! Although I guess I didn't realize that a wiki is basically just a web page that has a (potentially) unlimited number of authors. We do have several wikis already set up for our Library System, including a new one to help support our Early Literacy Peer Coaching Initiative. This wiki will allow storytime presenters to share ideas for using materials in the storytime boxes that are currently circulating, so that others can benefit directly and immediately from the postings. I really liked the Book Lovers Wiki - developed by the Princeton Public Library. Seemed like this would be a cool component to add to our Summer Reading Program for all ages. I guess the Read Much? discussion on our teen page is a wiki,too. Of course, these kinds of wikis have to be monitored, so they're not as freewheeling as some of the others out on the web.

Week 6, Thing 15: Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 & the future of libraries

From the various essays, To a temporary place in time... was the one that spoke to me. I like the idea that we might travel full circle back to the place of thought and ideas that libraries originally were intended to be. The web provides us with plenty of facts and opinions, but somewhere there needs to be the chance to think about them and use reason to determine their usefulness and validity.

Week 6, Thing 14: Discover Technorati and learn how tags work with blogs

The different types of searches were interesting. Just searching Posts was like doing a general keyword search - lots of hits, but also lots of irrelevancies. Searching Directories was like doing a subject search and produced the fewest hits. I preferred searching Tags since the results were displayed in such an orderly fashion and were divided into categories such as blog posts, videos and photos. Can't say the Top Favorited, Top Searches and Top Blogs were anything I'm interested in, but the top searches could be a way to keep up with what's hot in pop culture.

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