tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76864246322444911572024-03-13T03:54:12.415-05:0023 Things On a StickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-67017304772097244652007-11-03T16:04:00.020-05:002010-02-20T09:00:00.770-06:00Welcome to 23 Things On a Stick<div style="color: #ff6600; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oh, no!! Round 2 of 23 Things On a Stick is closed. The blog will stay up indefinitely so you can continue on your own. And, watch for <a href="http://morethingsonastick.pbwiki.com/">More Things On a Stick</a> in January 2009. Thanks for participating.</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br />
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Have you ever thought, ”Gosh, I wish I had time to learn more about <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Flickr</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wikis</span>, or (enter your Web 2.0 tool here)?” Well, this is your chance to take the time to focus on your personal and professional development around Web 2.0 tools. It’s fun to explore these tools and figure out ways to use them in the library, with your personal Web sites, or in other ways. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><i>23 Things On a Stick</i> is the <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">Minnesota</st1:state></st1:place> twist on the <a href="http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/">Library Learning 2.0</a> program developed by <a href="http://librarybytes.com/">Helene Blowers</a><a href="http://librarybytes.com/"> </a>at the Public Library of Charlotte & <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mecklenberg</span> County and adopted or adapted by many other libraries and <a href="http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/">organizations</a> since then. <span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><i>23 Things On a Stick</i> was developed by the seven <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">multitype</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">multicounty</span> library systems as part of the staff development the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">multitypes</span> offer in their regions.<o:p><br />
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</span></o:p><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Who Can Participate</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
This program is open to all staff in any Minnesota library—public, academic, school, or special—as well as members of their Governing Boards, their Friends groups, or Advisory Groups. <i>23 Things on a Stick</i> is approved for <a href="http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/certification/">Minnesota Certification for Library Employees</a> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CEUs</span>. Experienced Web 2.0 users as well as novices and everyone in between are invited to join. This is self-paced and self-directed.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Registration for Round 2 begins May 15, 2008.<br />
</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">You must register your blog by June 15, 2008 and then complete all 23 Things by September 15, 2008.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Each person participating must have and register his/her own blog.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Didn't finish all 23 in Round 1? You can re-register your blog and finish in Round 2.</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">How It Works</span> <o:p></o:p></b><br />
You are in charge of your learning in this program. We have identified the 23 Things for you to do over the course of the program, but you decide when you do them—and the amount of time you spend and the depth of your exploration. Each of the 23 Things can take as little as an hour or as much more time you have to give. You document your participation by setting up and maintaining a blog (Thing 1).<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p>Each Thing will show you one or more Web tools. These Web 2.0 tools are bringing library staff and our patrons in touch with the entire world through social networking, video, audio, and gaming sites. We have found many places for you to explore, experiment with, and think about creative ways to use this in your library. Participation in <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick </span>allows you to take time to explore and enjoy these tools.</div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial">Even if you think you know all about all of the tools in <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>, we encourage you to join the program. We have added Challenge sections to some of the Things to stretch you and you can always learn more about any of the tools through independent exploration. And we will learn from you because you will blog about your discoveries.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Everyone who registers by June15, 2008 and completes all 23 items on the list and blogs about each one by September 15, 2008 will receive a completion prize and be eligible for other prizes.</span> Otherwise, there is no deadline and this course will remain online through 2008.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p>Read on! Registration occurs as part of Thing 1.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Tutorial Format</span><br />
</b>Each week begins with a brief explanation of a new Web 2.0 topic or tool, followed by a numbered list of activities related to the tool. These exercises give you the background you need to understand the tools you're learning about. Don't skip them! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p>When you have done the items in each list, you comment or post to your blog. (You will learn how to set up a blog in Thing 1.) Your blog is the tool to communicate your reactions, new-found skills, ideas, questions, and favorite Web sites to the other <i>23 Things On a Stick</i> participants and is how your completion of all 23 Things is documented. <span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p>There will be no statewide classes or workshops offered to support this program. Instead, staff are encouraged to work together with others in their libraries or region and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">share with</span> each other their discoveries, techniques and "how to" both in person and through their blogs. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p>Check your <a href="http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/multitypes.html"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">multitype</span> region’s</a> Web site for any regional <i>23 Things On a Stick</i> updates and activities.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1WcBhfjv88Uj0Ofg-twg46DAHfsfR4heZektiC__9qCUlwpLhPZcnfkeiAHn5S7sQ0GPmbh9EpyYcgqAW3LoBdzn_GXoXFzjgmlPCb7RFO5y6gM405I4gMUYqNNFUdZorsLZJp5I1UZZ/s1600-h/catalog+card+rnd+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200405678070125714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1WcBhfjv88Uj0Ofg-twg46DAHfsfR4heZektiC__9qCUlwpLhPZcnfkeiAHn5S7sQ0GPmbh9EpyYcgqAW3LoBdzn_GXoXFzjgmlPCb7RFO5y6gM405I4gMUYqNNFUdZorsLZJp5I1UZZ/s320/catalog+card+rnd+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blyberg.net/card-generator/"><span style="font-size: 78%;">http://www.blyberg.net/card-generator/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-78555238805537649032007-11-02T13:15:00.020-05:002010-02-20T09:01:09.670-06:00About 23 Things On a Stick<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">This</span> blog has been set-up as part of the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick: A Library Learning 2.0 Program.</span> The 23 Things encourage all of us to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are changing how information is used and created on the Internet today. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> Team <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">modified</a> The <a href="http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/">Learning 2.0 program</a> designed by Helene Blowers, Technology Director, Public Library of Charlotte & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mecklenburg</span></span></span></span></span> County that was loosely based upon <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_2_10/ai_n16133338">Stephen Abram's article</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">43 Things I (or You) Might Want To Do This Year</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Information Outlook </span>- February 2006) and the Web site <a href="http://www.43things.com/">43 Things</a>. We also used ideas from the <a href="http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/">California</a> School Library Association <span style="font-style: italic;">School Library Learning 2.0</span> and other Library Learning 2.0 programs. <span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> offers ideas to "jump start" your learning. We hope you will share your ideas on how these Web 2.0 tools can be used in your libraries and media centers. We have used many Web 2.0 tools to design this program, including <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Flickr</span></span></span></span></span></a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">YouTube</span></span></span></span></span></a>, <a href="http://www.pbwiki.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">PBWiki</span></span></span></span></span></a> & <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bloglines</span></span></span></span></span></a>—which we learned as we went. You can learn them, too.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="" name="faq" style="font-weight: bold;">Frequently Asked Questions</a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">1. How does this online learning program work?</span><br />
This is a self-discovery program that allows participants to take control of their own learning. Participants are encouraged to work together with others in their buildings and regions and to share their insights and discoveries with others through their blogs and in person. <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> is web-based and not tied to any particular computer. You can work at home, at school, at your public or academic library. You may need to work at home if your place of work or local library blocks multimedia or other sites.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">2. Who can participate?</span><o:p></o:p><br />
This program is open to all staff in any Minnesota library—public, academic, school, or special—as well as members of their Governing Boards, their Friends groups, or Advisory Groups. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Each person must register her/his own blog.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick</span> is approved for <a href="http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/certification/">Minnesota Certification for Library Employees</a> (12 contact hours) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">CEUs</span></span></span></span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2a. I started 23 Things On a Stick in the first round. Can I do this round, too?</span></span><br />
Yes, you can. Use your original blog, but re-register here, so we know you are part of Round 2. Anyone who wants to do them all again can re-register, too. We want as many people to finish as possible so we will have a group ready to do More Things On a Stick.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. How do I register my blog?</span></span><br />
After you have created a blog using Blogger or other service as explained in Thing 1, <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WsfcRSZ9_2bKF_2bxAn6QjBEqA_3d_3d">register by clicking here</a>. Note that you <span style="font-weight: bold;">will not</span> receive a confirmation of registration. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">We will add your blog to the main mother blog by region</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">--check the <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Participants</span></span>' Blog</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">list</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> on the sidebar for your blog. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">This may take a week or so, since we must add them manually. We will not list your name; only your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">blog's</span></span> name. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't know your region? Click <a href="http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/multitypes.html">here for a map</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">3a. Where's my blog? It is not on the list under my region.</span><br />
</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 78%;">All of the blogs are entered on the list manually--it is not an immediate process from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">SurveyMonkey</span></span> to the 23 Things On a Stick main blog (wouldn't that be nice?). It may take a week to get the blog listed. If your blog is not up after a week, email minn23@gmail.com with your name, the blog name, and URL.</span><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">3b. The link to my blog doesn't work or goes to some weird blog. What's the deal?</span><br />
</span>Possible reasons:<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">The links are copied and pasted into the main blog, so it is possible the link had a typo or was incomplete. We try to check them, but we miss some. Email</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"> minn23@gmail.com with your name, the blog name, and URL so we can check the registration info.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">You registered a blog that belongs to someone else. If you did not create your blog prior to registering and just selected a URL without checking availability, you may have a link to a "weird blog." Re-register with a new URL. We will change the list to reflect your new blog.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">We couldn't figure out the URL you supplied, so it is not listed yet. You will be hearing from us soon.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"> You registered multiple blogs with different names and/or emails and we are waiting to get that straightened out with you. </span></li>
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Participants who wish to receive the completion incentive must register their blogs by June 15 and complete all 23 Things (and blog about each one!) by September 15. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Registration for Round 2 begins May 15, 2008.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">5. Are there prizes?</span><o:p></o:p><br />
Yes! Participants who complete the entire course will receive a completion incentive and be entered for additional prizes. <span style="font-weight: bold;">To be eligible for prizes, you must register your blog as described in Thing 1 and complete all Things by September 15. </span>Only Minnesota participants are eligible for prizes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">6. How do I track my progress for the 23 Things?</span> <o:p></o:p><br />
You will create a blog of your own in Thing 1 to track your progress. Please use your blog to write your reactions to the lessons and add any ideas you may have on how to use Web 2.0 tools for yourself and your library. This is your time to experiment, have fun, and learn at you own pace. Links to the blogs of all participants are listed by region on the front <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">page of</span></span> the mother blog.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Include the Thing # and title in the heading of each post. It will help you and the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick </span>Team track your progress. It is helpful when you want to refer back or add something new on a specific topic or tool, too.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">7. How will you know I have done all the Things?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">You will write about each Thing you complete (see previous question). Each of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">multitypes</span></span></span></span> will be reading and tracking their participants' blogs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Can I blog anonymously? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Yes & no. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Since you control all the information that you share on your blog, you can choose to use a screen name to keep yourself anonymous</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> if that makes it easier/more comfortable for you.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> However, if you want to be eligible for the prizes, you must register your blog with the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> team with a valid email. Your blog will be posted on this blog, but your "real identity" will not be listed.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">But, really, why be anonymous? Other 23</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ers</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> want to know who you are so they can share and learn more. It is not necessary to put all your personal info in your profile, but complete anonymity works against the social community we want to create with 23 Things On a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Stic</span></span>k.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">9. How much do I have to write in my blog posts?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Each blog post must describe which Thing you have completed (remember to put that in the post title, too), what your experience was learning about it--easy, hard, impossible--ideas how you can use this in your library or media center or in other areas, and other comments on the process. While we don't expect a dissertation on every Thing, we do expect thoughtful reflection and active participation that is clear in the post. Single line posts or those that show perfunctory participation will not be counted. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">10. Will there be any training classes offered on how to do this? </span><br />
There will be no statewide classes or workshops offered to support this program. Instead, staff are encouraged to work together with others in their libraries or region and share with each other their discoveries, techniques and "how to" both in person and through their blogs. You are encouraged to be resourceful and find a co-worker or another staff member who can help. Be sure to share your knowledge and expertise too!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We will provide helpful hints, encouraging words, and post comments on your blogs from time to time. The 23 Things On a Stick team will be <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/contact-your-multitype.html">available by e-mail </a>to answer your questions. Individual <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">multitype</span></span></span></span></span> regions may offer opportunities to work together or additional sessions on the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>. Watch your <a href="http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/multitypes.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">multitype</span></span></span></span></span>’s</a> Web site for more information or click the region under 23 Things On a Stick Activities on the sidebar.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">You will receive a weekly newsletter starting in mid-June (after registration is closed) that includes hints about the Things. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">11. Is there any tech support?</span> <o:p></o:p><br />
We can assist you with the course, but not your computer or Internet connection. Here are some <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/09/web-20-hints.html">hints about Web 2.0 tools</a> that might help you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">12. Do any of the 23 Things On a Stick require downloads?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Flash is required to view many of the applications. Chances are this is already installed on your computer, but if it is not, c</span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" style="font-family: arial;">lick here for a free download</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Adobe Reader is required to read a few of the links. If you do not have it, you </span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" style="font-family: arial;">can get it free here.</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> Java needs to be enabled for many of the applications, too. Here are </span><a href="http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/browsers/java.html" style="font-family: arial;">instructions on how to enable Java.</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Always check with your tech people before downloading anything.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">A few of the Things have activities that may require a download. However, most of the Things have options that can be done without downloading anything extra. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2008/01/which-of-23-things-on-stick-require.html">Click here to see a list of Things that have downloads.</a><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Most of the 23 Things are Web-based applications that do not require additional downloads or plug-ins to work. Many Web-based applications have third party features that require downloads. These are not required—although they are often fun and add functionality.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">13. Why Do This?</span> <o:p></o:p><br />
This is a great chance to spend time on your personal and professional development. All library staff need to be up-to-date with the latest trends and technology tools that Web 2.0 is bringing us everyday. <span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>We need to take time to learn how the tools can be utilized in or with our libraries. And we will know what our library users, especially younger users, are talking about!<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">14. I noticed some of the Things have a section headed Challenge? What is this and do I have to do it?</span><br />
The Challenges are there for those participants who are already familiar with that particular Thing and want to learn more and/or for those who are intrigued by what they have learned doing the first parts of the Thing. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Challenges are all optional; you do not have to do those parts to have completed the Thing</span>. If you do one or more the Challenges, be sure to blog about it!<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">15. Who are members of the 23 Things On a Stick Team?</span> <o:p></o:p><br />
The Directors and staff of the seven Minnesota <a href="http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/multitypes.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Multicounty</span></span></span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Multitype</span></span></span></span></span> Library Systems</a> are the core of the team. We had help from Jennifer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Hootman</span></span></span></span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">MINITEX</span></span></span></span>, too. This group has worked together to create the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick </span>blog, modify and create the content and instructions for the Things. The team will read participants’ blogs.<span style="font-size: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-52105872167937919062007-11-01T16:12:00.005-05:002010-02-20T09:05:20.486-06:00What Are the 23 Things On a Stick?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We're glad you asked! These are the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick </span>that participants must complete. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">All the red links below take you to the details and activities for that Thing. <span style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<span style="color: #330099; font-size: 130%;">Click on the links and read the entire Thing so you understand the activities and then jump in and have fun learning!</span></span></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Be sure you have read </span><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/welcome-to-23-things-on-stick.html" style="font-family: arial;">this</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html" style="font-family: arial;">this </a><span style="font-family: arial;">so you understand how the program works.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Getting Started</span></span><br />
1. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-3-set-up-your-blog.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Set up your own blog</a>, add your first post, & add an avatar. Register your blog and begin your <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> adventure. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Each participant must register her/his own blog to be eligible for the incentive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">What is Web 2.0 and Why Should I Care?</span></span><br />
2. Read & watch these <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-2-library-20.html" style="color: #cc0000;">perspectives</a> on Library 2.0, Web 2.0, and the future of libraries. Share your thoughts.<br />
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Keeping Up</span><br />
3. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-4-rss-newsreaders.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Learn about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RSS</span> </a>and news feeds and set up an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RSS</span> account of your own. Locate a few library-related blogs and/or news feeds to add to your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">RSS</span> account.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Photosharing</span> and Editing</span></span><br />
4. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-7-more-flickr-fun.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Explore <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Flickr</span></a> and learn about this popular image hosting site.<br />
5. Have some <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-7-more-flickr-fun_09.html" style="color: #cc0000;">more fun with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Flickr</span></a> and discover so</span><span style="font-family: arial;">me services and mash-ups from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Flickr</span> and others.<br />
6. Play around with an <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-8-online-image-generators.html" style="color: #cc0000;">online image generator</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Communication</span></span><br />
7. Web 2.0 tools make communication a snap. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-7.html" style="color: #990000;">Try these tools</a> and think how your library can use them.<br />
8. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/thing-8.html" style="color: #990000;">Share your slide decks, photos, or presentation slides</a> on your Web site or blog with these tools.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collaboration </span></span><br />
9. These Web 2.0 tools make it <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-9-online-collaboration-tools.html" style="color: #cc0000;">easy to collaborate</a> </span>on documents and presentations without the hassles of email attachments.<br />
10. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-17-wikis.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Learn about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wikis</span> </a>and how libraries are using them. Add an entry to the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> wiki.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Social Media: Del.icio.us, Tagging, & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Digg</span>, and More </span></span><br />
11. Learn about <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-13-tagging-and-delicious.html" style="color: #cc0000;">tagging and del.icio.us,</a> a social bookmarking site.<br />
12. Do you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Digg</span>? Have you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Reddit</span>? Maybe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">StumleUpon</span> is your thing. Major publications (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">NYT</span> & Washington Post, for example) offer readers the chance to "rate" and recommend their articles to others via these <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-12-do-you-digghttpwwwbloggercomim.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">social media sites</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Online Productivity Tools</span></span><br />
13. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-15-online-productivity-tools.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Try out an online productivity tool </a>and learn about others.<br />
14. Take a <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-15-librarything.html" style="color: #cc0000;">look at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">LibraryThing</span></a>. It is not just for personal collections; libraries are using it too.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Online Games in Libraries</span></span><br />
15.<a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-15-online-games-and-libraries.html"> Libraries and games</a> are becoming a hot topic. Explore some online games.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Minnesota Library 2.0</span></span><br />
16. Media specialists, academic librarians, and public librarians can help their 2.0 students be more efficient in their research with </span><span style="font-family: arial;">these Web 2.0 tools: <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/thing-16-school-tools.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Assignment Calculator & the Research Project Calculator. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">17. ELM is more than articles. Use these </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/thing-17-elm-productivity-tools.html" style="color: #cc0000;">ELM productivity tools</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> to maximize what ELM can do for you.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Podcasts</span> & Video </span></span><br />
18. Discover <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-17-youtube-other-online-video.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">YouTube</span> and other sites</a> that let you watch and upload video.<br />
19. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-18-podcasts.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Explore <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">podcasts</span> </a>and consider creating a podcast of your own.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Social Networking</span></span><br />
20. <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2009/01/revised-social-networks-post.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Facebook</span> and MySpace</a> are the way many people communicate--with each other, with the greater community, and in some cases, with their libraries.<br />
21. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Facebook and MySpace may grab the headlines about social networks, but <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-21-beyond-myspace-other-social.html">there are other networks.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Staying Current</span></span><br />
22. With Web 2.0 tools evolving, growing, and changing—not to mention all the changes in Library 2.0</span><span style="font-family: arial;">—</span><span style="font-family: arial;">how can you keep up? It definitely takes some effort, but here are some <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-22-lifelong-learning.html">ways to keep learning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Last Thing</span></span><br />
23. Complete this <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-23-final-thoughts_09.html" style="color: #cc0000;">online evaluation and <span style="font-weight: bold;">blog about your 23 Things On a Stick experience</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span> <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-38278615593874170582007-10-29T16:16:00.016-05:002010-02-20T09:07:28.699-06:00Thing 1. Set Up Your Blog<span style="font-family: arial;">Now that you have a better idea of what</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"> 23 Things On a Stick</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is all about, it’s time to set up your very own blog to begin recording your progress and thoughts on the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. There are several free online blog hosting services including </span><a href="http://wordpress.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wordpress</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> & </span><a href="http://www.typepad.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Typepad</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">, but we recommend </span><a href="http://blogger.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Blogger</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, a Google product.<br />
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This is a very important Thing. You will record your progress in your blog & others will be reading your blog. Read through all of the instructions!</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Set up your blog b<a href="http://blogger.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157065609770183234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPmyXNU32VU4uAkWNDGwTax1iyjOZwjatzFp6Q7uKP04EW6t4lFghszwDdAAfSRDIobdowFoQiy0lMKNR7u-4zaaXDbh3qEd1mT0QdZr5btGYeMVLbKN8Xzhhact6GO6w5n95BTNh-A_7/s400/blogger+arrow+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>y following these steps:<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Create an account in Blogger</span> <o:p></o:p></div><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Go to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/start">Blogger.com</a></li>
<li>Click on the long orange arrow that says Create Your Blog Now. Follow the 3 step instructions.<br />
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<li>You will need a Google Account. Follow the directions to set up a Google Account if you do not have one. You can use any email address—it does not need to be a Gmail address. Your email becomes your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Username</span></span>. Your Display Name is how your posts are signed--you can use your real name, initials, or a nickname. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Create a password for your account. (The first of many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">usernames</span></span>/passwords you will create for 23 Things On a Stick. Think now how you will remember them all. Or use the same one or similar ones for every Web 2.0 tool.)<br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Remember to write down your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Username</span></span> and Password.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Name your blog</span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the hard part! <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;">You will create a both a blog title and a URL for your blog.</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">blog title </span>is the name that will appear on the banner at the top of your blog. The blog title does not need to be unique--nor will you be able to tell if it is unique. There are probably hundreds of blogs with relatively generic names--<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">BobBlog</span></span> or Musings, for example. That is OK. However, we do recommend that you <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> name your blog 23 Things On a Stick, 23things, or similar names just to avoid some confusion. Add an identifier--Bob's 23 Things or 23things on the Prairie. Browse the list of Round 1 blog names for ideas. Be sure that the blog name appears in the masthead of your blog. If it does not, go to the Settings tab and enter your blog name in the Title box. Click Save.<br />
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</ul><ul face="arial"><li>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">URL is the unique Web address of your blog</span>. This URL is how you will find your blog or tell others how to find it. We recommend a short, easy to remember URL.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> You must be sure that no one else has registered the URL you want on Blogger! </span>Blogger will tell you if the URL you want is available--click Check <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Availability</span>. (Note: This is where some Round 1 23<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ers</span></span> caused a lot of confusion--they just picked a URL and registered it with us without first setting up their Blogger blog and checking URL availability. Some of those URLs took us to highly unusual places!)<br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Remember that the whole web world can see your blog title and blog address. Create a name that reflects the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> program, but is uniquely yours. Here are some names of other people’s 23 Things blogs:</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><br />
<ul face="arial"><ul><li><a href="http://pamosterberg.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">PLO's</span> 23 Things</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li><a href="http://ohno2pt0.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ohno</span>2pt0</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://thingmonkey.blogspot.com/">Thing Monkey</a> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><o:p></o:p>In Blogger, the URL format is blogname.blogspot.com There is no www in the address when using Blogger.com software. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>The URL for your blog will look like these examples<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 40px;"><li>http://minnonastick.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></li>
<li>http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/ <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please remember your URL address and/or bookmark it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger Settings</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Be sure that you have <span style="font-weight: bold;">enabled comments</span>. We want to comment on your posts, as do others.</div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial">1. Under the Settings Tab, click the Comments link. We recommend the second choice under Who Can Comment? Registered Users.<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">2. If you want to moderate comments (review all comments before they are published) scroll down and turn moderation on.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">3. If you want others (up to 10 people) to know when you receive a comment, you can enter their email addresses in the box near the bottom of that page.</div><span style="font-family: arial;">Click Save Settings once you are done.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Select your template.</span><br />
</div><ul face="arial"><li>The fun part--Blogger has several templates so choose one that fits you. The first Choose Template screen has only a few; choose one. If you want to experiment with other Templates after your blog is set-up, go to Layout and choose Pick New Template. You will see many more choices. Try some; it is easy to see how your blog will look in the different choices. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hints</span><o:p></o:p></div><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>If you run into problems, check out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Blogger's</span></span> Help file and Tutorial or here’s a <a href="http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#155"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">MINITEX</span></span> Blog Tutorial </a>. Another tutorial is <a href="http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/tutorials/Blogging/player.html">here</a>. You can<a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/contact-your-multitype.html"> </a><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/contact-your-multitype.html">ask us</a>, too. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Be sure to enable comments under Settings on Blogger.</li>
<li>Be sure your blog title appears on the masthead of your blog. Go to settings and enter it in the Title box if it does not appear. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Spend some time exploring the features of Blogger—spell check, how to upload photos or video, font choices, text size and color, and more.<br />
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</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Create an avatar.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>An avatar is an online representation of yourself. Go to <a href="http://avatars.yahoo.com/">http://avatars.yahoo.com/</a> to design an avatar. There are many choices for appearance, accessories, pets, etc. (You will have to set up an account if you don't use Yahoo!) You can make an avatar that resembles the "real you" or create an entirely new you (If only it were so easy!)<br />
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<li>Save your avatar and <a href="http://avatars.yahoo.com/export.html">export</a> to your blog.</li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's how to export your Yahoo! avatar to your blog. </span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><br />
<ol style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 40px;"><li>When you are on your Avatars.Yahoo.com page, go to "Home" tab and look at the right column. One of the options is: "EXPORT: Use your avatar in web pages and blogs and more." Click there. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>In the Center of the page, one option is your avatar's HTML code. Copy (Control C) the code, go to your blog. Sign in. On Blogger Dashboard there is an option to add a Manage posts, settings, or layout; Go to "LAYOUT." You will see various page elements.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Click Add Page Element from the page. From the pop-up box that opens, choose the item marked "HTML/Java Script <o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Paste (Control V) the HTML code into the Content box. Add a title in the title box if you wish.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li>Click Save Changes.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Back on the Layout page, you can drag and drop that PAGE ELEMENT to wherever you want your avatar to appear on your blog.</li>
</ol><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;">After you have completed Steps 1-4, you are ready to register for 23 Things On a Stick. Register one blog per person.</span><br />
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5. Register your blog.</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Here's how to register:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WsfcRSZ9_2bKF_2bxAn6QjBEqA_3d_3d">Click here to register your blog</a>. Once you have clicked the Register button, you are registered. You will not receive a confirmation email. SurveyMonkey, the tool we use for registration is very reliable; we will get the registration. Don't know your region? <a href="http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/multitypes.html">Click here for a map</a>.<br />
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<li>We will add you to the <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick</span> blog lists according to your region. We will not list your name; only your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">blog's</span></span> name.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Remember, it may take a week or so to get your blog on the mother blog. Don't panic (and don't re-register!)--it will get there as soon as we can get it up.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">You’re ready to start posting! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://blogger.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157066013497109074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iDjXaKuhrEIUcGpeSX-TT7IEJ1RR-lnCfJKip9HPHpzLniFZOhiA5W05kM8-tNTEGxbccoQwrB9cwJDlSbx-i-xEvYyG52W343d14YlOwUNVWflIf12k76xURi_s37WttzM6YwdU7yiS/s400/blogger+logo+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>Whenever you complete a Thing, write a post reflecting your experience with the Thing you accomplished. Please clearly label each entry in your blog in with Thing number and the subject. We just need to be able to see which Thing you are doing. Read and comment on other 23 Things <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">bloggers</span></span>’ posts, too. That’s part of being part of this library learning community. And everyone, likes feedback.<br />
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Each of your posts should provide insights into what you’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ve</span></span> discovered and learned. Share what worked for you, what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">didn</span></span>’t, what you’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ve</span></span> shared with your colleagues, any surprises, frustrations, and eureka moments. We will offer some blog prompts to get you thinking, but don’t feel limited by those—splash out and share!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">You are joining many, many librarians who blog. <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6510669.html">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Bloggers</span></span> Among Us</a> is a recent survey of library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">bloggers</span></span>. And if you need inspiration for your blogging, glance through the blogs of these <a href="http://oedb.org/library/features/top-25-librarian-bloggers-by-the-numbers">Top 25 Library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Bloggers</span></span></a><a href="http://oedb.org/library/features/top-25-librarian-bloggers-by-the-numbers">.</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Remember, each participant must have her/his own blog to record progress.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE: It may take a up to a week for your blog to appear on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Participants</span>' Blogs lists. We must enter the info manually. If your blog does not appear a week after you register, email minn23@gmail.com with your name, blog name, and blog URL. Check the FAQs for more info.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" face="arial">1. Add features from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Blogger's</span></span> selections on Layout and Settings pages. Add a blog roll of blogs of your fellow participants or of other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">interesting</span> blogs you've found. Add photos or video. How about a poll?<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;">2. Already have a Blogger blog? Explore other blogging software and compare and contrast features. Which ones have great features? Which one would you recommend?</div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;">3. Add third party features to your blog--visitor counts, email subscriptions and more. <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Feedburner</span></span></a> and <a href="http://www.sitemeter.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Sitemeter</span></span></a> are two sources of additional features.</div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;">4. Be sure to blog about your experience with the other blogging software and/or third party features. Any features you think all blogs should have?<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-80413156728312709132007-10-28T19:03:00.003-05:002010-02-20T09:08:14.993-06:00Thing 2. What is Library 2.0?<span style="font-family: arial;">Library 2.0 is a term used to describe a new set of concepts for developing and delivering library services. The name, as you may guess, is an extension of Web 2.0 and shares many of its same philosophies and concepts including harnessing the user in both design and implementation of services, embracing constant change as a development cycle over the traditional notion of upgrades, and reworking library services to meet the users in their space, as opposed to ours (libraries.) Web 2.0 tools make it easy to create content and then share it via the Internet. Libraries can use the tools to promote programs and services, create useful content, and then communicate it to their users. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Many have argued that the notion of Library 2.0 is more than just a term used to describe concepts that revolve around the use of technology; it is also a term that can be used to describe both physical and mindset changes that are occurring within libraries to make our spaces and services more user-centric and inviting. Others within the profession have asserted that libraries have always been 2.0: collaborative, customer friendly, and welcoming. But no matter which side of the debate you fall on, just about everyone agrees that libraries of tomorrow, even five or ten years from now, will look substantially different from libraries today. 23 Things On a Stick can help you get ready to participate in the changes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Watch this </span><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/sirexkat/videos/5/" style="font-family: arial;">video</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Stephen Abram kicks off 23 Things at Murdoch University Library in Australia.<br />
2. Read this <a href="http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/">blog pos</a>t by John Blyberg, a library blogger from Connecticut.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">2. The latest on Library 2.0 is in <span style="font-style: italic;">Library Technology Reports</span>, Volume 43 Issue 5. Read this article "The Ongoing Web Revolution".</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (The <a href="http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.elm4you.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&jid=LTR&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-live">full volume</a> can be found via ELM; click on Vol. 43, Issue 5 and go to the article.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Resources<br />
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">These articles offer more views on Web 2.0 and libraries:</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OCLC</span> Next Space Newsletter – </span><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm" style="font-family: arial;">Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web take libraries?</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> Five Perspectives:</span><br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm" style="font-family: arial;">Away from Icebergs</a></li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm" style="font-family: arial;">Into a new world of librarianship </a></li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/4.htm" style="font-family: arial;">To more powerful ways to cooperate</a></li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm" style="font-family: arial;">To a temporary place in time</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/5.htm" style="font-family: arial;">To better bibliograhic services</a><br />
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</ul></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wikipedia</span> – </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0" style="font-family: arial;">Library 2.0</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts<br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Here are some ideas to blog about--but don't let these questions limit you. Share all your thoughts, ideas, and discoveries</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">.<br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">We know time is always an issue--Stephen Abram shares some ideas on where to find the time for 23 Things. Where will you find the time?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Why are you participating in<span style="font-style: italic;"> 23 Things On a Stick</span>? What do you hope to learn?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">How has the Internet and the vast resource it can be affected your use of time at work and/or at home?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Where are you in your knowledge and use of Web 2.0 tools? How about your library?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">What are you looking forward to in <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>?</span></span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">We hope you will enjoy this program. Have fun exploring and thinking about Web 2.0/Library 2.0/School Library 2.0!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-72251658593249269092007-10-27T14:11:00.003-05:002010-02-20T09:09:54.568-06:00Thing 3. Set Up an RSS Account & Add Feeds<span style="font-family: arial;">So everyone participating in <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things on a Stick</span> now has a blog and we told you to read your fellow learners’ blogs. Are you thinking, “What, I have to click on 100+ bookmarks to see if anyone has updated?!? Forget it; waaaay too much time.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">But what if you could visit all those blogs and more information sources in just one place and all at the same time? Would that be valuable to you? Well, you can! A lot smart people out there who like to keep up-to-date and save time have created services to make it easy to follow your favorite blogs and other information sources. It’s called RSS.</span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29" style="font-family: arial;">RSS</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” It is a file format for delivering regularly updated information over the web. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">In the information world, RSS has changed the way news, media, and content creators share information, and it is changing the way everyday users are consuming information. Join the revolution by setting up a RSS account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">1. </span><a href="http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/04/it-really-is-really-simple-rss-for.html" style="font-family: arial;">Read more </a><span style="font-family: arial;">about RSS and/or </span><a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english" style="font-family: arial;">watch</a><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english"> </a>this Common Craft video.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
2. Set up an aggregator account using either Bloglines or Google Reader. It’s free. Follow the directions at these sites:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>For <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a></li>
<li>For <a href="http://www.google.com/help/reader/tour.html">Google Reader</a> </li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">3. You will want to add some of your fellow participants’ blogs to your Bloglines</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> or Google Reader account. This will help you keep up-to-date on what they have to say about the Things, their discoveries, and comments. You can add additional feeds for Web sites, news sites, podcasts, and more, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">It is easy to add the feeds. In either account, you copy and paste the URL into the Subscribe or Add box then click the button. You can add a Bloglines button to your toolbar, too, which makes it easy to subscribe. Follow the </span><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub" style="font-family: arial;">instructions</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> at the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">4. Add at least three other news feeds, blogs, or Web page updates to your account. There are several ways you can locate RSS feeds:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144700978745583410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ6WuxHyfydvgwgcl-56wiShbyWzVfq3cm1JBaN8zKOdpsijsYp5XRwYYQI8ogYdg7zlrNxhCP9MD6tAY8xgUUPeQwZq2OBKsLaDV1IBai-GfiCiLF1v1su6L-462y97ULMZomw22wRVH/s200/rss_icon_01.gif" style="cursor: pointer; height: 71px; width: 77px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> When visiting your favorite websites -- look for that indicate the website provides it. Often a feed icon will be displayed somewhere in the navigation of the site. The orange square above is one type of RSS feed icon. Here are some other </span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg" style="font-family: arial;">RSS feed icons</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Use Blogline's </span><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/search" style="font-family: arial;">Search</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> tool - Bloglines recently expanded search tool lets you search for news feeds in addition to posts, citations, and the web. Use the Search for Feeds option to locate RSS feeds you might be interested in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"> Do a </span><a href="http://www.google.com/blogsearch" style="font-family: arial;">blog search</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Google. This search limits results only to blog postings. This can lead you to bloggers talking about what you are interested in. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Look at this site for library blogs </span><a href="http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html" style="font-family: arial;">worldwide.</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Find some library or technology, blogs, school library blogs, headlines, or other resources. Share those you find useful via a blog post.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/#directory-welcome-page" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157067430836316802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh804EqNw0ECJibBp6y20g_Oe90FmA9Py2PV8-HF9ZAoGqWGhBilyVQo7rt5F11F4Dy9Z2GhGvIKA611Aue-gleWN9PXVG2n4t6lXvTQM8_6WjAaUmCVdYCi8HAotsCEs63BFpn_G66RMxF/s400/google+reader+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Some interesting feeds:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.readersclub.org/rss.asp" style="font-family: arial;">Reader’s Club</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> new review feeds</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.unshelved.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Unshelved</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> - Library cartoon feed </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://cmleinfofeed.wordpress.com/">CMLE Info Feed</a>--news from CMLE, Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.selco.info/news/blogs/selco-librarian" style="font-family: arial;">SELCO Librarian </a><span style="font-family: arial;"> comments from staff at SELCO/SELS</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://northerninsights.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Northern Insights</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, the Northern Lights Library Network Blog</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/">WebJunction-Minnesota</a> has a blog<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Some MINITEX Blogs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• </span><a href="http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/digref/" style="font-family: arial;">Digital Reference </a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• </span><a href="http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/elm/" style="font-family: arial;">ELM blog </a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• </span><a href="http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/bats/" style="font-family: arial;">Blog About Technical Services </a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• </span><a href="http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/reference/" style="font-family: arial;">Reference Services</a><br />
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<a href="http://bloglines.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157067267627559538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIV9eedZDog6wMHEY26Gb9huYwBgWyKK4cxPeOAkan5BzIquwuQnhGwM6j3sS3yCzr56NG10_ZqTiPEqdqkfTZJ7BEV7zFxbhAnRyp-2orkqvbFOAcz11DSwLyXM1rXTQJBxBbN5CGnEQ0/s400/bloglines+logo+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Think about these things as you blog:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">How can teachers or media specialists libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Which tool for finding feeds was easiest to use?<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Find any great sources we should all add to our feed reader?</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span><br />
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">These resources will give you more information on the hows and whys of RSS.</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">CNET Video: </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flash/rss_tutorial.html?tag=video" style="font-family: arial;">RSS – Feel the Need for Feeds </a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">(3:32) – a good over view of what RSS is and the benefits to users.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.palinet.org/rss/toti/tsstutorial.htm" style="font-family: arial;">Feed Me: A gentle introduction to Internet feeds </a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">- a good tutorial from Palinet, a library cooperative</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Have fun finding and reading blogs. But beware; it can be addicting! </span><br />
<a href="http://www.bloglines.com/" style="font-family: arial;"></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-60158581718977452352007-10-25T11:32:00.002-05:002010-02-20T09:11:02.523-06:00Thing 4. Photosharing with Flickr<a href="http://flickr.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144717153592420162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQwX-L164eDjuV6t3RdyYypqxHpYaXaSMH1NjqdsZtqLObpQdcvzYTsPFPKk1eU2VFKTIswNbl8JrD_VvGHUOrym6vrK9xtQxAbGtkx3FyPbbe_y2Plk2YXHQBjkiEPmFy3nd9ubnPUr8/s200/flickr_logo_gamma.gif.v1.5.gif" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 54px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 188px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Photo-sharing Web sites have been around for quite awhile, in Internet terms. </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Flickr</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (now owned by Yahoo) took the idea of photo sharing and turned it into an online community. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Flickr</span></span> allows users to upload their photos and then share them with family, friends, or the world. Users can “tag” photos with descriptive words and phrases--what librarians would call keywords—to help users identify and search for photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">In this Thing, you are asked to take a good look at </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/about/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Flickr</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and discover what this site has to offer. Find out how </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/tags/#37" style="font-family: arial;">tags</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> work, what </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/groups" style="font-family: arial;">groups</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> are, and all the neat things that people and other </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=libraries" style="font-family: arial;">libraries</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (a </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/discuss/169806/" style="font-family: arial;">list</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> here, too) are creating thanks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Flickr</span></span>. Here is a link to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22503437@N05/">23 Things On a Stick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Flickr</span> account.</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">Library of Congress </a>has a Flickr account--with more than 3,000 photos that you are invited to tag.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Take a look at how the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/csbsjulibrary/2071831710/">Clemens and Alcuin libraries</a><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/csbsjulibrary/2071831710/"> </a>of the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University are using a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Flickr</span> feature called "add a note" to highlight books in their collections. Mouse over any of the books in the bookcase to get the details and a link to the catalog record. Very cool use of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Flickr</span> in a library. (Here is <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/csbsjulibrary/sets/72157604356418820/comments/#comment72157605020563043">more fun</a> at the Clemens and Alcuin libraries!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">You have two options in this Thing…<br />
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First watch the Common Craft <a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/"></a>video "Online Photosharing in Plain English." Click arrow to start the video.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;">Then choose</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
A.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Take a </span><a href="http://flickr.com/tour/" style="font-family: arial;">good look</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Flickr</span></span> and find an interesting image that you want to blog about. You can </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/" style="font-family: arial;">explore</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Flickr</span></span> photos, search the tags, view various groups, and more without a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Flickr</span></span> account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">2. Use any keyword(s) (baseball, cats, library cats, library signs, Minnesota library, whatever…) to find photos with those tags.When you find an interesting image or group, comment on your experience finding images, using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Flickr</span></span>, and anything else related to the exercise. </span><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41641" style="font-family: arial;">Upload the image</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> to your blog (be sure to credit the photographer). Don't forget to include a </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/photos/?search=image+url#68" style="font-family: arial;">link to the image</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in the post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">--OR-- </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the more fun option</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">B.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Create a </span><a href="https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=flickr&.scrumb=0&new=1&.pd=c%3DE0.GahOp2e4MjkX.5l2HgAoLkpmyPvccpVM-&.intl=us&.logout=1&.direct=1&.done=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.yahoo.com%2Fconfig%2Fvalidate%3F.src%3Dflickr%26.pc%3D5134%26.scrumb%3D0%26.pd%3Dc%253DE0.GahOp2e4MjkX.5l2HgAoLkpmyPvccpVM-%26.intl%3Dus%26.done%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fsignin%252Fyahoo%252F" style="font-family: arial;">Free Account</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Flickr</span></span> (note that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Flickr</span></span> is now part of Yahoo! If you have a Yahoo! account for email or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">MyYahoo</span></span>!, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">log in</span> with that.).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">2. Then use a digital camera to capture a few pictures of something in your library.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">3. Upload these to your new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Flickr</span></span> account and tag at least one of the images with <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>. Be sure to mark the photo public.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">4. Add one or more of your images to your blog. You can add the image in one of two ways:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Flickr's</span></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/blogging/">blogging tool</a> (need a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Flickr</span></span> account to see the button) lets you click the Blog This button (right above the picture) and add any public photo on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Flickr</span></span> to your blog. Be sure to give credit to the photographer, if it is not your photo.</li>
<li><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41641"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Blogger's</span></span> photo upload</a> feature lets you add photos from your computer or from the Web and choose the placement in the blog post. Click the little photo icon in the toolbar on the New Post page—it is in the row of tools above the post box. Follow the instructions in the pop up box.</li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Once you have the photo uploaded and tagged, create a post in your blog about your photo and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Flickr</span></span> experience. Will you use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Flickr</span></span> for the library or media center, for your personal photos, or in another way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Spend some time exploring the site and have some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Flickr</span></span> photo fun.If you're interested in looking at some other photo hosting and sharing sites, check out </span><a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Flh%2Flogin%3Fcontinue%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fpicasaweb.google.com%252F&service=lh2&passive=true" style="font-family: arial;">Picasa Web Albums</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> from Google or another service called </span><a href="http://www.smugmug.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Smugmug</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Keep in mind that when posting identifiable photos of other people (especially minors) get the person's permission before posting their photo in a publicly accessible place like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Flickr</span></span>. Never upload pictures to your Flickr account that weren't taken by you (unless you have the photographer's consent) and always give credit when you include photos taken by someone else in your blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span></span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/tour/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Flickr</span></span> Learn More</a> tour (6 steps)</li>
<li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Mediamazine</span></span> <a href="http://www.indezine.com/mediamazine/2006/05/flickr-tutorials-series.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Flickr</span></span> Tutorials</a></li>
<li>Keep up with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Flickr</span></span> news via the <a href="http://blog.flickr.com/en"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Flickrblog</span></span></a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">More ways to explore:</span><br />
<ul face="arial"><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Flickr</span></span>: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/">Popular tags</a></li>
<li>Interesting- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/">Last 7 days</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/365libs/">365 Days of Library Pictures</a> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Flickr</span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Share your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Flickr</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">ing</span></span> thoughts:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>How might you use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Flickr</span></span> in your library or media center?</li>
<li>Do you use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Flickr</span></span> or another photo hosting service? Which one? How does it compare to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Flickr</span></span>?</li>
<li>How do you feel about having your photos public (note that you can mark your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Flickr</span></span> photos private, too)--any concerns?</li>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Explore the new </span><a href="http://blog.flickr.com/en/2007/12/05/edit-your-photos-on-flickr/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Picnik</span></span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Flickr</span></span> </a><span style="font-family: arial;">partnership. Edit and post some of your edited photos on your blog. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note that you can use </span><a href="http://www.picnik.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Picnik</span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> independently of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Flickr</span></span>--it also has a premium service that offers a lot of other editing options.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">2. Be sure to blog about the pros and cons of this third party application.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">3. Compare & contrast other photo sites like Picasa or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Smugmug</span></span> or one you use. Which has great features to recommend to the rest of us?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">4. Try more of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Flickr's</span></span> or another site's tools to manipulate or organize photos and then tell us about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">5. Post anything you've done/learned about photo-editing or photo sites on your blog.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Photos ad personality and interest to blogs and Web pages. Photo hosting sites like Flickr make sharing photos easy.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-10954289185248840212007-10-24T12:24:00.001-05:002010-02-20T09:12:47.440-06:00Thing 5. More Flickr Fun<span style="font-family: arial;">Like many Web 2.0 sites, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Flickr</span> encourages other people to build their own online applications that use images found on the site. Through the use of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">APIs</span> (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mashups</span></a> that use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Flickr</span> images. The tools help you find, organize, and use photos in various ways. You can create mosaics of photos, use photos in games, and find apps that make using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Flickr</span> easier or more efficient. Look <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/">here </a>for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mashups</span>, web apps, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Flickr</span> tools. </span><a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/index.html" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Webmonkey</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> thinks these are the </span><a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/06/08/index4a.html" style="font-family: arial;">10 Best <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Flickr</span> mash-ups</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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For this Thing, explore some of the fun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Flickr</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">mashups</span> and 3rd party tools that are out there. Note that many of these require the <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/">Flash</a> plug-in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Check out one or more of these and create something from Flickr photos to add to your blog:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.quasimondo.com/clockr.php" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Clockr</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> uses random photos to display the time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Flickr</span> Color <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Pickr</span></a> - lets you find public photos in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Flickr</span> that match a specific color.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/" style="font-family: arial;">Big Huge Labs</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> offers a round-up of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Flickr</span> tools.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://metaatem.net/words/" style="font-family: arial;">Spell with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Flickr</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> spells out your word or phrase with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Flickr</span> photos.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://splashr.com/" style="font-family: arial;">splashr </a><span style="font-family: arial;">lets you present your Flickr photos in different view.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Create </span><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/jigsaw.php" style="font-family: arial;">puzzles</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> from your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Flickr</span> photos.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Upload one or more of these mash-ups to your blog (most will give easy-to-follow instructions somewhere on the site about how to copy the code needed and where to place it on your blog.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">How can you use any of these tools in your library and media center? Reading programs, posters promoting library events, librarian trading cards all come to mind as possibilities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">What do you think of sharing photos online?</span></li>
</ul><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92745470@N00/1491477257" id="fs_1" title=""T""><img alt="T" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/2213/1491477257_74cce995ae_t.jpg" title="T" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/772151996" id="fs_2" title=""H""><img alt="H" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/1275/772151996_b34d0dc1df_t.jpg" title="H" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/1561432425" id="fs_3" title="coloured card disc letter i"><img alt="coloured card disc letter i" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/2363/1561432425_744270f2f8_t.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91106816@N00/1423872442" id="fs_4" title=""P1000644""><img alt="P1000644" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/1240/1423872442_ae29e5af94_t.jpg" title="P1000644" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/1944022473" id="fs_5" other="" s="" sign="" title=""Bead Letter G""><img alt="Bead Letter G" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/2231/1944022473_8c09f77669_t.jpg" title="Bead Letter G" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/376668893" id="fs_7" title=""Pewter Number 6""><img alt="Pewter Number 6" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/144/376668893_99a5cf2bb1_t.jpg" title="Pewter Number 6" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://metaatem.net/words/" style="font-family: arial;">Spell with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Flickr</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These tools are fun but a warning--it is very easy to spend a lot of time playing with these tools! It could become your latest hobby! </span></span><br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-91936783765146819542007-10-23T15:15:00.001-05:002010-02-20T09:15:51.886-06:00Thing 6. Online Image Generators<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.imagechef.com/" target="_blank"> <img alt="ImageChef.com - Custom comment codes for MySpace, Hi5, Friendster and more" src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/071216/sampdcf6d122125a33f8.jpg" /> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.imagechef.com/"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Image Chef</span></a><br />
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Most of us don’t have the time or the artistic talent to create specialized graphics or logos for projects. Enter the Online Image Generator! These handy-dandy tools let you create many types of images – framed pictures, slide shows, comic-style captions, trading cards, calendars, and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Why use this tool?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Create trading cards of authors, scientists, historical figures, or even concepts you’re trying to teach or promote. Media specialists can support teachers by helping students create images around astronomy, algebraic equations, historical figures (“I’ll trade you two Ben Franklins for an Eleanor Roosevelt!”). Students and staff can create trading cards of themselves to help them get to know each other. Other possibilities include creating a calendar with an image related to what you’re promoting that month, or a mosaic with multiple images related to your books, videos, or other resources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Use the images generators in summer reading programs, book clubs, training, and more. Librarians at </span><a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/help/help/liaisons/cards/" style="font-family: arial;">Carleton College </a><span style="font-family: arial;">are using trading cards as a way to reach their students. The possibilities are endless! As is the time you can spend playing around with these sites—beware!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Go to </span><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/" style="font-family: arial;">Big Huge Labs.</a><br />
2.<span style="font-family: arial;"> Choose <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php">Trading Card </a>from drop down list.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">2. Create a trading card and save it to your computer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">3. Create another image or two to illustrate your 23 Things On a Stick activities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">4. Upload the your trading card and images to your blog to share with others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span></span><br />
<a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/" style="font-family: arial;">Big Huge Labs</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.imagechef.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Image Chef</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.toondoo.com/Home.on" style="font-family: arial;">Toon Doo</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Graphics are a great way to convey information and can add some fun and creativity to your Web sites. Create customized images for your PowerPoint presentations, Web pages, and other projects. This is also an opportunity to think about copyright and licensing issues–some image generators use characters from popular TV shows (The Simpsons, South Park, etc.)–is this legal or part of the Internet free-for-all?<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Consider how you can use these tools in your library or media center. How about a license plate with the name of your program? (Created using Image Chef.)</span></li>
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<a href="http://www.imagechef.com/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"> </a><img border="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx0PTExOTQ2NDM1NjQ4NTUmcHQ9MTE5NDY0MzU3MDgwOSZwPTExOTMxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" style="font-family: arial; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-72076927446834539842007-10-22T10:18:00.005-05:002010-02-20T09:16:52.287-06:00Thing 7. Web 2.0 Communication Tools<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Many Web 2.0 tools can be tagged as communication tools. Blogs, Wikis, Flickr, podcasts, & videos all are ways to communicate and share information. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook are communications tools for much of the (younger) population, too. The communication tools in this Thing—email, IM, and text messaging, Google Groups, Web Conferencing—make person-to-person or group-to-group communication easier. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Many libraries have added these communication tools as part of their online reference suite to offer users more ways to reach them. The argument for IM, email, text messaging, social network presence via Facebook, et. al. is to reach users where they are in their preferred means of communication. We may like telephones or walk-in users, but users want to communicate with us in their preferred ways. Libraries one debated telephone reference, too—but that was before libraries and librarians were early adopters of new technology!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">In this Thing, you will read, listen, and/or watch intros to these tools and how they work in libraries. There are some activities (the numbered items) to try associated with each one. Be sure to do each of the numbered items and then blog about your experiences.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email</span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://communication.howstuffworks.com/email.htm">Email </a>has been around longer than the Internet—early inceptions date to the late 1960s using mainframe computers. Now, almost everyone has at least one email address. With more than 1.5 billion email users sending 183 million email messages a day, it would seem email has a secure role in online communication and collaboration, in spite of many new tools. Everyone needs to understand and use email. If you don’t already, consider offering, classes on email for your patrons using these free email services:<o:p></o:p></div><ul><li face="arial"><a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&hl=en">Gmail</a></li>
<li style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym">Yahoo! Mail</a></li>
<li><a href="http://get.live.com/mail/options"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hotmail</span> </a></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Libraries use email for many purposes: Ask a Librarian, update patrons on their holds/overdues, and for library discussion groups to name a few.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. </span></span>Email can be a productivity enhancer or a time drain. Explore the productivity aspects of your current email program (things like folders, groups, spam filters). Here are some other <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/02/15/five-fast-email-productivity-tips">productivity hints.</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Instant Messaging</span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
Instant messaging (IM) is a real time communication tool that allows users to type into a chat box and send the info to one or more other IM users. It, too, can be a productivity tool or a time user. It is a popular communication among teens, as well as business people because of the instant response possible. <a href="http://communication.howstuffworks.com/instant-messaging.htm">Here is how it works</a>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2a.</span></span> Watch this video that shows an Instant Message chat with a librarian at the <st1:place><st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>Buffalo</st1:placename></st1:place> (Warning: music!).</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">T<o:p></o:p>here are many IM services—popular ones include AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Yahoo! Messenger. Both require downloads to work. Google offers two. Google Talk bundles various services including file sharing if you download the software. Web-based Google Talk does not require a download. Google Chat is built into Gmail.<o:p></o:p></div><ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com/talk/about.html">Google Talk</a></li>
<li><a href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)</a></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2b.</span></span> Read about Instant Messaging and libraries in this <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192.html">L</a><a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192.html">ibrary Journal article</a>. <o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2c. </span></span>Set up an IM account with others in your building who are participating in 23 Things On a Stick. Practice IMing each other. (On your own? Contact your multitype or check your region’s participants’ blogs to find an IM partner.)<o:p></o:p><br />
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Text Messaging (SMS—Short Message Service)</span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
Short Message Service (SMS), commonly called <a href="http://communication.howstuffworks.com/sms.htm">text messaging</a>, lets users send short messages of up to 160 characters via cell phone or other communication device. There is a basic cost involved depending on your provider for those who send and receive text messages.<o:p></o:p> With 500 billion text messages being sent per year, it seems that text messaging is permeating our culture. Are you part of the revolution? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3a</span></span>. View this video demonstration of a Text a Librarian session<o:p></o:p> with an academic librarian.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3b.</span></span> Read this <a href="http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=11902">article about libraries and text messaging </a>in Smart Libraries Newsletter. <o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">3c.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Try text messaging another 23 Things participant. See the IM note about finding a partner. </span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Web Conferencing </span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at his or her own computer and is connected to other participants via the Internet. This can be either a downloaded application on each of the attendees' computers or a web-based application where the attendees will simply enter a URL to enter the live meeting. These web-based applications are used either with Flash or Java technology.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">A webinar is a type of web conference. A webinar can be one-way, with the speaker giving a presentatior or it can be collaborative including question and answer or discussion sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. <a href="http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp">MINITEX Webinars</a> are an example of web conferencing. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) is a low-cost Web conferencing service that offers public online programs including book discussions, interviews, special events, library training, writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections, as well as many library continuing education presentations. A <a href="http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/Tom_Peters">podcast about OPAL </a>is here. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">Everyone is welcome to participate in OPAL programs. Usually there is no need to register. Nearly all OPAL programs are offered free of charge to participants.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4a.</span></span> Read this <a href="http://data.webjunction.org/wj/documents/16142.pdf">WebJunction intro to Web conferencing (pdf)</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4b. </span></span>Look at the <a href="http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm">O</a><a href="http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm">PAL Master Schedule.</a> Find an interesting program and join in. You don’t have to watch the whole thing if you don’t have time; watch enough to get a feel for the format.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">-OR</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span><br />
<o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-family: arial;">View a </span><a href="http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp" style="font-family: arial;">MINITEX Webinar</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
Communicate your thoughts on these tools in this communication tool--your blog!<o:p></o:p></div><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Describe how your library uses email. Has it improved productivity? </li>
<li>Share your thoughts on online reference using some of the other Web 2.0 communication tools.</li>
<li>Are you an active user of text messaging, IM, or other communication tools?</li>
<li>Which OPAL or MINITEX Web conference (Webinar) did you attend? How was it? What do you think o this communication tool?</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Library Success Wiki: <a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference">Online Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan04/perez.shtml">“Web Conferencing for Libraries: "Can You Hear Me Now?"</a> in <span style="font-style: italic;">InfoToday.</span></li>
</ul><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
1. Google Groups<br />
</span></span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">Google Groups bundles several services including email, document sharing, wiki features and web </span><span style="font-family: arial;">creation into one service. People use Google Groups to communicate and share around a topic of mutual interest. Google has these groups of interest to librarians and those who want to know more about Google features and updates:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/librarian-newsletter" style="font-family: arial;">Google Librarian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends?lnk=lr" style="font-family: arial;">Friends of Google</a></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">We have set up this </span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/23-things-on-a-stick?lnk=gcimv" style="font-family: arial;">23 Things On a Stick Google Group</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> so we can share our efforts with 23 Things On a Stick. You will receive an invitation to participate once you have registered your blog.</span></div><ul><li style="font-family: arial;">Take the t<a href="http://groups.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/tour3/index.html#?lnk=hptt">our of Google Groups</a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Participate in the 23 Things On a Stick Google Gro</span>up.</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2.</span><a href="http://wwwl.meebo.com/"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Meebo</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is an IM aggregator; it lets you view/chat with all of your IM accounts from one window. Nebraska Library Commission has posted a neat video showing one of their training sessions on Meebo for their staff. You can access it on blip.tv at: </span><a href="http://blip.tv/file/520398"><span style="font-family: arial;">blip.tv/file/520398</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">. It's about 18 minutes long but interesting if you are considering or want to look into Meebo a little closer for your library this gives you some good information about working with the program and how to set up a MeeboMe widget. If you use Meebo now or decide to try it, blog about the experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a></span></span><o:p></o:p> has had a lot of play in library literature. Described as “…a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?” <o:p></o:p></div><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Set up a Twitter account and “Tweet” with some of your co-workers or other 23 Thing participants. How can you use this in libraries?</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">These presentations from BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2007 give explanations of Twitter and its expansion features:<o:p></o:p></div><ul><li style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/David_Free">Welcome to the Twitterverse</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/David_Lee_King"><span style="font-family: arial;">i r fluffin yr twitterz: or, Twitter, part 2: the "flu</span>ff"</a></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-60296188903741451062007-10-21T10:19:00.005-05:002010-02-20T09:18:51.337-06:00Thing 8. Share Your Creations<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/2281682415_7b273a46f3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/2281682415_7b273a46f3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 78%;">Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker</span></div><div align="center"><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A hallmark of Web 2.0 is sharing--your thoughts, ideas, plans, photos, videos, and more. Many Web 2.0 tools we have or will look at are sharing tools—Flickr, YouTube, wikis, blogs, and more all let you share images, videos, and/or information. Del.ic.ious lets you share your bookmarks and the </span><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-12-do-you-digghttpwwwbloggercomim.html" style="font-family: arial;">social media sites </a><span style="font-family: arial;">let you share your likes and dislikes on things you’ve read online.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
The tools in this Thing let you share many different kinds of creations via the Web. No need for the computer to have the right software installed to open a presentation, no attachments to open, no remembering your flash drive--you just need an account (usually) and a computer with Internet access. Handy as a backup for your presentations at conferences, your vacation photos, your book preferences, or, as you see in eFolio </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minnesota</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Arial;">, your personal accomplishments. Web2.0=Sharing! </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For this Thing, explore each of the tools listed and then:</span></div><br />
<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Choose one of the tools listed under Slideshows, Photos, Databases, and eFolio (and create a slideshow, photo montage, or database. Add photos or information and then link it to your blog.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Create and Share Slideshows </span></span><br />
You can use a service like these as the primary delivery method for a presentation or you can use it to share your presentation after you have delivered it. You can share a slide deck on your library Web site to highlight a program, book displays, or anything else you can think to do. Here is an example of a shared slide show <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley/web-20-tools-in-your-classroom/">Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom</a>. </span></div><br />
<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Each service offers different features. Explore these tools:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.thumbstacks.com/">Thumbstacks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://show.zoho.com/jsp/zoho_login.jsp?serviceurl=%2FHome.do">Zoho Show</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">Slideshare</a></li>
<li><a href="http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/David_Free">Slide</a><br />
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</ul></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Share Your Photos </span></span><br />
Flickr and other photo hosting sites are an obvious way to share photos. The sites in this Thing offer "fancier" presentations of your photos. While these are “slide shows,” too, they don’t have the narrative flow of a formal presentation. These tools work best for vacation or library program photo sharing on a blog or Web site<br />
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<a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/">Picture Trail</a> offers many different ways to organize an display your photos. Called <a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/photoFlick/samples/pflicks.shtml">Flicks,</a> they can ad pizzazz to yor Web page or blog. Upload your photos to Picture Tail, arrange them into albums, choose your Flick slideshow format, and then save. Just copy the automatically-generated code and paste it into your blog where you want the Flick to appear. This is a Moving Thumbnails Flick.<br />
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<div style="height: 24px; margin-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks.shtml&cID=924"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/misc/counter.fcgi?link=%2FphotoFlick%2Fsamples%2Fpflicks.shtml&cID=925"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://pics.picturetrail.com/res/pflicks/pt2.gif" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></a></div><br />
</div></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Flickr badge creates a set of photos that displays horizontally or vertically. You can use your photos or everyone’s to add photo interest to your blog. (after you sign into Flicker, go to http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne)<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/">Big Huge Lab</a> offers many tools for using your photos to illustrate different things—billboards, name badges, motivational posters, and more. It also has a cool feature called <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php">Mosaic Maker</a>. The mosaic a the top is an example of the result. Upload your photos (account required) and arrange them in a grid. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All of the photos in these examples are from the </span><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22503437@N05/" style="font-family: arial;">MInn23 Flickr account</a><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22503437@N05/">.</a><br />
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Remember, "free" has a price. In the case of many Web 2.0 tools, it is advertising or "special offers." So click through the ad pages, and use the tools. In PictureTrail, once you have viewed the offers, they won't (usually) appear again.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Databases</span></span><br />
You can create and share databases of information, too. Create a book “want to read” or recommendations database and put a link on your blog or Web page.<br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><a href="http://lazybase.com/">Lazybase</a> lets you create databases that only you can edit or allows edits from others. Here is an example of a non-editable database: <a href="http://lazybase.com/winningfiction/listview?a=457462345&k=&tb=54&rev=1&sort=3">Award Wining Fiction</a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It’s All About You! eFolio </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><st1:state style="font-weight: bold;"><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minnesota</span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
<a href="http://www.efoliomn.com/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC=%7B116D5481-4358-483D-B413-309B7E654CD7%7D">eFolio Minnesota</a> is "a multimedia electronic portfolio designed to help you create a living showcase of your education, career and personal achievements." All Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota schools, educators and others can use eFolio Minnesota to reach their career and education goals. See <a href="http://efolio.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BE1A63ED4-18D5-4BB2-978E-EA689B975175%7D">Before You Begin </a>to learn more about using this cutting-edge electronic portfolio tool, or go straight to <a href="http://efolio.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC=%7B5FE14AFD-120A-4D95-8449-A62088B96458%7D">Sign Up</a>.<br />
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A registered trademark, eFolio </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minnesota</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Arial;"> is a product of the <a href="http://efolio.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC=%7BA14F260F-5318-4347-A0C6-D530BE07EC13%7D">Minnesota State Colleges and Universities </a>in partnership with state workforce and education organizations. </span><br />
</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Take the <a href="http://www.efoliomn.com/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC=%7BD0276C3B-04D0-4170-A000-18BB7B6DBAC5%7D">tour</a> and view some <a href="http://efolio.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B7CFE95C5-E286-460D-9DBE-2CE5E0505019%7D">sample eFolios.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are <a href="http://efoliomn.com/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC=%7BE441EAC5-0484-4871-AEB2-01BB400B3445%7D">some ideas for educators</a> on using eFolios.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;">Need more or want to explore? <a href="http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools">5</a><a href="http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools">0 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story </a>is a huge list of tools you can use to create and share online. There are tools for storytelling, scrapbooking, video, audio, remixing, cartooning, and much, much more.</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span> </span><br />
</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">What uses do these tools have for library or personal use?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Was the tool you used easy to navigate and understand? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Would you recommend it to others? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you use other sharing tools for photos, documents, or other creations that you would recommend?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />
1. Create one of each of the sharing types—slide show, photo montage, database, eFolio and then link the results and blog about your experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Web 2.0 tools make collaborating on creating a document or other publication easier. Documents are online and available from any computer with Internet access. Edits are easy to make and save. The program saves a document’s history with all changes made and indicates who made the changes. A full set of word processing tools makes formatting simple. Click the toolbar buttons to bold, underline, indent, change font or number format, change cell background color and so on.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwKrEFSLf9tKOSY7OuVlyv-uJOvNh4WJP6zWYNHfgx8MaMmtELcssYBvvx6M5kMKhVthr8Ko1lVDLzIe57i7sLHbDR5swcqywA8Go_FXnSASBuvBbSb225_X0_yPo8QGlieA3u1BrD6rI/s1600-h/images-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149663804866176930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwKrEFSLf9tKOSY7OuVlyv-uJOvNh4WJP6zWYNHfgx8MaMmtELcssYBvvx6M5kMKhVthr8Ko1lVDLzIe57i7sLHbDR5swcqywA8Go_FXnSASBuvBbSb225_X0_yPo8QGlieA3u1BrD6rI/s200/images-1.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> <span style="font-family: arial;">In this Thing, edit a <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt001.html">famous document</a> using these two collaboration tools. Both are free. You don’t need an account to edit these public documents. To create and share documents, you must sign up for an account.</span><br />
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<a href="http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp?serviceurl=%2Findex.do" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149666102673680338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8W3ogkgBc4JJzvksGZMPE7zjdspZrBCOpVZjKK287iX7lJufMzdHnybWI1sndKXqrJxts6X7RQnOZSyTUiInUXs06Rm4wWTnJDx1YqeOHjgdu3_IfFfbEkXTMsYgXpmFOtRTKe2MfZ8E/s200/zoho+writer+logo+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zoho.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zoho</span> </span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">offers a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Office_Suite">suite of productivity web applications</a>.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp?serviceurl=%2Findex.do"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Zoho</span> Writer</a> is the word processor. It allows instant collaboration, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">inline</span> commenting and chat facilities. It allows multiple users to work on a document simultaneously, you can import Microsoft Word (DOC), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">OpenOffice</span> text (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ODT</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">SXW</span>), HTML, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">RTF</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">JPG</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">GIF</span>, & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">PNG</span> files. Options include sharing documents only with your colleagues/friends or you can publish them for public view.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149664947327477682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFZg-fhSud4Ga4hSZ3_53aEeqQIyjze5xPVSH_MlnB5XVL42O6eMBQxkb5TwTh8c-sutj9EBwZJB3alqSAuBRSIUnlzl1a-f0ymbUSo-3ITk8D1-EoW7l181LVotBLXpsodCJyBEb8Kno/s200/google+docs+logo+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Use <a href="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html">Google Docs</a> to create basic word processing </span><span style="font-family: arial;">documents, presentations, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">or spreadsheets from scratch or you can upload your existing files. Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">XLS</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ODT</span>, ODS, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">RTF</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">CSV</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">PPT</span>, etc. You can share documents with a select group or make the document public.</span><br />
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1. Look at this public document in <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dcztfx83_0dcbfwff9&hl=en">Google Docs</a>. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Make as many edits and changes to the documents as you wish, using the various editing tools available. Send </span><span style="font-family: arial;">an email to minn23@gmail.com and we will invite you as a collaborator.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">2.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="http://writer.zoho.com/public/onastick/23-things-practice-document/script%22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Zoho</span></a><a href="http://writer.zoho.com/public/onastick/23-things-practice-document/script%22"> Writer</a> lets anyone who knows the address look at the document, but you must be invited to edit it. If you want to edit this in Zoho Writer, send an email to minn23@gmail.com and we will invite you. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Which of these tools is easier for you to use? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">How do the features of each compare? Does one have features that would make you choose it over the other?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">What would the Founding Fathers think?</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Sign up for an account in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Zoho</span> and/or Google. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">2. Create and share another type of document using other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Zoho</span> tools—Sheet (spreadsheet), Show (presentation tool), Notebook, or Wiki.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">3. Publish the document (Public) and post the link on your blog for others to view and/or edit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">4. Blog about the tools' ease of use, potential in the library, and other thoughts.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-20136804158685165622007-10-19T18:19:00.003-05:002010-02-20T09:22:18.408-06:00Thing 10. Wikis<span style="font-family: arial;">A wiki is a collaborative Web site and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">, the online open-community encyclopedia, is the largest and likely the most well known of these knowledge-sharing tools. Wikis have many benefits, are easy to use, and have many applications. </span><br />
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Some of the benefits of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wikis</span>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• Anyone (registered or unregistered, if unrestricted) can add, edit or delete content.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• Tracking tools allow you to easily keep up on what been changed and by whom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• Earlier versions of a page can be rolled back and viewed when needed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">• Users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Libraries all over the country have begun to wikis to collaborate and share knowledge. Among their applications are pathfinder or subject guide <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wikis</span>, book review <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">wikis</span>, ALA conference <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">wikis</span>, staff handbook <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wikis</span>, and library best practices <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">wikis</span>. As you can will see when you view the wikis in the list below, the content of a wiki depends on the knowledge and commitment of participants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Watch this </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY" style="font-family: arial;">Common Craft video on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Wikis</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">. It is a quick and easy intro to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">wikis</span>.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Take a look at some library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">wikis</span> and blog about your findings. Here are a few examples to get you started:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">SJCPL</span> Subject Guides</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> – a pathfinder wiki developed by the St. Joseph County Public Library system.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library" style="font-family: arial;">Book Lovers Wiki</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> - developed by the Princeton Public Library.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page" style="font-family: arial;">Library Success</a><span style="font-family: arial;">: A best practices wiki</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Albany County Public </span><a href="http://albystaff.pbwiki.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Library Staff wiki</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> – an example of a wiki created for library staff to document procedures.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki" style="font-family: arial;">Library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Bloggers</span> Wiki</a><br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some Minnesota wikis:<br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://educationalheritageproject.pbwiki.com/">Educational Heritage Project</a>, a wiki from Minnesota Literacy Council</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://minnewiki.publicradio.org/index.php/Minnewiki_Home">Minnewiki</a> from Minnesota Public Radio</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://beekeeping.wikia.com/wiki/Beekeeping_in_Minnesota">Beekeeping in MN</a> wiki</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://museums.wikia.com/wiki/MN150">MN 150</a> wiki from Minnesota Historical Society<br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Add or edit an entry in the <a href="http://23onastick.pbwiki.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">2</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://23onastick.pbwiki.com/">3 Things On a Stick</a></span> (access key for the wiki is <span style="font-weight: bold;">multitype</span>) wiki or any other wiki you choose. (Note: When you create your account and sign in to the 23 Things wiki, be sure you uncheck the box asking to receive an update every time this wiki is updated. If you don't, you will receive an email everytime anyone edits the wiki.) Or, if you don't want to "mess up" a wiki (not really possible...), practice in the </span><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Sandbox" style="font-family: arial;">Wiki Sandbox.</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> Let us know in your blog which wiki and entry you edited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Resources</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Use these resources to learn more about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">wikis</span>:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11264" style="font-family: arial;">Using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Wikis</span> to Create Online Communities</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> – a good overview of what a wiki is and how it can be used in libraries.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">This 2007 </span><a href="http://www.jyukawa.com/sample-site/index.php?title=Wikis_for_libraries" style="font-family: arial;">presentation</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Joyce <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Yukawa</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">MLIS</span> Program, College of St. Catherine at Minnesota Library Association is a great resource on how libraries can use wikis as their Web presence.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://plcmccore.blogspot.com/2006/04/wiki-wiki-wiki.html" style="font-family: arial;">Wiki, wiki, wiki</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> - from the Core Competency blog of the Public Library of Charlotte-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Mecklenburg</span> County.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/cil06/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Wikis</span>: A Beginner’s Look</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> – an excellent short slide presentation that offers a short introduction and examples.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=What_is_a_Wiki" style="font-family: arial;">What is a Wiki?</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> – Library Success wiki presentation.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"> What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"> Many teachers/faculty "ban" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Wikipedia</span> as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;">Which wiki did you edit?</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">1. Want to create your own wiki? These sites provide free wiki hosting. <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span> Wiki uses PB Wiki ("easy as making a peanut butter sandwich").</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://pbwiki.com/">PB Wiki </a></li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.zoho.com/jsp/wikilogin.jsp?serviceurl=%2Fregister.do"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Zoho</span> Wiki</a><br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Choose a topic, create the wiki, add entries, and let us know what you are doing.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-28554221822388556722007-10-18T15:28:00.001-05:002009-01-27T14:51:21.430-06:00Thing 11. Tagging and Del.icio.us<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tags">Tagging</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a way </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to categorize items, like your bookmarks, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Web pages, pictures, & posts</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. More flexible than folders, you make up tags when you need them and you can use as many as you like. The result is a way to organize your bookmarks or blog posts or other things you want to label.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Unlike traditional library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (e.g., Library of Congress subject headings), tagging is completely unstructured and free form, allowing users to create connections between data in any way they want.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">In the past few weeks, we’ve already explored one site--</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a><span style="font-family:arial;">--that allows users to take advantage of tagging. You may have tagged some of your own photos as part of that Thing. Searching tags in Flickr or another site that allows tagging lets you find other items with those same tags.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Do some tagging:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. You can tag (Blogger calls them labels) your Blogger posts with keywords or phrases. From the Dashboard, go to Manage Posts and choose the post you want to add tags to. Enter the words in the Labels for this post box in the lower right. Type in your tags (commas between each word or phase). Click Publish Post to re-publish the post with its labels (tags) to your blog.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://del.icio.us/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKKT_P-s6r1-z6t3d2Frg6gsjxS4KTjo9hKFtPG6nOvg4C4ABD0_19Ovuhiep16d06dQBkr1wmPYXqkammXIpkWw2mbmGRtP13zcPzzaP1pXfa79cRnIhfYWQVqE0e8_KWwIZYpmjQ-jO/s200/delicious+logo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144751152553535314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In addition to tagging, this Thing looks at the popular social bookmarking site Del.icio.us (typed in as </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/">http://del.icio.us</a><span style="font-family:arial;">). </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/about/"> Del.icio.us</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a social bookmarking manager that allows you to bookmark a Web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Tags can be used in Del.icio.us to organize your bookmarks--and let others know what you have bookmarked. Learn about <a href="http://del.icio.us/help/tags">tagging</a> on Del.icio.us.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Del.icio.us lets you access your bookmarks from any computer--just log into your account and there they are. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a great timesaver if you need to find a site, but can't remember its name. If you tag your Del.icio.us bookmarks, you can search on the tags. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">For students, Del.icio.us helps them use bookmarks in their research. The bookmarks are available at any computer they use in the library, the lab, or at home.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Many users find that the real power of Del.icio.us is its social networking piece. You can see how other users have tagged similar links. Following their links lets you discover other Web sites that may be of interest to you. You can think of it as peering into another users’ file folders, but with this powerful bookmarking tool each user's folders helps to build an expansive knowledge network.<br /><br />For this Thing, take a look at Del.icio.us and learn more about this popular bookmarking tool. Continue with these activities:<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. View the 8 minute </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.ottergroup.com/learning2.0/?p=14">Del.icio.us tutorial</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to get a good overview of its features.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">3. Take a look around Del.icio.us using the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/minn23">Minn23</a><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://del.icio.us/minn23"> </a>account that has the resources used to create <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>. You can keep up-to-date with what's added by subscribing to the RSS feed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">4. Explore the site options and try clicking on a bookmark that has also been bookmarked by a lot of other users. Can you see the comments they added about this bookmark or the tags they used to categorize this reference?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">5. Create a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/">Del.icio.us account</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> for yourself and discover how this useful bookmarking tool can replace your traditional browser bookmark list. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources </span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf">Seven Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking (pdf)</a></span></span></li> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://log.netbib.de/archives/2006/10/05/libraries-that-delicious/">Libraries that del.icio.us</a><span style="font-family:arial;">: </span></li> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/mauicclibrary">Maui Community College Library</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/libweb">McMaster University Library </a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/menashalibrary">Menasha Public Library</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/SanMateoLibrary">San Mateo Public Library</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://del.icio.us/seldovia.library">Seldovia Public Library</a></li> </ul> </ul> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Blog Prompts<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Create a blog post about your experience and thoughts about this tool.<br /></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> can your library or media center take advantage of tagging and del.icio.us? Look at the sites in the Resource list above to see how libraries are using Del.icio.us.</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.imagechef.com/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080103/anmc7acf25a48cbc72a.gif" alt="ImageChef.com - Custom comment codes for MySpace, Hi5, Friendster and more" /> </a><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTExOTk*MDExMjg2ODcmcHQ9MTE5OTQwMTEzMDk2OCZwPTExOTMxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" border="0" width="0" height="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />1. Explore <a href="http://www.furl.net/">Furl</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">, another social bookmarking site that lets you organize your bookmarks. Compare its features with Del.icio.us.<br />2. <a href="http://pagekeeper.teachingmatters.org/home">Pagekeeper</a> is a similar service aimed at teachers--it is an ad-free site that lets you create a list of Web sites for student access. Try the bookmarking features of Pagekeeper and compare them to del.icio.us and/or Furl. Pagekeeper is maintained by <a href="http://www.teachingmatters.org/index.asp">Teaching Matters</a>, a non-profit that promotes technology integration in education.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-60668227679604156672007-10-17T10:22:00.000-05:002008-01-19T23:54:12.560-06:00Thing 12. Do You Digg?<span style="font-family:arial;">In the “olden days,” reference and information staff would scan the headlines in local and national news sources for the latest in breaking news, government reports, or celebrity scandals in an effort to be one jump ahead of library users trying to find behind the headlines information. Now there are thousands of “new” news sources—not only mainstream media online, but Internet-only news/scandal sources, blogs, chats and more—to keep up with. What’s a person to do?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />One way to see what people are interested in is to check out what's popular on social media sites that allow users to nominate and then “vote” for news and other items they find interesting. There are many of these sites—and everyone from mainstream media (for example, The New York Times, slate.com, and the Washington Post) to blogs and Web sites includes links so readers can recommend content from these sites to other readers. Look for boxes labeled “Share” or “Article Tools” on news sites, blogs, and Web pages to find links for sharing the article. These are examples:<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUvXLkADM3ZxJjWk8Be2S8u-lhNUj_8EMdxIE1frN37LoC90Lo-9yQejBkpy2w8Uw8aGKlRvWNSGibu-eLNfZoJY_91EYMucmBdmgb7U0Ro52UXOO7FKLZhVqjBFcD1EJx1HVTm1DeY3M/s1600-h/chicago+trib+tools.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUvXLkADM3ZxJjWk8Be2S8u-lhNUj_8EMdxIE1frN37LoC90Lo-9yQejBkpy2w8Uw8aGKlRvWNSGibu-eLNfZoJY_91EYMucmBdmgb7U0Ro52UXOO7FKLZhVqjBFcD1EJx1HVTm1DeY3M/s200/chicago+trib+tools.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149515134573225826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCvxgPNFGIke8Gt4uMeAcNpDqL1laSbCLS2UwXlK9rhYn_FvTR8Fjw5oPNV2VDY_hkTDh_ixHZZl7WWaM5WmpN3Po07nW_RLkXKewmQ2-ce8V7X7GtiA3zRZqIOd4s1J0gZs74O9wFb__/s1600-h/la+times+share.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCvxgPNFGIke8Gt4uMeAcNpDqL1laSbCLS2UwXlK9rhYn_FvTR8Fjw5oPNV2VDY_hkTDh_ixHZZl7WWaM5WmpN3Po07nW_RLkXKewmQ2-ce8V7X7GtiA3zRZqIOd4s1J0gZs74O9wFb__/s200/la+times+share.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149515362206492530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrwDzKOPYgCeP_z13_13fn34SFxwLsb0h2V8XFAEPh2FomHxwrWuX1AS_5iBA67qgFoNmLw4hdL-YJ9BhFjnM14vw6wT9UUfnAuid-Eg9PIgFMlzpGTwQz9RbHI-BTjg931_K7YGNGKiG/s1600-h/nyt+share.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrwDzKOPYgCeP_z13_13fn34SFxwLsb0h2V8XFAEPh2FomHxwrWuX1AS_5iBA67qgFoNmLw4hdL-YJ9BhFjnM14vw6wT9UUfnAuid-Eg9PIgFMlzpGTwQz9RbHI-BTjg931_K7YGNGKiG/s200/nyt+share.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149515692918974338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74Xn-b3BVJ9_jPKvMKqkQXGERUGtExlTq7noTHOUEGAmBIj3CIRczNJpVP8J_1Tbax6Xh-mbDtVfvKhwK0DNoionC-VtIJlWcDMPy8iNyeqZYHipzKjA70JQkfR5r_opfVCk2ILJK9hyQ/s1600-h/times+online+share.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 30px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74Xn-b3BVJ9_jPKvMKqkQXGERUGtExlTq7noTHOUEGAmBIj3CIRczNJpVP8J_1Tbax6Xh-mbDtVfvKhwK0DNoionC-VtIJlWcDMPy8iNyeqZYHipzKjA70JQkfR5r_opfVCk2ILJK9hyQ/s200/times+online+share.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149516131005638546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Here are some of the popular sites:</span> <ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg</a> “is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web...You won’t find editors at [Digg]… provide[s] a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online.”</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://reddit.com/">Reddit</a> is a “source for what's new and popular on the web…We want to democratize the traditional model by giving editorial control to the people who use the site, not those who run it.”</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/">Newsvine</a> lets “you...read stories from established media organizations…as well as individual contributors ... Placement of stories is determined by a multitude of factors including freshness, popularity, and reputation... editorial judgement (sic) is in the hands of the community.”</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mixx.com/">Mixx</a> “is your link to the web content that really matters. There's a lot of information out there… And who knows better than you what informs you, what makes you think, what makes you laugh? So why should some faceless editor get to decide what's important?”</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;">See a theme here? No editors to decide what information is important, user-generated content, reader recommendations/sharing, and you and others get to vote on what makes the top lists—the very definition of Web 2.0. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />And it can affect libraries—top stories/recommendations will drive reference questions and resource requests. Love it or hate, it pays to be in the know.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />In this Thing, learn more about the four social media sites mentioned. Then read an article and recommend it to others via the site you choose to use.<br /><br />1. Explore the sites above to see how each is organized and operates.<br /><a href="http://www.mixx.com/"><br /></a></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mixx.com/">Mixx Home Page</a></span><a href="http://www.mixx.com/tour"><br /></a></li><li style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.mixx.com/tour">Mixx Tour</a><br /></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg Home Pag</a></li><li><a href="http://digg.com/about">Digg Tour</a><br /></li></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/">Newsvine Home Page</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_cms/welcome">Newsvine Welcome</a></li></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://reddit.com/">Reddit Home Page</a></li><li><a href="http://reddit.com/help/">Reddit Intro</a></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />2. Read one or more stories on a news/information site (for example, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times,</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washington Post</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC News</a>, or another site) and then recommend it via the Share tools.<br /><br />There are other sites like these, too, including <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">StumbleUpon</a>, which focuses on Web sites. Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-13-tagging-and-delicious.html">Del.ic.ious</a> offer this sort of news/site recommendation, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br /></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How do you think you can use these tools in your library or at home?</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">Do these tools seem to be a productivity enhancer or a productivity detractor?</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">Have you ever read a story/item as a result of seeing it on one of these sites?</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)</span></span><br />Dig deeper into these social media sites by creating an account in one or more of them. Each site offers suites of tools that allow you to comment, chat, create your own news column, and more. Having an account lets you be a participatory member of that community.<br />1. Create the account(s) and explore the tools.<br />2. Blog about the various tools and any uses you see for your library or media center. Let us know what you do!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-6292335531367238822007-10-15T16:28:00.008-05:002008-05-12T22:55:33.811-05:00Thing 13. Online Productivity Tools<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">While it may seem that the Internet is populated by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://facesinplaces.blogspot.com/">people</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> with endless </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://fickleflickers.fc2web.com/noguchi/menu3.htm">time on their hands</a> who <span style="font-family:arial;">are out</span> to <a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.playbabble.com/">torpedo our productivity</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, there really are Web-based applications that can </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >improve</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> productivity--or at least make some things easier.</span><br /></p><span style="font-family:arial;">These applications fall into a variety of categories including online office tools like spreadsheets and word processing, calendars, start pages, project management tools, to-do lists, personal organizers, sticky notes, online collaboration tools, and much, much more. A search on </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4HPNN_en___US253&q=online+productivity+tools">“online productivity tools” </a><span style="font-family:arial;">turns up many lists of these tools.</span> <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">We have already introduced you to some productivity tools—RSS aggregators like Bloglines do save time as you keep up with the news and information you need. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Del.icio.us is a tool that makes bookmarking more efficient. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">You tried other productivity tools, like GoogleDocs and Zoho, in Thing 9. Online Collaboration Tools.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;">In this Thing, </span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">we have selected several productivity tools for you to try.</span> <o:p></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">Here are some tools we think have use in libraries & media centers, as well as at home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. Having a customized home—or “start” page—that lets you collect and organize information of importance to you all on one page can be a productivity help.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.google.com/ig">iGoogle</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.pageflakes.com/">PageFlakes</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://cm.my.yahoo.com/?rd=nux">My Yahoo!</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> are three places to start. Each lets you choose headlines, weather reports, links to your email and RSS feeds, and dozens of other </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget">widgets</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (or gadgets, in Google) to manage information—or your life. Note that many dgets require a download. So, look at the intro pages for all three of these and choose one to create a customized start page. Add features, delete features, re-arrange the features on your new homepage. Each site will have widgets/gadgets to add and you can find many, many more on the Web. Here's a <a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/countdown">Countdown</a> widget:<br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/files/countdown/countdown.swf?co=5EF500&bgcolor=77F0FF&date_month=09&date_day=15&date_year=1&un=ROUND 2 ENDS/23 THINGS&size=normal&mo=09&da=15&yr=2008" height="80" width="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/files/countdown/countdown.swf?co=5EF500&bgcolor=77F0FF&date_month=09&date_day=15&date_year=1&un=ROUND 2 ENDS/23 THINGS&size=normal&mo=09&da=15&yr=2008"><param name="bgcolor" value="#77F0FF"></object><img src="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/img/bb_badges/countdown.jpg" alt="" style="display: none;" height="1" width="1" /><div><br /><a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/"></a></div>Now you now how much time you have to complete <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>!<br /><br />2. Calendar: These calendars all offer similar features—add events, get reminders, search, repeat events, coding, etc. and of course, the hallmark of Web 2.0, the ability to share your calendar online. Google and Yahoo! Calendars integrate with their other services and features. <span style="font-size:100%;">Choose a calendar from </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.wired.com/software/softwarereviews/news/2007/02/72750?currentPage=2">this article</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > and try it out.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >3. Just about everyone makes lists. Try one of these online list tools to manage your activities. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.tadalist.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ta da list</span></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > or </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/">Remember the Milk </a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >4. Some tools roll multiple features—calendars, lists, reminders, etc--into one service. Take a look at <a href="http://www.backpackit.com/">Backpack</a> features. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >But wait, there’s more! Here are some other tools you can explore on your own:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Online Calendars</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><a title="30 Boxes social web calendar" href="http://30boxes.com/">30 Boxes</a> <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a title="Scrybe calendar" href="http://iscrybe.com/">Scrybe</a><o:p></o:p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"> </p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Personal Organizers</span> <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a title="stikkit productivity organizer" href="http://stikkit.com/">Stikkit</a><o:p></o:p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"> </p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Sticky Notes (requires download)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p><br /><a title="sticky notes for the web" href="http://www.sticky-notes.net/">StickyNotes.net</a> <o:p></o:p><br /><a title="mystickies" href="http://www.mystickies.com/">MyStickies</a></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >PDF Converters </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp">CutePDF <span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span>(requires download)</span></span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.freepdfconvert.com/">PDFConverter</a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://zamzar.com/"><o:p>Zamzar</o:p></a></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">This program will covert one file type to another. Especially handy in libraries that may not be able to open a student or patron file because it doesn’t have the right software. <o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Really interested in improving your productivity? Here are some lists of tools to explore. Although searching these lists and trying the tools might drain your productivity, at least until you find the tools you need.</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/tp/productivity.htm">Top Ten Productivity Web Sites</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/top-25-web20-productivity-apps">Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity, Online Education Database</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/lifehackers-2007-guide-to-free-software-and-webapps-334568.php">2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/">Lifehacker</a> is a Web site that provides daily updates on tools and applications. Add it to your Bloglines account if you want to really see all that is offered in the name of productivity.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Which start page did you choose? Why did that one appeal to you? Will you make it your permanent home page?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Did you find a tool that has some uses for you at the library or at home? Which tool(s) would you recommend to others?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">How can the online calendars be useful to you?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">What about the to-do lists—helpful, too much work…?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Did you try out Backpack? What did you think?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Did you try any of the other tools in the list? Any good ones we should all try?</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Challenge (optional)</span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;">1. Have a big project that you need to complete? Online productivity tools can help with complicated tasks involving multiple people, deadlines, and activities. Compare and contrast these project management services. Let us know what you think. </p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial;">Project Management Services</strong> </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a title="basecamp project management" href="http://basecamphq.com/">Basecamp</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a title="zoho projects" href="http://projects.zoho.com/">Zoho Projects</a></span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >2. Explore more tools from any of the lists above. Share any you find especially useful.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-59069051291390956062007-10-14T16:42:00.001-05:002008-05-12T22:58:43.301-05:00Thing 14. LibraryThing<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.librarything.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.librarything.com/press/logoLTFL_medium.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We know you are probably a booklover, but are you cataloger at heart? Do you enjoy knowing what others are reading? Then </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> may be just the tool for you. Developed for booklovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own book collections, it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes.<br /><br />Note: It may help to <a href="http://www.librarything.com/">set-up an account</a> before you browse these links. I</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t takes seconds and will eliminate the "highload" error message you may get when trying to browse without an account. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title (it’s so easy that you don’t even need to know MARC format) or connect with other users through your similar reading tastes. There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing. You can view your books on a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Livia_Llewellyn&shelf=shelf">virtual shelf</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, add a widget on your Web site or blog to display titles that are in your catalog, or install a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/2006/08/search-your-librarything-from-your_02.php">LT Search box</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> on your blog. There is lots of other </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/zeitgeist">interesting info</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, too. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Libraries have started using LibraryThing, too. Small libraries are using LibraryThing to catalog their collections. Libraries are using the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/extras.php">LibraryThing widget</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> on their web pages to recommend books and list new titles. Being a non-commercial site makes LibraryThing a good option for libraries. According to their website, LibraryThing "is exploring relationships with libraries, to offer non-commercially motivated recommendations and other social data."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Minnesota libraries and librarians are using LibraryThing for a variety of things. Explore these links:</span><br /><ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/minnesotalibraryasso">MLA</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> has a LibraryThing group </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Other groups with </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/search_groups.php?searchbox=minnesota">Minnesota tag</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> in LibraryThing</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">This </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/MSLMC">Minnesota middle school librarian</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> uses LibraryThing to track her reading and books with similar themes</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;">So why not join the ranks of </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar">the many librarians</a> who have added their personal collections to LibraryThing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and create your own library online. With over 95,000 registered users </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and 6.7 million books cataloged, you’re bound to discover something new.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Take the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/tour/">LibraryThing tour</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and learn more.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. C</span><span style="font-family:arial;">reate an account--it takes seconds and will eliminate the "highload" error message you may get when trying to browse without an account. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Add a least 5 books to your library.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">3. Blog about your use of LibraryThing. Be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog on your blog. How popular were your books? Did you find any discussions about your favorites? </span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Resources</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><br /><ul> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/about.php">About</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> LibraryThing</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">Keep up with </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/">LibraryThing blog </a></li> <li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/thingology/">Thingology </a><span style="font-family:arial;">blog “LibraryThing's ideas blog, on the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries and such not.”</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/2006/09/how-libraries-are-using-librarything.php">libraries </a><span style="font-family:arial;">are using LibraryThing</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">LibraryThing also has group </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar">forum for librarians</a></li> </ul> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><br /><ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How can you use LibraryThing for your library?</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How else do you share booklists, etc. with library patrons? Would LibraryThing offer an alternative?</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Challenge (optional)<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Do more with LibraryThing:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>1. Add a LibraryThing widget to your blog or another enhancement from the <a href="http://www.librarything.com/tools">Things You Can Do list.</a><br />2. Explore </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.goodreads.com/">GoodReads</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">a</span>nother social network site built around books and reading. With a big mission "to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world," it connects friends who read and recommend their reading. Might be good for book clubs or other reading groups. What do you think</span>?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-44588089584138634182007-10-14T16:03:00.001-05:002008-01-20T15:23:18.593-06:00Thing 15. Online Games and Libraries<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gaming in libraries has been getting a lot of press in library journals and seems to be snowballing in interest—even getting its own </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page">American Library Association </a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page">TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium </a><span style="font-family:arial;">in </span><st1:city style="font-family: arial;"><st1:place><st1:city><st1:place>Chicago</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:arial;"> last year. The library world’s interest in gaming can be seen as a reflection of the general public’s interest.</span> <o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><u1:p></u1:p>According to the PEW <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=106"><i>Internet and American Life Project: America’s Online Pursuits Study</i></a>, the number of online gamers increased 45% from 2000-2002. Many of these online games are Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMOPRGs). MMOPRGs have had a huge burst of interest in the past few years. Most MMOPRGs require a subscription, but there are a few that require no subscription, and even a couple that require no client download.<br /><br />One free online game is <a href="http://www.puzzlepirates.com/">Puzzle Pirates</a> which allows you to navigate the pirate world based on your skills at various puzzles. Each ship requires multiple crew members, so there is a lot of interaction and collaboration in the community. Start by visiting their <a href="http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Main_Page">wiki</a>, in case you want more detailed instructions before landing in the pirate world. However, this game does have guides, so jumping right in is always an option.<br /><br />Another option that is more popular in the library world is <a href="http://secondlife.com/">Second Life</a>. Second Life isn’t, strictly-speaking, a game. There are no objectives to fulfill, no goal at the end, no princess to save.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://secondlife.com/whatis/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/secondlife.com?ref=/');">Second Life</a><a href="http://secondlife.com/whatis/"> </a>is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by nearly 200,000 people from around the globe. There are shopping malls, events, homes, lands of different types, and best of all, participants can contribute content, buildings, and other digital creations. Second Life also has had some unexpected results—there are virtual classrooms that one can attend and a number of institutions are using those classrooms as another avenue for distance education.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;">As in "real life," there are libraries. Alliance Library System, one of nine multitype library systems in Illinois, has created Info Island. Info Island offers reference and other services. Read more <a href="http://www.talis.com/tdn/node/1506">here.</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;">For this Thing, you have some options…</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> A. Puzzle Pirates</span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="font-family: arial;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Try learning two different roles in Puzzle Pirates—bilging is generally were you start. Other options are Learn to Carpent and Learn to Sail.<br /></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> --OR--</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> B. Second Life</span></span><br />1. Watch this video tour (warning! music) of Info Island on Second Life.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTQkzfz5osQ&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTQkzfz5osQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial">Take a look at <a href="http://secondlife.com/whatis/">Second Life</a>. If you are feeling adventurous, sign up for an account with Second Life and explore the islands. (Make sure your computer can handle the software requirements.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Resources</b></span></p> <ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>PBS built a <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/index.html">website</a> around their series The Video Game Revolution that has a lot of useful links to further information and reading about the video game phenomenon.<o:p></o:p> Including <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html">Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked</a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li><st1:place><st1:placename>Ohio</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place> has a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA">short video</a> about their reasons for their presence in Second Life.<o:p></o:p></li><li>The Public Library of Charlotte and <st1:place><st1:placename>Mecklenburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype></st1:place> has an <a href="http://plcmc.org/teens/secondlife.asp">FAQ</a> about their Teen Second Life.<o:p></o:p></li><li><a href="http://infoisland.org/">The Info Island Blog</a><o:p></o:p></li><li>Sirsi Dynix Institute's <a href="http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=88">Teen Second Life: Library Services in a 3D world</a> with Kelly Czarnecki of The Public Library of Charlotte and <st1:place><st1:placename>Mecklenburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype></st1:place>. If you don't want to listen to the audio, there is an option to look at the slides under "supplemental materia.l"<o:p></o:p></li><li>YALSA also has an <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=yalsa_podcast_20_teen_second_life&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1">podcast interview</a> with two teens involved in Teen Second Life and Teen Second Life Library Project.<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><b><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:130%;">Blog Prompts</span></b><br /></p> <ul style="font-family: arial;"> <li>If you tried Puzzle Pirates, write a blog post about how the interaction was with other sailors.</li> <li>If you chose Second Life, write a blog post about your findings and thoughts on Second Life. Is there a role for Second Life in libraries?<br /></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Challenge</b></span><br />1. If you have experience with Second Life or a MMOPRG game try the write a post comparing and contrasting the two environments and what you like and dislike about both and which is your preferred environment.</p>aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336440538112624584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-23906875507737101042007-10-13T21:27:00.000-05:002008-01-20T13:34:25.600-06:00Thing 16. Student 2.0 Tools<span style="font-family:arial;">The </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/">University of Minnesota Assignment Calculator</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a tool from the University Libraries for undergraduate students. Students put in dates for the beginning and end dates </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of an assignment</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and its subject area and this Web 2.0 tool generates a 12-step research guide and timeline for the project and recommends resources and strategies. The Assignment Calculator is widely used and adapted by academic libraries across the country.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUyzHaOs9WLWrTV5GJ42vN6HxPUofpIVKoULSFNHt_RW_8r4UdnlNyTToN7AmCSXVmQuAC3zVzgkOQ3994MQgbNVEiglEJuwhawwZ_fPlm4OB0bQWbejZe59vAqwr31v48nPOxnDG6bdc/s200/assignment+cal+logo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151113820185044962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The <a href="http://rpc.elm4you.org/">Research Project Calculator</a> (RPC) is based on the Assignment Calculator and was created to help secondary students plan for and navigate the research process in an ethical manner, using reliable resources. This five step process includes deadlines and (optional) email reminders. The tool also offers hints, worksheets, and guides for various types of projects. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">While the RPC and Assignment Calculator are aimed at schools and universities, it is appropriate for public libraries, too. Link it on a teen or student page, use the bookmarks to inform students and parents about their existence, and encourage students to use it as part of their research planning.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The Teacher Guide to the Research Project Calculator (RPC) assists teachers in planning, managing, and teaching the often daunting research process by providing them with resources and step-by-step instructions, based on the five-step process outlined in the RPC. The site begins with an "About the RPC" section that provides an overview of the calculator, describes the role of the teacher in detail, and explains the resources included in the tool. There is even a streamlined version called "No Time?" for busy teachers. (Is there any other kind?) Public librarians and media specialists, as well as academic librarians, can use this feature of the RPC to instruct teachers about the RPC.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rpc.elm4you.org/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUQrcpfiovq6kjWD1PXAWwUakmSSyiH-eUAALexgTsjDGnhCY5gxYG0sxbRAvyAgj17VFonSIqP_wplsj0CDtDSHm-E6lKPyBi3iJFJKr61e0MR1ZvwolLkfO1lslyYSsLBLM_8Sbz0Ee/s200/rpc+logo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151113940444129266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">For this Thing,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. Look at the RPC and the Assignment Calculator. Don’t try to cover every aspect of the tools, but rather browse the steps and consider how you could encourage students to use this product.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Look at the supporting materials in the Teacher Guide. Are any appropriate for library handouts or can you find other resources to supplement what you do for students?</span><br /> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Blog Prompts </span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">How might the RPC and the Teacher Guide help you help students plan and manage research projects?</span></li> <li> <span style="font-family:arial;">Can you think of any uses for library projects—could you use it to help manage a timeline for a project of your own?</span></li> </ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-55655294321190659082007-10-12T16:45:00.001-05:002008-04-11T11:39:14.875-05:00Thing 17. ELM Productivity Tools<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfBS9N2d6GfcSS7TbaBCL_xt5v9Mttok-f-6ap1p9fWqkc3k7UtgQgrIfPZ95WOYkbAtuXBHw__oV-84B8bolrPqpIzb-xA9eYXAGPCQ_66lmm1oaXS6TPCI4eRtpxHt0LV36yWO0H57i/s1600-h/elm2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfBS9N2d6GfcSS7TbaBCL_xt5v9Mttok-f-6ap1p9fWqkc3k7UtgQgrIfPZ95WOYkbAtuXBHw__oV-84B8bolrPqpIzb-xA9eYXAGPCQ_66lmm1oaXS6TPCI4eRtpxHt0LV36yWO0H57i/s400/elm2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157075681468492434" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is it?</span></span><br /><br />ELM is the “Electronic Library for </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Minnesota</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:Arial;">.” It is an online, virtual library comprised of 15 databases/resources from 4 different vendors (Gale/Cengage Learning, EBSCO, ProQuest, & OCLC). Access to ELM, ideally, should be made available through all public libraries and school library media centers in the library and remotely. The ELM Portal (<a href="http://elm4you.org/">http://elm4you.org/</a>) also provides access to the ELM databases with a patron’s library barcode number.<br /><br />ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network and State Library Services with state appropriations to Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the Minnesota Department of Education, and federal LSTA funds under the support of the </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;">Institute</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;">Museum</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> and Library Services (eBooks are purchased with contributions from libraries).<br /><br />The Legislative intent for this appropriation is to provide the best possible access to information resources across the educational spectrum (including K-12, higher education, state government and public libraries) on a statewide basis.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> What’s in ELM?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 7 Gale/Cengage Learning databases</span> - Kids InfoBits, InfoTrac Junior Edition, InfoTrac Student Edition, Junior Reference Collection, Discovering Collection, Professional Collection, and ¡Informe! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5 EBSCO database</span>s - MasterFile Premier, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Regional Business News, and EBSCO MegaFile <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ProQuest Newsstand Complete</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WorldCat via OCLC FirstSearch</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">E-Books via NetLibrary</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Why is it important?</span><br /><br />Every Minnesotan is entitled access to these resources. In some cases, the ELM databases represent the total number of research resources that a library can afford and in others an essential supplement to their collection of e-resources.<br /><br />The ELM collection of databases is multi-disciplinary as well as reaching all patron types from K-12 to adult learners.<br /><br />The ELM databases offer a variety of Web 2.0 tools that can make using the databases more efficient for library staff and library users. Learn how with the activities in this Thing. Choose the databases you use most often or one you have never used and play with these features. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New instructions for creating RSS search alerts are in <a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs009/1101049324037/archive/1102030469516.html">Issue 8. of the 23 Things News</a>.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Create a Search Alert</span><br />Here is the Minitex response to the questions in the comments below. Thanks to all who took the time to comment and email about this problem. Live and learn!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003300;" ><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Times New Roman;" >"After much testing and consultation with one of our IT staff here at MINITEX, here's the scoop on EBSCO's and Gale's RSS feature. The information we provided in the blog was correct. Those are the correct steps to take to establish RSS feeds. However, there are two major, unavoidable issues that most everyone who accesses the ELM databases and attempts to set up RSS feeds will face. These issues force us to have to modify the way we set up RSS feeds...</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003300;" ><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Times New Roman;" >These issues will be communicated to EBSCO and Gale and hopefully they will be able to improve their RSS feature. However, it is not only a vendor problem. The other half of the problem resides with web-based reader providers such as Google, Bloglines, and Yahoo and how their technology functions as well.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003300;" ><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Times New Roman;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">" </span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003300;" ><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Times New Roman;" >Rather than repeat the new (longer) instructions and explanations here, we put the instructions in the <a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs009/1101049324037/archive/1102030469516.html">News</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Times New Roman;" >Thanks to Jennifer Hootman, MINITEX Reference, for getting the answer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Challenge (optional)</span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The databases are more than articles. Explore the multimedia<br />1. Perform a subject search on “child health” in InfoTrac Student Edition. Then, review the multimedia results from this search. Click on “Study: Kids’ Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too.” Listen to the broadcast via NPR by clicking on the link provided. Find the NPR News Feed for “Children’s Health” and set up a feed to this topic with your RSS reader.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. EBSCO</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Page Composer</span><br />If you have not already done so, create a personal folder/account in Academic Search Premier (The folder is available in any EBSCO database). Once you have an EBSCO account, enter your personal folder and click on “Web Pages.” Then, click on “Page Composer” in the upper right hand corner of your folder contents. You will be prompted to name the web page. Give it any name you like.<br /><br />Make use of the utilities on the left hand side of your Page Composer tool and create a web page with any bit of text on it you would like to include. Once you have completed your web page, save the file to your computer or flash drive.<br /><br />For assistance, check out this <a href="https://wiki.minitex.umn.edu/hootm001/OnSite?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=pagecomposer.mov">short video </a>(2 min. 50 sec. – QuickTime).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Challenge </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(optional)</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">1. Perform a search on a topic of your choice in Academic Search Premier. As you find relevant results that interest you, add them to your folder. Access your folder and click on the “Web Page” feature. Then, click on “Page Composer” to create a new web page. Give it a name and create a web page adding saved result items from your folder including each item’s abstract. Create a background and add some explanatory text about your search.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">2. Add a search box to Academic Search Premier to your web page and list subject terms and keywords that were useful to your search. E-mail this web page (html file) to yourself and a colleague. Also, if you have one, save it to your flash drive.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 3. ProQuest</span></span><br /><br />Create a Web Page<br /><br />In ProQuest Newsstand Complete, perform a topic search on “social networking” (be sure to select the radio button for “suggest topics”) and click on “view” documents for “Web sites and Social networks.” Refine your search to 2007, full-text, and the publication Washington Post. Mark any results that you would like to read or share with a colleague. When you are done marking results, click on the “My Research” tab and then, click on “create a web page.” E-mail the html file to yourself and a colleague. Then, save it to your flash drive (download).<br /><br />For assistance, check out this <a href="https://wiki.minitex.umn.edu/hootm001/OnSite?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=createawebpage.mov">short video </a>(1 min. 47 sec. – QuickTime).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Challenge</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (optional)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > <span style=""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">In ProQuest Newsstand Complete, perform a search on a topic of your choice. As you find relevant results that interest you, mark them. When you are done marking results, use the “create a web page” feature to create an html file from your marked records. Use the “Edit” utility to make comments on your web page. After saving your comments, e-mail the web page to yourself and a colleague. Then, save it to your flash drive.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 4. NetLibrary</span></span><br /><br />1. Search within eContent & Make Notes<br />If you have not already done so, create a free account in NetLibrary. Perform a keyword search on “web site.” Review your results and click the “View this eBook” link for the title 101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site. Using the “Search this eContent” utility, search the term “branding.” Click on a few “view this page” links in your results list. On one of the pages you are viewing, click on the “Notes” tab and create a note with that page. Next time you log-in to NetLibrary, you can go directly to your “Favorites & Notes” to view the notes you made on ePages within a title you were reading and researching!<br /><br />For assistance, check out this <a href="https://wiki.minitex.umn.edu/hootm001/OnSite?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=searchwithinecontent.mov">short video </a>(1 min. 34 sec. – QuickTime).<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Challenge</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (optional)</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">In NetLibrary, create a new account with a colleague in which you will have a shared folder. [Do this part separately and at different times but agree on a topic and eBook] Perform a search on a topic of interest to you and your colleague. Then, select an eBook that both you and your colleague would be interested in investigating further. Once you have selected an eBook, search the eContent and make notes independently. When you are both done, click on “Favorites & Notes” and view the notes that your colleague has made on ePages of your chosen eBook. This can be a great tool for collaboration, teaching in the classroom, and group work!<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Resources </span></span><br />ELM really does provide the world of information—authentic, valid information—at your fingertips. Learning to be an efficient searcher of the databases—via training from MINITEX staff in your region or online via <a href="http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp">Webinars</a>—will help you help your patrons.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://minitex.umn.edu/reference/">MINITEX Reference Services</a><br /></p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Blog Prompts</span><br /></span> <ul> <li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">How can these tools be applied to your everyday work?</span></span></li> <li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">How can these tools facilitate collaboration with your colleagues?</span></span></li> <li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">How can these tools benefit your patrons/students?</span></span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAc38op2AG-9K0n6OHXPQgznGNWzKgpGyuh_KAQCeId_iXWcvv4SrbfNp1rX7oxB7ks5KM4KPZqxUzeM8gnD_tgqP_0FlT5SZlf_6aeOj0YmxJmwlmZvGgnQMkguSlZbtER5Gf-bAa0IC/s1600-h/minitex+et+al+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAc38op2AG-9K0n6OHXPQgznGNWzKgpGyuh_KAQCeId_iXWcvv4SrbfNp1rX7oxB7ks5KM4KPZqxUzeM8gnD_tgqP_0FlT5SZlf_6aeOj0YmxJmwlmZvGgnQMkguSlZbtER5Gf-bAa0IC/s400/minitex+et+al+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157076441677703858" border="0" /></a></div>J. Hootmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14902079961344894064noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-47549299611605614452007-10-10T17:17:00.001-05:002008-11-21T18:03:07.620-06:00Thing 18. YouTube & Other Online Video<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">By now, the world knows </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">YouTube</span></span></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> (started by a Saint Paul Central High School grad!) as the source of all things video on the Internet. And we do mean “all things.” The good, the bad, and the ugly are all there for all to see—one reason many districts and libraries block <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">YouTube</span>. Another reason is bandwidth—like music, video is a bandwidth hog. We recommend you complete this exercise during light Internet usage times.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">YouTube</span> revolutionized the way video is shared on the Internet by making it easy to upload and share videos. Other video sites have popped up, including <a href="http://video.google.com/">Google Video.</a> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">YouTube</span> is now owned by Google, so it will be interesting to see the how the evolution/merging of the two sites happens. Right now, a search of either one returns results from both sites.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">There are dozens of other video sites, but among the </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://web2.econsultant.com/videos-hosting-sharing-searching-services.html">Web 2.0 players</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> in this area, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">YouTube</span> is currently top dog serving up over 1 million video views a day.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">In this Thing, you will do some searching around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">YouTube</span> or Google Video yourself and see what the site has to offer. You'll find everything from </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPBnciNAqI">1970s TV commercials</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> and </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpWATMtTPkk"> music videos</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">. Plus lots of cool library stuff: </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0">library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">dominos</span>,</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1r_JWEFAA"> library tours</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeUid2rv848"> library ads</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWVP459BK0">library jokes</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">. There's also the cult classic </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVULOegJKgQ">Conan the Librarian</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">. See also:</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">• </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE">Web 2.0</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">• </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ"> March of the Librarians</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> I spotted at least one Minnesota librarian in this one--can you? (Put your answer in your blog!)</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">• </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mUyvaPtsJw">Library Musical</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">•<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uWmT2TXlQ"> </a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uWmT2TXlQ">IT vs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Libraria</span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uWmT2TXlQ">n</a><br /><br />Here's an appropriate Library 2.0 video:<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xFAWR6hzZek&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xFAWR6hzZek&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Of course, you’ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching, too. But that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">doesn</span>’t mean you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">shouldn</span>’t explore and see for yourself what the site has to offer.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">1. Explore <a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">YouTube</span></a> or </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://video.google.com/?tab=wv">Google Video</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog. Enter a keyword or words and see what videos have that tag. Like what you find? Click on more in the About This Video box to see a list of other videos with that tag.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">2. Place a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">YouTube</span> inside your blog by </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=80767&topic=12529">following this instructions</a><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=80767&topic=12529">.</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> These </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=67428&topic=12529">instructions</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> show how to place other video in a Blogger post.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br />3. Blog about why you chose this video, any issues you had using the sites, and other thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Resources</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Other popular video hosting sites:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span> <ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://video.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Videos</a></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial;">Others - </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-compared/">top video site list</a></li> </ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Blog Prompts</span><br /></span> <ul> <li><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">What did you like or dislike about the sites you explored?</span></li> <li><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Why did you choose the video that you did?</span></li> <li><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Can you see any ways to use video--<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">YouTube</span> or other sites--on your library Web site?</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Challenge</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">1. Feeling brave? Make your own video and upload it to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">YouTube</span> or Google Video.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> Promote a </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=TcEFyocN0aY">program</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> or </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=sDa1nH_naWE">introduce</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> your library to the community or </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=7k8o_Lq8GZg">something else</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">. If you do, be sure to embed it in your blog. We all want to see it!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">2. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.jumpcut.com/company/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Jumpcut</span></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> is a Yahoo! product that lets you upload video or photos, re-mix and edit them, and produce a video. It is all online, easy to use, and with many other features, including slide shows and clips to add to yours as you build your movie. And, like most Web 2.0 tools, it offers a community of like-minded participants who want to watch your videos and share theirs with you. So jump right in and make a video to share with us. Post it to your blog and let us know just how easy it is to be creative!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-71616330604025917002007-10-09T17:57:00.000-05:002008-01-20T14:14:47.065-06:00Thing 19. Podcasts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080106/sampd829e4db070f2c57.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080106/sampd829e4db070f2c57.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="font-family: arial;">The word podcast is used to refer to a non-musical audio or video broadcast that is distributed over the Internet. Web sites may offer direct download or streaming of their content. However, a podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as RSS. Podcasts take many forms. They can be short 1-10 minutes commentaries to much longer in person interviews or panel group discussions--sort of "radio on demand." There’s a podcast out there for just about every interest area.<br /><br />You don’t have to have an iPod or a MP3 player to listen to podcasts, although a portable device is handy. Since podcasts use the MP3 file format, a popular compressed format for audio files, you just need a PC with headphones or a speaker (and ability/permission to download; check with your tech support).<br /><br />There are many ways to find podcasts. This Thing introduces you to some popular podcast directory tools. Do some exploring on your own and locate a podcast that is of interest to you. Once found, you can easily pull the RSS feed into your blog reader (i.e., <a href="http://bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/help/reader/tour.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Google Reader</span></a>) account, so that when new podcasts become available you’ll be automatically notified of their existence.<br /></p> <p style="font-family: arial;">1. Take a look at one or two of the podcast directories listed in Resources to find a podcast that interests you or listen to a local podcast in the list. Find some interesting library-related podcasts like book reviews or library news or a podcast on anything else that interests you.<br />2. Listen to one more of the podcasts. Link it in your blog if you would recommend it to others.<br />3. Add the RSS feed for a podcast to your blog reader account.<br />4. Try this simple, telephone-based tool that let's you "phone in" your podcast. <a href="http://www.gcast.com/">Gcast</a> says it's so easy your grandma could do it.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span></span><br />Local Podcasts<br /></p> <ul style="font-family: arial;"> <li>St. Cloud State University <a href="http://web.stcloudstate.edu/schoolmediapodcast/">Memoirs for School Library Media</a> </li> <li><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/">Minnesota Public Radio's podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/reference/on_the_road_with_minitex/">On the Road With MINITEX</a> are podcasts produced by MINITEX Reference staff. </li> <li>Podcast Alley offers a <a href="http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/links.php?id=154&sid=f08ead5b8b1d9706ee2d2af788d65970">directory of Minnesota-produced podcasts</a>, too.</li> </ul> <p style="font-family: arial;">There are many, many podcast directories and finding tools out there. Here are just three of the more popular ones that don’t require a software download:</p> <ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Directories </li><ul><li><a href="http://podcast.com/">Podcast.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.podcast.net/">Podcast.net</a><br /> </li> </ul><ul><li><a href="http://podcastalley.com/">Podcastalley.com</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://audio.search.yahoo.com/audio">Yahoo Podcasts</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.epnweb.org/">Educational Podcast Directory</a></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family:arial;">iTunes recently added iTunes U. College and university faculty post content they create for their classes. Students and others can download what they need, and go. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">Download iTunes</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (free) here for either Mac or Windows.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><strong>Blog Prompts</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. Which podcast(s) did you listen to?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Which of the directories did you find easiest to use?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">3. Has this Thing inspired you to do any podcasting yourself or to subscribe to a podcast to listen to it regularly?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><strong>Challenge </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Got something you want to share? Look at these sites for free software and hints on creating podcasts. As always, add any podcasts you create to your blog.</span><br /><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/">How to Podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm">Create Your Own Podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a> is a free cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds--podcasting!</li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;">1. Create a podcast on a topic of interest to you. Post it on your blog.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Blog about your experience with the software and the podcasting experience. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-18653211979952444362007-10-08T18:19:00.004-05:002009-01-21T12:22:33.580-06:00Thing 20. Libraries and Social Networks<span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MySpace</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Facebook</span> probably get more mainstream press than any other tool on this list—besides blogging. And, as we all know, not all the press is <a href="http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/broadband-mobile/articles/18684-myspace-agrees-new-safety-measures.htm">positive</a>. However, social networks are one of the main ways that young adults communicate with each other—55% of all teenagers use social networking sites. Use of these sites has even surpassed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">landline</span> telephones for a certain percentage of teenagers according to a <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Social_Media_Final.pdf">study</a> (pdf) by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. <o:p></o:p></span> <h3 style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ></span></h3><span style="font-family:arial;">It is worth noting that these networks incorporate many of the tools we’ve already covered in other Things—blogging, photo and video sharing, internal e-mail, message boards, and IM. One stop shopping is part of their appeal--one user name, one password, all the info in one spot. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Another part of the appeal is the need to “belong to a group” that is a milestone of adolescent development. Young people create their own groups, “friend” people, and more, often without the watchful eye of parent or other authority figure. This is one reasons many teenagers like MySpace and Facebook. Facebook began as a college-focused social network—it originally required a .edu address to join. When it opened up to all comers, many Facebook users were not happy. The exclusivity for young adults seemed lost. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course, the lack of the watchful eye is, to some parents, teachers, and librarians, the reason social networks are suspect and can be prone to abuse. Many parents and organizations opt for blocking access to these sites. Others look to education on Internet safety, privacy, appropriate use of technology, and other issues as a way to allow use of these networks that are so important to teens and young adults.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, what does it all mean to libraries? Whether or not you become a convert to MySpace and/or Facebook, it is important to understand how they work. If our young users are communicating through these networks, we need to be able to be there, too. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In this Thing, you are going to explore a social network. MySpace is the most used social network, but Facebook is currently the fastest growing social network. Facebook is more secure in that it is more difficult to see a user's profile until that person has accepted your friend request. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1. First, here is a simple explanation of why social networks may be useful for those of us beyond our teenage years. This is an episode of the Common Craft Show. You have the choice of visiting either Facebook or MySpace--or for the ambitious, both.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6a_KF7TYKVc&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6a_KF7TYKVc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> A.</span></span></h3> <h3><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYPiLXkx46cE2wvJ-6erqNOeMyYxWP_PyJsA1WNRP7Q9AlWJE1PuL9WPZHmfX3TRPy3gDJ3PXRJ-bNEbl8WcUS16F_eSrcCz_eHTbStAAXwEs7aDx5EEcWEgbE7gzaHcBx75sI1m8xWco/s400/facebook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157060099327142434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Facebook</span> </a>requires registration in order to view any profiles of members.<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >1. Register for the site and add 2-3 friends. If you have any difficulty, you can visit <a href="http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/facebook-use-register-join.htm">this tutorial</a>. There are many other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Facebook</span> tutorials on this page that are useful as you find a friend. Be sure to let us know when you join, so we can "friend" you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >2. Complete a profile, write on at least one wall and join at least one <a href="http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/facebook-use-groups-join.htm">group</a>. Here are some possible<o:p></o:p><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"> Facebook</span> Groups to join: (Groups are only visible when logged in to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Facebook</span>.)<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216059283">American Library Association Members</a></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2212848798">Library 2.0 Interest Group</a></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8408315708">Libraries Using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Facebook</span> Pages</a></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210901334">Librarians and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Facebook</span></a></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >3. Check your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Facebook</span> Profile at least once in the next week.<o:p></o:p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> B</span>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ELiVonK_2QCn7oBvq8sBO1ZqDj01vDkwpmVCuZip-nTzfWBdNKM_lF-sJ_d0XP4wK67MoItbFGr6od0S55Uv7mWrl3X6UP7BErg3H2_i6v3hPw7st4aUwIc8oQl1i15K18tY0sxrC85M/s400/myspace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157060296895638066" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />1. Visit <a href="http://www.myspace.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">MySpace</span></a> and visit some library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">MySpace</span> pages and examine their content. Here are some library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">MySpace</span> pages. You can search for others:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Denver</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Public Library <a href="http://myspace.com/denver_evolver"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">MySpace</span> Page</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Hennepin</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;">County</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Library <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=42764179&MyToken=8a868e5a-dc47-4ec6-8b58-465d333e3083"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">MySpace</span> Page</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.hclib.org/blogs/CatalogNews.cfm?ID=357&ipacSession=EGF4641517037.21314&profile=rd&patronid=552375&patronname=PETERSON,%20GLENN%20E.&emailaddress=gpeterson@hclib.org"> </a>2. If you are feeling ambitious, create your own <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">MySpace</span> Page. Add the info to your blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Resources</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Information Wants to be Free <a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/05/10/libraries-in-social-networking-software/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">blogpost</span></a> that describes some of the pros and cons about venturing into social networks</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://ucsclearning2.blogspot.com/2007/06/7-social-networks-2-set-up-your-myspace.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">MySpace</span> Sign Up Step-by Step Instructions</a> from the University of California- Santa Cruz's 23 Things project.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/24/12-ways-to-use-facebook-professionally/">12 Ways to Use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Facebook</span> Professionally</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7017.pdf">7 Things You Should Know About <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Facebook (pdf)<br /></span></a></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><a href="http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7017.pdf"> </a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style="font-size:130%;">Blog Prompts</span> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Faceboo</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">k</span><br /></span></p><ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Which groups did you join and why?<o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Reflect on why <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Facebook</span> may be the fastest growing social network. Is that reputation deserved?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">MySpace</span></span><br /></span></p><ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > How are libraries using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">MySpace</span>? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Did you find anything on a library's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">MySpace</span> page that would be useful for your library?<br /></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >If you created your own <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">MySpace</span> page, how do you plan to use it?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Challenge</b></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >1. Compare and contrast <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Facebook</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">MySpace</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336440538112624584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-18738284555160414472007-10-07T10:33:00.008-05:002010-08-10T10:14:46.480-05:00Thing 21. Beyond MySpace: Other Social Networks<span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MySpace</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Facebook</span> may grab the headlines in social networking, but there are many other social networks. Social networks are online communities created around interests with people-to-people recommendations and communication. These specialized social networks allow like-minded users to find and interact with one another, whether around crafts or cars or any other shared interest.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"> In this Thing, we'll take a look at some of these networks.<br />
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The first three have broad appeal:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.gather.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157056491554613778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46JiAUkH5Rkq2WdT8yOwy-tNlYNXUchDo4j_7HQQVEWYBfabPbCWvPwFmA9MzLUbiKbonsir0Fn2qkVfOzhxRriKudumfPDHyHeRpCdFBmFaQcfsZx3CM7CqFj7qCQRor0T4RzhWdJAlT/s400/gather+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gather.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Gather</a> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
Gather describes itself as the “leading social networking and media site for adults, with some of the highest quality user-generated content on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">internet</span>.” Most of the discussion on Gather is in a debate format, focused around a single issue, book, or theme to appeal to busy professionals. American Public Media is heavily invested in this site as an outlet for National Public Radio listeners. Minnesota Public Radio Groups: </span><a href="http://www.mnreaders.gather.com/?ref=aff_mpr.07" style="font-family: arial;">Minnesota Readers</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><a href="http://www.mnlife.gather.com/?ref=aff_mpr.07" style="font-family: arial;">Minnesota Life.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.webjunction.org/do/Home" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157054369840769522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9Z4gNqbRIIqYhnHWtwQy02lJJ5QmR8M8-cgSoMC6r8Ba1r-LqTCsVI62ytcJbEYbC-pIbUIJCrLZvYdu3tycFXBOZEnfMvet6J1E7Jz_JilwFFZbUK_sbNdu0LDgTTOPLKyCpnZLFnCv/s400/webjunction.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.webjunction.org/do/Home" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">WebJunction</span></a> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">WebJunction</span> is an online community and portal that supports library staff with technology and library development materials; provides courses for online learning and professional development; and brings the library community together in online discussions and programs. Minnesota has its own customized version of the site, as a collaborative effort of Minnesota State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">MINITEX</span> Library Information Network, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Metronet</span>, a Minnesota <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Multitype</span> Library System; and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">WebJunction</span>. Click on Partners to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">WebJunction</span> Minnesota.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ning.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157055190179523074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WnaIWPeAcB4jskUWc1LAPE30PWFwtmeY0zSZNhk7e5BIc5coKKLB2fMGHJyWuQRAKCRsx99bZ76-5fdmg5nNP7i7BXXNECW8i8J6TRzwJJ_meXrCqAXfkpF8WbswIZQdv6qYpo7h890e/s400/ning+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ning.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ning</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Ning</span> is an alternative social network that is meant for a higher level of customization by its users. The networks are created around special interests, and any user can easily create a network. You can visit the </span><a href="http://library20.ning.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Library 2.0 group</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, our specially<strike> created </strike></span><strike><a href="http://23thingsonastick.ning.com/" style="font-family: arial;">23 Things On a Stick group</a></strike><span style="font-family: arial;">, or any of the other many library groups created in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Ning</span>.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">Note that the 23 Things On a Stick Ning is no longer active since Ning began to charge for the service in July 2010. <br />
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Other social networks provide </span><a href="http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=library&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=Chicago%2C+IL" style="font-family: arial;">recommendations and reviews</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, focus on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/barackobama?q=barackobama&ref=ts">various</a> </span><a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/blog/view/?id=9402" style="font-family: arial;">political</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Connecting/" style="font-family: arial;">candidates</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, promote <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/">career development</a>, or revolve around an interest like <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/06/22/music-social-networks-2/">music</a>, <a href="http://www.dogster.com/">pets</a>, or </span><a href="http://www.grouprecipes.com/" style="font-family: arial;">food</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Even <a href="http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/10/aarp-to-add-social-networking-to-its-website"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">AARP</span></a> is getting into the social network sphere.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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For this Thing,</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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1. Read these articles:</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>How Gather hopes to be the <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6290501.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">MySpace</span> for Books</a> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Publisher's Weekly </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=17981"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">WebJunction</span> article: Building a Social Networking Environment at the Library</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">2. <strike>Join the <a href="http://23thingsonastick.ning.com/">23 Things On a Stick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Ning</span></a>. Do at least 2 of the following:</strike></span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li> Leave comments for another member</li>
<li> Upload your photos or video to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Ning</span></li>
<li> Add the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Ning</span> badge to your blog</li>
<li> Add another of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Ning</span> widgets to your blog</li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;"> 3. Find another social network that might interest you. Explore the ones mentioned already or one of these suggestions:</span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Education</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://classroom20.ning.com/"> Classroom 2.0 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Ning</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://college2.ning.com/"> College 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/"> Teacher Librarian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Ning</span></a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Music</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/users/">last.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">fm</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.projectplaylist.com/">Project <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Playlist</span></a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> Food</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.bakespace.com/"> Bake Space</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.opensourcefood.com/"> Open Source Food</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Movies</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.flixster.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Flixster</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://filmcrave.com/index.php">Film Crave</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> Books</span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><a href="http://www.whatsonmybookshelf.com/about.php">Whats On My Bookshelf</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.shelfari.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Shelfari</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">GoodReads</span></a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> Hobbies</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fuzzster.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Fuzzster</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">(pets)</span> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=libraries&find_loc=Twin+Cities%2C+MN&ns=1&rpp=10"> Yelp</a><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=libraries&find_loc=Twin+Cities%2C+MN&ns=1&rpp=10"> </a>(local reviews/recommendations)</span> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=f18bb04ac8df5ec45dc7d6ec54282e4f;www" style="font-family: arial;">Crafts</a> </li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Getting Things Done<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.43things.com/" style="font-family: arial;">43 Things</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial;">You get the idea; there is a social network for everyone. And, on the chance you can't find a social network that matches your interests, </span><a href="http://www.kickapps.com/" style="font-family: arial;">start one</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> of </span><a href="http://www.ning.com/" style="font-family: arial;">your own</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Resources<br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Wikipedia</span> list of social network sites</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/24/9-ways-to-build-your-own-social-network/">Nine Ways to Build Your Own Social Network</a>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">TechCrunch</span> July 24, 2007 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5504.cfm">Tips and tools to help your nonprofit get the most out of online networks</a>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">TechSoup</span>, May 5, 2006</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2190714,00.asp">My Guide to Social Networks</a>, a satirical article on social networks in PC Magazine<br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts </span></span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li> Are you a member of any online communities?</li>
<li> Are any of these social networks appealing to you? </li>
<li> What did you find that was interesting and that you might use later?</li>
</ul>aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336440538112624584noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686424632244491157.post-27766557851720328992007-10-06T10:24:00.000-05:002008-01-20T15:09:53.824-06:00Thing 22. What Did I Learn Today?<span style="font-family:arial;">We hope you have learned many new things during <span style="font-style: italic;">23 Things On a Stick</span>. And one thing you have learned is that Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 are anything but static. Changing, challenging, and exciting are hallmarks of Web 2.0. Here are some other things we hope you have learned:</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">It really doesn’t take that much time.</span> You have some new tools—Bloglines, del.icio.us, Digg/Reddit/Newsvine, calendars, to-do lists, and others that make finding news about new tools and ways to use them. You know how to use them to make keeping up easier. Of course, you can spend hours (and hours) playing around with Flickr or YouTube or other tools, but that counts as "improving your skills."<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">You know you can do it.</span> Sure, there were trials and tribulations as you learned the new tools or struggled with glitches in the products, but you did finish and you did get the tools to work. That means the next time you see a new tool, you will be ready to figure it out and make it work for you. No fear!<br /></li></ul><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's fun to know and use these tools</span>. Admit it, YouTube can be entertaining--and you can even see some uses for it in your library. Some of the tools have more toy-like features than others which have a more obvious use. It is amazing what people will think of and more amazing what they create to enhance Flickr, Google, or whatever. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul face="arial"><li><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">We need to keep informed.</span> It is easy to get so involved in the day-to-day of story time, library instruction, troubleshooting, programming, reference work, summer reading programs, collection development, faculty meetings, system meetings, meetings and more meetings, and the on and on of the day in the life of a library. In spite of all that work, we do need to stay up on what our patrons are using, talking about, and asking us for help with. As libraries continue to evolve, we need to be informed to evolve with them and guide the evolution. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul face="arial"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >We need the support of each other and our administrators and supervisors so we have the time and help we need to learn and stay informed.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> We hope the communities that have developed around<span style="font-style: italic;"> 23 Things On a Stick</span> will continue—whether in a building or a region. Stay in touch through your blogs, IM, and texting! </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" face="arial"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080106/samp15c38816f0c4580f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080106/samp15c38816f0c4580f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />For this Thing,</p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal">1. Make a resolution to maintain your blog, use the tools you now know, keep up with new tools, and apply them in your library. Give yourself the gift of time—15 minutes a day, a Webinar now and then, conversations with colleagues about Library 2.0, whatever—but don't quit now! Put your resolution writing in your blog!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial">2. Every day, ask yourself, "What did I learn today?" Record your responses in your blog.<br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" ><o:p><a href="http://www.imagechef.com/ic/draw/" target="_blank"> </a><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTExOTk*NjMyNDk1NDYmcHQ9MTE5OTQ2MzI1Mjc2NSZwPTExOTMxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" border="0" height="0" width="0" /></o:p></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial">So here are some Web sites and blogs to add to your RSS aggregator. There are dozens more—choose ones that speak to you.<br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Library Web 2.0 Blogs</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul face="arial"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mostly News</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;" face="arial"><ul><li><a href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/"><st1:state><st1:place>ALA</st1:place></st1:state></a><a href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/"> TechSource</a></li><li><a href="http://librarybytes.com/">LibraryBytes</a><br /></li> <li><a href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/">Librarian in Black</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lisnews.org/">LISNews</a> <o:p></o:p></li> <li><a href="http://www.librarystuff.net/">Library Stuff </a><o:p></o:p></li> </ul></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and Commentar</span>y<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><ul><li><a href="http://tametheweb.com/">T</a><a href="http://tametheweb.com/">ame the Web</a><o:p></o:p></li><li><a href="http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/">Shifted Librarian</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li><a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php">Information Wants To Be Free</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li><a href="http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/">Blue Skunk Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/">Dangeroulsy Irrelevant</a></li><li><a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html">NeverEnding Search</a><a href="http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/"> </a><o:p></o:p><br /></li></ul></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">General Web 2.0</span> <o:p></o:p></li><ul><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/">Lifehacker</a></li><li><a href="http://www.43folders.com/">43Folders</a></li></ul></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Web 2.0 Directories</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul><li><a href="http://web2.econsultant.com/">Web2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.go2web20.net/">Go2Web</a></li><li><a href="http://web2list.com/">Web2List</a> <o:p></o:p><br /></li></ul></ul><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Ways to Keep Up</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul><li><a href="http://mn.webjunction.org/do/Home;jsessionid=522918E837D3B03DE77381284AED5CE4">WebJunction-Minnesota</a> offers newsletters, online courses, and other content (free to <st1:state><st1:place>Minnesota</st1:place></st1:state> users, thanks to MINITEX, State Library Services, and Metronet). <o:p></o:p></li><li><a href="http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm">OPAL</a> has many online opportunities both live and in its archives to learn about library-related things—Library 2.0, technology, and more.</li><li><a href="http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp">Webinars from MINITEX </a>and other sources<o:p></o:p></li><li>Podcasts on Web 2.0 and library topics—find a few you like and add them to your RSS aggregator.<br /></li></ul></ul><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial">That’s enough. Glance through these, add the ones you like to your RSS aggregator, use others as needed. And remember, you can delete entries from your aggregator, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Prompts</span></span><o:p></o:p><br /></p> <ul style="font-family: arial;"> <li> Blog about how you plan to keep up with the Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 tools.</li> <li>Recommend a way to keep up that you have found useful.</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.imagechef.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/11/thing-23-final-thoughts_09.html"><img alt="ImageChef.com - Custom comment codes for MySpace, Hi5, Friendster and more" src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080103/samp69f29ef9bbe213e4.jpg" /></a> <img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTExOTkzOTg2NDUwNzgmcHQ9MTE5OTM5ODY*OTU2MiZwPTExOTMxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" border="0" height="0" width="0" /><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span><span style="font-size:0;"></span><o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2