23 Things
Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. GPLS staff members are encouraged to complete all 23 items on this list by November 14, 2008 in order to to receive a USB flash drive. Those staff that complete all items by November 14 will also qualify for a grand prize drawing to be awarded on All Staff Day.
Week 1: Introduction
1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
2. Read about the value of life long learning.
a. View the archived webinar called 7 and 1/2 Habits of Highly Effective Lifelong Learners
b. Discover how you learn best by taking this free online assessment: Vark Learning Style Assessment
3. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
4. Register your blog and track your progress to journey into Learning 2.0 together.
8. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
9. Explore MERLIN and a few useful library related-blogs and/or news feeds.
5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
6. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
7. Create a blog post about anything technology-related that interests you this week.
10. Play around with an online drawing tools.
11. Take a look at some book related tools.
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Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
22. Take a look at the titles available on Overdrive or NetLibrary or Project Gutenburg and learn about downloadable audiobooks.
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog and learn about where to go from here.
* Note: This project is loosely based upon other “23 Things” programs being used by many libraries to help their staffs understand and use Web 2.0 technologies.
