tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38046189475076835662024-03-06T14:29:22.112+11:00Brimbank Libraries Learning 2.0 ActivitiesYarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-91061955264125381182007-10-23T16:01:00.001+10:002007-10-23T16:01:33.521+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/23-is-this-really-end-or-just-beginning.html">#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...</a></h3><br /><br /> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzyTTHCOjI/AAAAAAAAAqo/93ENg4Af8mo/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzyTTHCOjI/AAAAAAAAAqo/93ENg4Af8mo/s320/newspaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106222490892515890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RuTIpjHCTpI/AAAAAAAABRQ/zPj0JiQQsvI/s1600-h/315385916_c235d39406_o.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RuTIpjHCTpI/AAAAAAAABRQ/zPj0JiQQsvI/s400/315385916_c235d39406_o.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108428493469929106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpgLhXBbSoHBFAKjar6wWpXF7N24uNzOe67e0su5XKVfnszOpR8cr9lD84Uvzm6ZjmIKNx7CcH4FFdmiHuoXxfLsh7nUaUAQl3AV-SQeLvNN513srndUCcTa07tKEtkjAS7EH4t0b3veQ/s1600-h/315385916_c235d39406_o.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpgLhXBbSoHBFAKjar6wWpXF7N24uNzOe67e0su5XKVfnszOpR8cr9lD84Uvzm6ZjmIKNx7CcH4FFdmiHuoXxfLsh7nUaUAQl3AV-SQeLvNN513srndUCcTa07tKEtkjAS7EH4t0b3veQ/s400/315385916_c235d39406_o.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124388442642663138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The future of Web 2.0 is limitless...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 130%;"><strong>Wow! Congratulations!!</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You’ve reached the 23rd thing. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be sure to give yourself a pat on the back for completing the program.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There is just one more discovery activity for you to post to your blog .</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For your last and final exercise for this program please reflect on your learning journey and post a few thoughts. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">Here are some questions to prompt you if you're drawing a blank ... </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 100%;"><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you? </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">In closing, I want to thank you all for joining us on this learning 2.0 journey.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-ZbYO_5I8PjfHBYSmQOWpJIJ84PhFuX4ubPastwTUyVaH_jBrD8CHVBa5bFwaYgqjjaW5vPB6c6mbZSa__ArTjI1vhSU_j9uDh2_mhrg8mqKf7IHDLFHRXl3NTk_sNbO5Q_rHAvYftn_/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-ZbYO_5I8PjfHBYSmQOWpJIJ84PhFuX4ubPastwTUyVaH_jBrD8CHVBa5bFwaYgqjjaW5vPB6c6mbZSa__ArTjI1vhSU_j9uDh2_mhrg8mqKf7IHDLFHRXl3NTk_sNbO5Q_rHAvYftn_/s400/newspaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124399875845605106" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em><br /></em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>This Victorian Public Libraries Learning 2.0 Program has been based on the </em></span><a href="http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>PLCMC Learning 2.0 program </em></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>developed by Helene Blowers of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.</em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>Many thanks to Helene Blowers for allowing us to use her program.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em></em></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJe2fnINSnftU1Uuf9ufN_O6HqYu5mxnzYkeZ5xDF4LR3hpRKPsCZblJJdNnUO2tb7XlmTxYsqwq8Z6DNLwdCY9G_dTk_uQ20nzaCD92jycfjS3UCeOKvdLYBEbzzbx19GyHM3WAaDw2sV/s1600-h/fireworks.jpg"><span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 100%;"></span></span></a><span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzwxzHCOiI/AAAAAAAAAqg/rtE0sUwrejA/s1600-h/Well-Done-.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzwxzHCOiI/AAAAAAAAAqg/rtE0sUwrejA/s320/Well-Done-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106220815855270434" border="0" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em><br /></em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em><br /></em></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>Learning</em></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em> 2.0 is licensed under </em></span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;"><em>Creative Commons</em></span></a></p></span></p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-71674665158349043282007-10-23T14:28:00.001+10:002007-10-23T14:28:20.864+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://wimmreglib2.blogspot.com/2007/10/22-audiobooks-or-end-is-in-sight-there.html">#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")</a> </h3> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="5219820809311100793"></a> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTWByH8TyjbHczH-KRCDsOwFfYvh3Hf6Gbt_Yvrcw7HBlOhHltz9CSPwH7ZAfHuS7Ko8cgMGnZbOtoXqmWXeFft8Lj7MCdu3w7gmnY2eDc7qveDt0h-zPBVW0o6M5yMbmjdgkHyF29mY/s1600-h/_41042997_racecrowd300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTWByH8TyjbHczH-KRCDsOwFfYvh3Hf6Gbt_Yvrcw7HBlOhHltz9CSPwH7ZAfHuS7Ko8cgMGnZbOtoXqmWXeFft8Lj7MCdu3w7gmnY2eDc7qveDt0h-zPBVW0o6M5yMbmjdgkHyF29mY/s400/_41042997_racecrowd300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124378654412195522" border="0" /></a><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/22-audiobooks-or-end-is-in-sight.html"><br /></a></h3><br /><br /> <p> [There is no podcast for this exercise]<br /><br />Downloadable eAudiobooks are becoming more popular in library situations.<br />Subscription services such as <a href="http://www.oclc.org/audiobooks/">Netlibrary</a> and <a href="http://www.overdrive.com/products/dlr/">Overdrive</a> enable libraries to purchase audio files, so library members can download them onto their mp3 players.<br />The beauty of this is that after the loan period expires, the audio file is deleted from the mp3player.<br /><em><strong>Wow...NO OVERDUES OR LIBRARY FINES !</strong></em><br /><br />For this discovery exercise, you merely need to familiarize yourself a bit with the structure of the <a href="http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm">World EBook fair site </a>(a free Downloadable eAudiobooks site)<br /><br />Take a look around and locate a few titles of interest.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-9mA5S8IRKJ-lyFXwzH92eGSYmYSgHHynC0wNPzbuZ7E7PQYAX6O08b09fj0HhksURQvuQKmFMDGSPEFVWmEUiJ_IfjEaXbzDJH86uQRdBxxntnuuLp9Fw0XnaWRIcb4ahXbqw11ZnuF/s1600-h/Audiobooks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-9mA5S8IRKJ-lyFXwzH92eGSYmYSgHHynC0wNPzbuZ7E7PQYAX6O08b09fj0HhksURQvuQKmFMDGSPEFVWmEUiJ_IfjEaXbzDJH86uQRdBxxntnuuLp9Fw0XnaWRIcb4ahXbqw11ZnuF/s400/Audiobooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108430198571945634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzubjHCOfI/AAAAAAAAAqI/nTMB22DAhi0/s1600-h/Audiobooks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzubjHCOfI/AAAAAAAAAqI/nTMB22DAhi0/s320/Audiobooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106218234579925490" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-size: 130%;"><br /><br />Discovery Resources:</span></strong><br /></p><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm">World EBook Fair - Gutenberg's Audio eBook Collection</a></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></strong></span><br /><br />Click on the <a href="http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm">eAudiobooks</a> link and explore some of the titles.</p><p>These are FREE downloads here from the Gutenberg Project.<br />If you have Real Player or Windows Media Player installed you can listen at your PC or download to an MP3 device.</p><p>Interesting links can also be found at the: </p><ul><li><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm">World EBook Fair site</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://worldebookfair.com/Childrens_eBooks.htm">Historical Childrens Ebooks</a><a href="http://worldebookfair.com/eMovies.htm">eMovies </a></li><br /><li><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://worldebookfair.com/Collections.htm">other collections</a> </li></ul>Create a blog post about your findings.</div></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-62812736848716493962007-10-23T13:24:00.001+10:002007-10-23T13:24:48.527+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://visionaus2.blogspot.com/2007/10/21-podcasts-smodcasts-listen-to-this.html">#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!</a> </h3> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="6460960109167496451"></a> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknkA-_LGBcB3SXXH29kSrbfJPNFC6U1yRnUwMPT0vr4otqoFoMAXJmwMSrxVt7Erkn3fwke9iS3PQ21Kj1OvNOosa6bSR_Yw5OqnBni1_Fm2SlHqO-2WdSWu-qUyoygHO4EBaN9qVFy8r/s1600-h/podcast.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknkA-_LGBcB3SXXH29kSrbfJPNFC6U1yRnUwMPT0vr4otqoFoMAXJmwMSrxVt7Erkn3fwke9iS3PQ21Kj1OvNOosa6bSR_Yw5OqnBni1_Fm2SlHqO-2WdSWu-qUyoygHO4EBaN9qVFy8r/s400/podcast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124352760054367922" border="0" /></a><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/21-podcasts-smodcasts.html"><br /></a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Listen to this podcast</span></span> [2:17]--><a style="left: 249px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1860108&audio_duration=137.561&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/9/6/2/podcasts.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1860108/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />The word <span style="font-style: italic;">podcast</span> is used to refer to a non-musical audio or video broadcast that is distributed over the Internet. What differentiates a podcast from regular streaming audio or video is that the delivery method for podcasts is often done automatically through RSS.<br /><br />In 2005, "podcast" was named the "<a href="http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/NOAD_podcast/?view=usa">word of the year</a>" by New Oxford American Dictionary and with the growth of podcasting over the last three years, it's easy to see why.<br /><br />Podcasts take many forms, from short 1-10 minutes commentaries (like the ones used in this Learning 2.0 program) to much longer personal interviews or panel group discussions. </div><div class="post-body">There’s a podcast out there for just about every interest area and the best part about this technology is that you don’t have to have an iPod or a MP3 player to access them. </div><div class="post-body">Since podcasts use the MP3 file format, a popular compressed format for audio files, you really just need a PC (or portal device) with headphones or a speaker.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a>, the free downloadable application created by Apple is the directory finding service most associated with podcasts, but if you don’t have iTunes installed there are still plenty of options.<br /><br />For this discovery exercise participants are asked to take a look at some popular podcast directory tools. </div><div class="post-body">Do some exploring on your own and locate a podcast that is of interest to you. </div><p class="post-body">Once found, you can easily pull the RSS feed into your <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a> account as well, so that when new casts become available you’ll be automatically notified of their existence.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discovery Resources:</span></span></span></p><ul><li class="post-body">To find out more about podcasts start with <a href="http://podcasts.yahoo.com/start">Yahoo: What is a podcast</a> tutorial<br /></li></ul><p>There are many, many podcast directories and finding tools out there. Here are just three of the more popular ones that, unlike iTunes, don't require a software download: </p><ul><li><a href="http://podcast.net/">Podcast.net</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://podcastalley.com/">Podcastalley.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://podcasts.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Podcasts</a> </li></ul><p><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discovery Exercise:</span></span></span></p><ol><li>Take a look at one or two of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">podcast directories</span> listed and see if you can find a podcast that interests you. See if you can find some interesting library related podcasts here like book review podcasts or library news.<br /></li><li>Add the RSS feed for a podcast to your <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a> account<br /></li><li>Create a blog post about your discovery process. Did you find anything useful here?<br />Can you see a use for podcasts in the library situation?</li></ol><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">OPTIONAL:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">You may try to create your own podcast using free downloadable programs such as <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>. More and more often podcasts are being used as instructional aids (like the ones used in this program). So, for anyone interested in creating new on-line services for your library you may like to explore making your own podcast. I recently played with Audacity and found it relatively straightforward, so why not give it a go!</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"></span><br /></span></strong>You may also like to listen to the following podcast by Helene Blowers (creator of this Learning 2.0 program) <a href="http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=74">Learning 2.0 : Make "play" your New Year's resolution </a><br />She discusses the development of this program and the concept of lifelong learning.</p></div></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-76117895188751688242007-10-23T11:01:00.001+10:002007-10-23T13:24:35.576+10:00#20 You too can YouTube<div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="3568364864917190395"></a> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J3UoxEZ-PZCXx6YzK1q2CUoScuaeJyHCNneqQS8-ErktHJ2UM6jcDMCIbL_u7jF6_DgKzjl0wBhW37Rv1ol5Wm4UVWxPXTIyV-4J71Xzz3gU0sHmuZjqWYK8irIeScFC6_w659ki6gE/s1600-h/youtube_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J3UoxEZ-PZCXx6YzK1q2CUoScuaeJyHCNneqQS8-ErktHJ2UM6jcDMCIbL_u7jF6_DgKzjl0wBhW37Rv1ol5Wm4UVWxPXTIyV-4J71Xzz3gU0sHmuZjqWYK8irIeScFC6_w659ki6gE/s400/youtube_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124323842039563922" border="0" /></a><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/20-you-too-can-youtube.html"><br /></a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Listen to this podcast</span> [1:58]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1878897&audio_duration=118.204&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/3/9/9/youtubefinal.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1878897/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />Within the past year online video hosting sites have exploded allowing users to easily to upload and share videos on the web. Among all the <a href="http://www.econsultant.com/web2/videos-hosting-sharing-searching-services.html">web 2.0 players</a> in this area, <a href="http://youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a> is currently top dog allowing users not only to upload their own video content easily, but also embed clips into their own sites easily.<br /><br />Do some searching around YouTube yourself and see what the site has to offer. You'll find everything from </div><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><div class="post-body"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPBnciNAqI" target="_blank">1970s TV commercials</a></div></li></ul><ul><li><div class="post-body"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0" target="_blank">library dominos</a></div></li></ul><ul><li><div class="post-body"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmDMMyzJ5fI">l2 Unconference<br /></a></div></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ">Medieval IT Help Desk</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8">Conan the Librarian</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTWIt5Wkzus">Johnny Depp <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(my personal favourite...)</span></a><br /></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><p class="post-body">Of course, like any free site you’ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching too. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore and see for yourself what the site has too offer. :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Discovery Exercise:</span> </p><br /><ol><br /><li>Explore <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a> & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog.<br /></li><br /><li>Create a blog post about your experience. What did you like or dislike about the site and why did you choose the video that you did? Can you see any features or componets of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><strong>OPTIONAL:</strong></span> Try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code for the for "Embeddable Player.” Note: you'll need to use Blogger's Edit HTML tab when pasting this code.</li></ol><br /><div align="left"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/320/youtubcopy.jpg" border="0" /><br />Other popular video hosting sites include:</div><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://video.search.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Videos</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://video.google.com.au/">Google videos</a></li></ul><br />NOTE: Videos, like music downloads, are bandwidth hogs. You may have some trouble playing long clips<br /><br />If you have time, watch this old video I found on Youtube entitled "Do you want to be a Librarian?" Fascinating stuff... : )<br /><br /><br /><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://youtube.com/v/4RGccQFxi3U"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://youtube.com/v/4RGccQFxi3U"></a><object height="350" width="425"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/4RGccQFxi3U" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/4RGccQFxi3U" height="350" width="425"></embed></object></p><p>...how things have changed...</p></div></div></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-5590294982535364172007-10-15T13:58:00.003+10:002007-10-15T13:58:52.948+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/19-discovering-web-20-tools.html">#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools</a> </h3> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWYd0ZsN1_jkqBjSPqg2ATNZZTebIY8-PQhcqur-ZEptg6OeXQCXZfAwCVBuxK38Ts5Y8awrNuW_-UK6ukb1OS4VjO7M3_QX4dx02Cc7G6n7-gmMppPANZ87lzhlJrzeI18_JyUjqe6rw/s1600-h/City.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWYd0ZsN1_jkqBjSPqg2ATNZZTebIY8-PQhcqur-ZEptg6OeXQCXZfAwCVBuxK38Ts5Y8awrNuW_-UK6ukb1OS4VjO7M3_QX4dx02Cc7G6n7-gmMppPANZ87lzhlJrzeI18_JyUjqe6rw/s400/City.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119898003562915202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzRKDHCOaI/AAAAAAAAApg/CZVofAAXRWk/s1600-h/yoursign.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzRKDHCOaI/AAAAAAAAApg/CZVofAAXRWk/s320/yoursign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106186048095009186" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div class="post-body">[There is no podcast for this activity]</div><br /><div class="post-body"><br />Throughout the course of this Learning 2.0 program we’ve explored just a small sampling of these Web 2.0 technologies that are empowering users with the ability to create and share content. </div><br /><div class="post-body">But given time there are so many more we could explore. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">For this discovery exercise, participants are asked to select <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> site from this list of <a href="http://web2.0awards.org/">Web 2.0 Awards</a> nominees and explore it. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">With so many to choose from, it might be handy to first select a <span style="font-style: italic;">category</span> that interests you (like <span style="font-style: italic;">Books</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">Personal Organization</span>) and then simply select a tool/site to explore. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Be careful to select a tool that is <span style="font-style: italic;">Free</span> and that doesn't require a plug-in or download. </div><br /><div class="post-body">The majority of these free, so this shouldn’t be a problem.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise</span>:</span></span></div><br /><div class="post-body"><br /><ol><br /><li>Select any site/tool from the list of <a href="http://web2.0awards.org/">Web 2.0 Awards</a> nominees. (If you prefer to select from just the winners, here’s a link to the <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/?short">winners</a>.)<br /></li><br /><li>Explore the site you selected.<br /></li><br /><li>Create a post about your discovery. What did you like or dislike about the tool? What were the site’s useful features? Could you see any applications for its use in a library setting?</li></ol><br />If you are interested, here is a <a href="http://www.go2web20.net/">Web 2.0 tool Directory</a> for you to explore- it is simply amazing what is out there, and evolving every second!<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><em>Learning 2.0...exploring web 2.0 technologies through PLAY!</em></strong></span>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-89758402019886593392007-10-15T13:58:00.001+10:002007-10-15T13:58:26.605+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/18-web-based-apps-theyre-not-just-for.html">#18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops</a> </h3> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflC56vfwLq78KgjzsK5dlPh6dpLixn9EXYN0OT9lQsL8wc6yYTjOiQAcQlIkDyWYZHMlQLbRkHEoDnvoeN0KMZXGkzhVyrCNycmAUZOBHxCAXFrTXb_acb7KRwBAW9IpGiExM_kbUEoNn/s1600-h/2007-07-12-sleepipedia.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflC56vfwLq78KgjzsK5dlPh6dpLixn9EXYN0OT9lQsL8wc6yYTjOiQAcQlIkDyWYZHMlQLbRkHEoDnvoeN0KMZXGkzhVyrCNycmAUZOBHxCAXFrTXb_acb7KRwBAW9IpGiExM_kbUEoNn/s400/2007-07-12-sleepipedia.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119897333548017010" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Listen to this podcast</span> [2:30]--></span><a style="left: 252px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1842204&audio_duration=150.544&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/3/7/5/19WEbApps.mp3" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1842204/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />The availability and use of online productivity web-based applications<br />(eg: word processing and spreadsheets) has exploded over the past two years. </div><br /><div class="post-body">These powerful applications provide users with the ability to create and share documents over the internet without the need of installed desktop applications. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Some experts speculate that this emerging trend may mean the death to Microsoft Office and other software-based productivity tools, while others think web-based applications have their place, but not in the office. </div><br /><div class="post-body">But no matter which side of the office suite platform you side with, on this both sides seem to agree; web-based applications have their place.<br /><br />One large benefit to web-based applications it that they eliminate the need to worry about different software versions or file types as you email documents or move from PC to PC. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Another bonus is that they easily accommodate collaboration by allowing multiple users to edit the same file (with versioning) and provide users the ability to easily save and convert documents as multiple file types (including HTML and pdf). </div><br /><div class="post-body">And, you can even use many of these tools, such as <a href="http://www.zohowriter.com/">Zoho Writer</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Den_GB&hl=en_GB&amp;amp;amp;ltmpl=homepage&nui=1&utm_source=en_GB-more&utm_medium=more&utm_campaign=en_GB">Google Docs and spreadsheets</a> to author and publish posts to your blog. </div><br /><div class="post-body">It’s this type of integration with other web 2.0 tools that also makes web-based apps so appealing.<br /><br />For this discovery exercise, participants are asked to take a look at a web-based word processing tool called <a href="http://www.zohowriter.com/">Zoho Writer</a>, create a simple document and then document your discoveries in your blog. If you're up to the challenge, you might even export your document as an HTML file or publish it through Zoho to your blog.<br /><br />With Zoho and web-based applications, the possibilities are endless.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Discovery Resources:</span></span><br /><br />A short list of <a href="http://www.zohowriter.com/public/c6J71Xb9695i0e061reK6S0C0b7V/Web-based-Appplications">web-based productivity applications</a> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/200/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="post-body"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 130%;">Discovery Exercise:</span></div><br /><div class="post-body"><br /><ol><br /><li>Create a free account for yourself in <a href="http://www.zohowriter.com/">Zoho Writer</a>.<br /></li><br /><li>Explore the site and create a few test documents of two.<br /></li><br /><li>Try out <a href="http://www.zohowriter.com/">Zoho Writer’s</a> features and create a blog post about your discoveries. </li></ol></div><br /><p><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><strong>Optional:<br /></strong></span>If you're up for the challenge, try using Zoho’s "publish" options to post to your blog.<br /><br />* Note: You can also explore <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Den_GB&hl=en_GB&amp;amp;amp;ltmpl=homepage&nui=1&utm_source=en_GB-more&utm_medium=more&utm_campaign=en_GB">Google Docs and spreadsheets </a>Google's online word processer, as an option for this exercise. </p><br />The participants tracking log (tracking your progress through these activities) is all done via a spreadsheet on Google Docs. The spreadsheet can be published as a html document if required.Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-73148015959326584972007-10-08T12:56:00.001+10:002007-10-08T12:56:39.578+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/17-playing-around-with-pbwiki.html">#17 Playing around with PBWiki</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:53]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1800733&audio_duration=113.685&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/6/8/6/PBwiki.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1800733/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/200/l2wiki.jpg" border="0" /></a>"Sandbox" is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play. </div><div class="post-body">For this discovery and exploration exercise, Helene Blowers at PLCMS has set up a whole <a href="http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/">Learning 2.0 Favorites wiki</a>* that’s<br />for nothing but play!<br /><br />For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add your blog to this<br /><a href="http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/">PBwiki Learning 2.0</a> wiki. </div><div class="post-body">The theme of this wiki is simply “Favorites” : Favorite books, favorite vacation spots, favorite restaurants, favorite anything …all you need to do is play and add your thoughts.<br />To mark your adventure on this site, you should add your blog to the <a href="http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/Favorite%20Blogs">Favorite Blogs</a> page. </div><div class="post-body">There are already a list of Blogs under <em><strong>AUSTRALIAN BLOGS<br /></strong></em><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Discovery Resources:</span></span></div><ul><li><a href="http://pbwiki.com/tour/1.html">PB Wiki Tour</a> - Find out how this collaborative tool can be used </li><li><a href="http://pbwiki.com/videos/">PBWiki Video Gallery</a> - Short videos of PBwiki features </li><li><a href="http://pbwikicentral.pbwiki.com/PBwikiTips">PB Wiki Tips</a> </li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span> </span></span></p><ol><li>Add your blog to the <a href="http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/Favorite%20Blogs">Favorite Blogs</a> page. That's how we'll know that you've been there. It’s easy to do if you follow this simple syntax:<br /><br />Example:<br /><br />[ URL Title of blog]<br /><br />[ http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com Learning 2.0 ]</li></ol>With brackets [ ] and just a little typing, you’ve added a link - yup, it’s as easy as that!<br /><br /><br />Create a post in your blog about the experience.<br /><br />* NOTE: The PLCMCLearning Wiki was created using the free version of <a href="http://pbwiki.com/">PBWiki</a>, a tool that lets you create webpages that anyone can edit.Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-64745395504785969502007-10-08T11:49:00.001+10:002007-10-08T11:49:12.931+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/16-so-whats-in-wiki.html">#16 So what’s in a wiki?</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:49]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1800695&audio_duration=109.166&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/0/3/7/whatsWiki.mp3" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1800695/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br /><br />A wiki is a collaborative website and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. </div><div class="post-body"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, the online open-community encyclopedia, is the largest and perhaps the most well known of these knowledge sharing tools. With the benefits that wikis provide, the use and popularity of these tools is exploding.<br /><br /><strong>Some of the benefits that make wikis so attractive are:</strong></div><div class="post-body"><ul><li>Anyone (registered or unregistered, if unrestricted) can add, edit or delete content.</li><li>Tracking tools within wikis allow you to easily keep up on what been changed and by whom.</li><li>Earlier versions of a page can be viewed and reinstated when needed.</li><li>And users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. In most cases simple syntax structure is used.</li></ul></div><br />As the use of wikis has grown over the last few years, libraries have begun to use them to collaborate and share knowledge. Among their applications are pathfinder or subject guide wikis, book review wikis, conference wikis and even library best practices wikis.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzhEjHCOeI/AAAAAAAAAqA/9ZwdCpGpAVM/s1600-h/2007-07-12-sleepipedia.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzhEjHCOeI/AAAAAAAAAqA/9ZwdCpGpAVM/s320/2007-07-12-sleepipedia.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106203545791773154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Discovery Resourc</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">es:</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /></span>Use these resources to learn more aboout wikis:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://plcmccore.blogspot.com/2006/04/wiki-wiki-wiki.html">Wiki, wiki, wiki</a> - from PLCMC's own Core Compentency blog<br /></li><li><a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/cil06/" target="_blank">Wiki’s: A Beginner’s Look</a> – an excellent short slide presentation that offers a short introduction and examples.<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=What_is_a_Wiki" target="_blank">What is a Wiki?</a> – Library Success wiki presentation<br /></li><li><a href="http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11264" target="_blank">Using Wikis to Create Online Communities</a> – a good overview of what a wiki is and how it can be used in libraries.</li></ul><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span><br /><br /><ol><li>For this discovery exercise, you are asked to take a look at some library wikis and blog about your finding. Here’s a few examples to get you started:<br /><br /></li><ul><li><a href="http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page" target="_blank">SJCPL Subject Guides</a> – a pathfinder wiki developed by the St. Joseph County Public Library system<br /></li><li><a href="http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library" target="_blank">Book Lovers Wiki</a> - developed by the Princeton Public Library<br /></li><li><a href="http://libsuccess.org/" target="_blank">Library Success: A best practices wiki</a><br /></li><li>Other <a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Wikis#Examples_and_Information" target="_blank">library wiki examples</a><br /><br /></li></ul><li>Create a blog post about your findings. What did you find interesting? What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki? </li></ol><p><br />So what's in a wiki? Find out by doing some exploring on your own.<br /><br />You might also like to read Peter Blake's paper from the Information Online 2007 conference<br /><a href="http://www.information-online.com.au/docs/Presentations/using_a_wiki_for_information_services_%28io2007_paper%29.pdf">Using a Wiki for InformationServices: Principles and Practicalities</a><br />Peter Blake, Australian Catholic University.<br /></p><br /><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY"></a><object height="350" width="425"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY" height="350" width="425"></embed></object></p><p>A good Youtube video, by Commoncraft videos, demonstrating wikis.</p></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-52064925515028572082007-10-02T11:44:00.001+10:002007-10-02T11:44:39.020+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/15-on-library-20-web-20.html">#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...</a> </h3> <p class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:37]--></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content"><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1784666&audio_duration=97.0188&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/6/9/3/Library20final.mp3" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1784666/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />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 Web2.0 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).<br /><br />Many have argued that the notion of Library 2.0 is more than just a term used to describe concepts that merely revolve around the use of technology; it 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 proponents fall, both sides agree that libraries of tomorrow, even five or ten years from now, will look substantially different from libraries today.<br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt97GQ9WQ0MZr44x61Ts4hqZnBbNGjbGT2IEJgxlQA5oWFTKWZCz9iu0ILVoB6DhankdsIoDi4kT7V1d64f6YvcoOPOETJFX4mEtj0vMW9iNiuVIoKmcIea9ARMN-ee0zhhL-8Xde20ka/s1600-h/Blogopoly.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt97GQ9WQ0MZr44x61Ts4hqZnBbNGjbGT2IEJgxlQA5oWFTKWZCz9iu0ILVoB6DhankdsIoDi4kT7V1d64f6YvcoOPOETJFX4mEtj0vMW9iNiuVIoKmcIea9ARMN-ee0zhhL-8Xde20ka/s400/Blogopoly.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108431375392984754" border="0" /></a></p><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Discovery Resources</span>:</span><br /><br />OCLC Next Space Newsletter – <a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm">Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries?</a><br /><br /><strong>Five Perspectivesform th eOCLC Next Space Newsletter:</strong> <ul><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm">Away from Icebergs</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/3.htm">Into a new world of librarianship</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/4.htm">To more powerful ways to cooperate</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/5.htm">To better bibliographic services</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm">To a temporary place in time</a></li></ul><p>Links to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0#References">more discussions </a>can be located through the list of references at the bottom of the Library 2.0 page in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0#References">Wikipedia</a></p> <p>A great video that illustrates the Web 2.0 phenomenon can be viewed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE">here.</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span><p><br /></p><ol><li>Read two or three of the perspectives on Library 2.0 from the list above.<br /></li><li>Create a blog post about your thoughts on any one of these? Library 2.0 - It's many things to many people. What does it mean to you?<br />You may like to talk about the State Library of Victoria's vision for the future, and how you see web 2.0 being incorporated into this.</li></ol></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-48691542743541377212007-10-02T11:12:00.001+10:002007-10-02T11:12:33.653+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/14-getting-not-so-technical-with.html">#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span></span> [2:46]--><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1750738&audio_duration=166.139&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/9/3/2/14tecnorati.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1750738/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />So now that you’ve been blogging for a while, you might be wondering just how big the blogosphere is. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Well, according to <a href="http://www.technorati.com/">Technorati</a>, the leading search tool and authority for blogs, the number of blogs doubles just about every 6 months </div><br /><div class="post-body">On July 31, 2006, <a href="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000436.html">Technorati tracked its 50 millionth blog.</a></div><br /><div class="post-body"><br />Yes, these numbers are astounding, but as you’ve already seen for yourselves, blogging is so easy that these publishing tools are being taken advantage of by almost every industry, including libraries.<br /><br />So how does a person get their blog listed as part of the blogosphere and how can you tag your posts with keywords to make them more findable through a Technorati search? </div><br /><div class="post-body">The answer to the first question is that your blog is probably already being captured by Technorati due to the fact that you're already using <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>, the most popular blogging tool. </div><br /><div class="post-body">But if you want to join the party and have your blog officially listed on Technorati and also take advantage of the watchlist and other features, you’ll need to <a href="http://www.technorati.com/signup/">claim</a> your blog yourself. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">As for tagging posts with Technorati tags? This is easy, too. All you need to do is add a little bit of HTML code to the bottom of your post (see my example below) and Technorati will pick up these tags when it spiders (or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawler">web crawls</a>) your site.<br /><br />There are a lot of new features that have been added to Technorati including new ways to search for blogs. </div><br /><div class="post-body">You can search for keywords in blog posts, search for entire blog posts that have been tagged with a certain keyword, or search for blogs that have been registered and tagged as whole blogs about a certain subject (like photography or libraries).<br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Discovery Resources:</span></span><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/07/110.html"><br />Technorati Tour</a> – videocast of new features & new look<br />Technorati <a href="http://www.technorati.com/pop/">Popular</a> feature<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span></div><br /><ol><br /><li>Take a look at Technorati and try doing a keyword search for “Learning 2.0” in <span style="font-style: italic;">Blog posts</span>, in tags and in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Blog Directory</span>. Are the results different?<br /></li><li>Explore <a href="http://www.technorati.com/pop/">popular blog, searches and tags</a>. Is anything interesting or surprising in your results?<br /></li><li>Create a blog post about your discoveries on this site.<br /><br /></li></ol><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><strong>OPTIONAL:</strong></span><br />If you're up for a challenge, learn how to <a href="http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html">tag your posts</a> by with Technorati tags so they can join tag searches. </p><br /><p>You may also want to consider <a href="http://www.technorati.com/signup/">claiming</a> your blog and creating a <a href="http://www.technorati.com/watchlist/">watchlist</a>.<br />NOTE: When adding HTML code, you'll want to make sure you're in Blogger's <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/techtag.jpg">Edit HTML</a> window.</p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-30643111764485513382007-10-02T10:38:00.001+10:002007-10-25T13:08:50.417+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/13-tagging-folksomonies-social.html">#13 Tagging, folksonomies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [3:53]--></span><a style="left: 251px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1869351&audio_duration=233.326&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/8/3/8/delFinal.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1869351/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tags" target="_blank">Tagging</a> is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & posts). </div><br /><div class="post-body">Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e.Library of Congress subject headings), tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want.<br /><br />In the past few weeks, we’ve already explored a few sites – <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> and <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> to name two --that allow users to take advantage of tagging.</div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">This week, in addition to exploring <a href="http://www.technorati.com/">Technorati</a> tagging, we want to also take a look at a popular social bookmarking site called Del.icio.us (keyed in as <a href="http://del.icio.us/" target="_blank">http://del.icio.us/</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://del.icio.us/" target="_blank">Del.icio.us</a> is a social bookmarking manager which allows you to bookmark a web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks.<br /><br />Many users find that the real power of Del.icio.us is in the social network aspect, which allows you to see how other users have tagged similar links and also discover other websites that may be of interest to you. </div><br /><div class="post-body">You can think of it as peering into another users’ filing cabinet, but with this powerful bookmarking tool each user's filing cabinet helps to build an expansive knowledge network.<br /><br />For this discovery exercise, you are asked to take a look at Del.icio.us and learn about this popular bookmarking tool.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Discovery Resources:</span></div><br /><div class="post-body"><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.beelerspace.com/index.php?p=890" target="_blank">Us.ef.ul: A beginners guide to Del.icio.us</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://slackermanager.com/2005/12/the_several_hab.html" target="_blank">Several Habits of wildly successful Del.icio.us users</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU">Social Bookmarking in Plain English</a>: Another Commoncraft Youtube video which explains Del.icio.us in user friendly terms.<br /></li></ul></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Discovery Exercise:</span><br /><br /><br /><ol><br /><br /><li>Take a look around Del.icio.us using the <a href="http://del.icio.us/PLCMCL2/" target="_blank">PLCMCL2</a> account that was created for this exercise. <span style="font-style: italic;">Note: In this account you will find lots of resources that have been highlighted or used throughout the course of the Learning 2.0 program. </span><br /><br /></li><li>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 that they used to categorize this reference?<br /></li></ol><br /><p>Create a blog post about your experience and thoughts about this tool.<br />Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance, or is it just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">OPTIONAL:<br /></span></strong><br />If you’re up to the challenge, create a <a href="http://del.icio.us/" target="_blank">Del.icio.us</a> account for yourself and discover how this useful bookmarking tool can replace your traditional browser bookmark list.<br />You might even want to explore Del.icio.us’ latest addition, a <a href="http://del.icio.us/help/networkbadges">network badge</a>. </p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-71501098400146293552007-09-25T10:45:00.004+10:002007-09-25T10:46:00.464+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/12-roll-your-own-search-engine-with.html">#12 Roll your own search engine with Rollyo</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:32]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1750730&audio_duration=92.4734&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/0/4/0/12rollyo.mp3" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1750730/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />Do you have a group of websites that are your favorites? Or a set of similar online resources that you frequently use to answer homework or reference questions? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">Well <a href="http://www.rollyo.com/" target="_blank">Rollyo</a> may be the tool for you.<br />Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for just the websites you know and trust.<br />Take a look at some of these search rolls that have already been created:</div><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://rollyo.com/onfire4jc/public_domain_ebooks/" target="_blank">Public Domain e-Books Search</a></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUqh6IDKhpMFmgdQfsfWIP4M0eWlKILy-aevnXhyphenhyphenGCeZZGYdn0e5RjCG0QDJzUxGYdh-s05THtUTmYV9OQt8_zF3EfaQKp_wIsGWkARq_8vAXwIWG7X5iDBHgd3vei__M_dtXphpDrX50/s1600-h/rollyob.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUqh6IDKhpMFmgdQfsfWIP4M0eWlKILy-aevnXhyphenhyphenGCeZZGYdn0e5RjCG0QDJzUxGYdh-s05THtUTmYV9OQt8_zF3EfaQKp_wIsGWkARq_8vAXwIWG7X5iDBHgd3vei__M_dtXphpDrX50/s400/rollyob.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113913877232272930" border="0" /></a><ul><li><a href="http://rollyo.com/byblos/rare_book_library_search/" target="_blank">Rare Book Library Search</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://rollyo.com/ericrolph/free_photos/">Free Photos</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://rollyo.com/kizuki-sama/quick_quotes_search/" target="_blank">Quick Quotes</a></li><br /><li>Explore other rolls <a href="http://rollyo.com/explore.html" target="_blank">here.</a> </li></ul><br /><p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span></p><br /><ol><br /><li>Explore <a href="http://www.rollyo.com/">Rollyo</a> and create an account for yourself.<br /><br /></li><li>Create a <a href="http://www.rollyo.com/createroll.html">search roll</a> for any subject you like.<br /></li></ol><br /><p>Create a post in your blog about your experience and link to your search roll. Can you see a potential use for tools like this?<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OPTIONAL</span>:</span> Add your searchroll to your blog </p><br />1. Go to Rollyo at<br /><a href="http://www.rollyo.com/">http://www.rollyo.com/</a><br /><br />2. Click on DASHBOARD<br /><br />3. Scroll down the page and click on SEARCHBOX<br /><br />4. Put the name and URL of your blog in the place provided<br /><br />5. Click on the search rolls you want and click on the > arrow to transfer them into the into selected SEARCHBOX ROLLS box<br /><br />6. Go to STYLE and select the type of Rollyo icon you want (it will preview your selection )<br /><br />7. Go to the COPY AND PASTE CODE BOX. Highlight all the code that is in the box and copy it to your clipboard (highlight the code, go to edit on the toolbar and select copy OR hold down the Crtl key and click the C key at the same time )<br /><br />8. Sign into your blog and go to the dashboard<br /><br />9. Go to template<br /><br />10. Select Add and arrange page elements<br /><br />11. From this page select HTML/JAVA SCRIPT and click Add to Blog<br /><br />12. This will lead you to a page that has a space to put<br /><br />a. A title<br />b. Contents<br /><br />Key in a title (Such a rollyo)<br />Cut and paste the html contents you have copied into the CONTENTS<br />Do this by going to Edit on the toolbar and selecting paste OR hold the Ctrl Key on the keyboard down and click on the V key at the same time<br /><br />Click on SAVE CHANGES.<br />Preview your blog and the rollyo search should be on the template down the side of the pageYarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-76216854121572373272007-09-25T10:45:00.003+10:002007-09-25T10:45:41.071+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/11-all-about-librarything.html">#11 All about LibraryThing</a> </h3> <div class="post-body"><br /></div><br /><p class="post-body"><br /></p><br /><div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:52]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1750780&audio_duration=112.065&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/9/6/4/13librarything.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1750780/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/200/books.0.jpg" border="0" width="120" /></a>Are you a book lover or cataloger at heart? Or do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems on the shelf to read? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">Then <a href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing</a> may be just the tool for you. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Developed for booklovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own, it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes. </div><br /><div class="post-body">Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title -- it’s so easy that you don’t even need MARC record training to do it – to connect with other users through your similar reading tastes. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body"><strong>There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing:</strong></div><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><div class="post-body">You can even view your books on a <a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Livia_Llewellyn&shelf=shelf">virtual shelf</a>, </div></li><br /><li><br /><div class="post-body">add a widget (see <a href="http://myblogmysay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">sidebar</a> as an example) to display titles that are in your catalog or </div></li><br /><li><br /><div class="post-body">install a <a href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/2006/08/search-your-librarything-from-your_02.php" target="_blank">LT Search box</a> on your blog.<br /></div></li></ul><br /><p class="post-body">So why not join the ranks and create your own library online. With over 65,000 registered (BTW: LibraryThing also has group forum for <a href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar" target="_blank">librarian</a> users and over 4.7 million cataloged books, so you're bound to discover something new).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Discovery Resources:</span></span></p><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/about.php" target="_blank">About LibraryThing</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/tour/" target="_blank">Library Thing tour</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/" target="_blank">LibraryThing blog</a> (updates & news) </li></ul><br /><p class="post-body"><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span></p><br /><ol><br /><li>Take a look around <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> and create an account.<br /><br /></li><li>Add a least 5 books to your library.<br /><br /></li><li>Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog.</li></ol>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-65998825377085152007-09-25T10:45:00.001+10:002007-09-25T10:45:20.640+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-play-around-with-image-generators.html">#10 Play around with Image Generators</a> </h3> <p><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:00]--></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content"><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 9px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1642480&audio_duration=60.0816&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/1/1/7/onlinegenerators.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1642480/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><div class="post-body"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Generators?<br /></span></strong>No, I’m not talking about those gas powered back-up things. The generators I’m talking about allow you to easily manipulate images and graphics to create fun images like these: </div><br /><div class="post-body"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGed422fVoe7KRLROc1fAobIhbabub6SnVApY6OkssetrGRMTzs1astn3f71Sbwrkfn62bBBrK6DV_W1jIB7ZqtKfZAS1aOvDpbw4IS3b6Yd40Mt1nRrPZQ41a5jc49l5nxeAkp-9jI4/s1600-h/book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079059155279813650" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGed422fVoe7KRLROc1fAobIhbabub6SnVApY6OkssetrGRMTzs1astn3f71Sbwrkfn62bBBrK6DV_W1jIB7ZqtKfZAS1aOvDpbw4IS3b6Yd40Mt1nRrPZQ41a5jc49l5nxeAkp-9jI4/s200/book.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtO_sH158GLQiRkbZUxQbOsqo4BV8t-Lng1lSGqlTFZijg_Fjo9DfqexgF_Na1Pnq2O4V1gyWUDBcWihtTUY8hf5aAm4vBgIO-EeJPnAJAogxRJEZwjwhd3td_dyUe3p4n4w179Od9wY/s1600-h/ipod.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079059670675889202" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtO_sH158GLQiRkbZUxQbOsqo4BV8t-Lng1lSGqlTFZijg_Fjo9DfqexgF_Na1Pnq2O4V1gyWUDBcWihtTUY8hf5aAm4vBgIO-EeJPnAJAogxRJEZwjwhd3td_dyUe3p4n4w179Od9wY/s200/ipod.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp86WLAMVxykzrtEX_9TmEc0MpW8YvlZ4i5ZbgttcdBy4XSzcy8cuJgzshOF7EH5L4hQdRh6jcauhgyKxVkpleSK-JOnqzK0c_oCkNXtspIwaaMaiTl3mk7DpTb5W3Uu1JlP7E7grcRLMG/s1600-h/apollo-moon-mission_www-txt2pic-com.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp86WLAMVxykzrtEX_9TmEc0MpW8YvlZ4i5ZbgttcdBy4XSzcy8cuJgzshOF7EH5L4hQdRh6jcauhgyKxVkpleSK-JOnqzK0c_oCkNXtspIwaaMaiTl3mk7DpTb5W3Uu1JlP7E7grcRLMG/s400/apollo-moon-mission_www-txt2pic-com.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113915500729910834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="post-body"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>For this discovery exercise, I just want you to have fun.<br /><br /></strong></span> </div><div class="post-body">Find a few fun image or text generators to play around with and write a post in your blog about one of your favorites and display the result.</div><div class="post-body">Often adding the image you mocked up to your blog is as simple as copying and pasting the code that the page provides. </div><div class="post-body">If not, you may just need to right click on the image and then save it to your hard drive before using Blogger’s image button to add it to your post.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzSjzHCObI/AAAAAAAAApo/ZWC5ewMEnwY/s1600-h/bart-simpson-generator.php.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzSjzHCObI/AAAAAAAAApo/ZWC5ewMEnwY/s320/bart-simpson-generator.php.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106187589988268466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you’re having difficulty getting your image added to a post in your blog, ask a co-worker for help. In looking at several staff blogs, it’s easy to see that we have lots of people in the system who have figured out how easy it is to add images to their blogs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-size: 130%;">Discovery Resources:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Generator Blog</a><br /><a href="http://www.letterjames.com/" target="_blank">Letter James</a><br /><a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/" target="_blank">FD Toys</a><br />Also try searching for online generators, text generators or image generators!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span><br /><br />1. Play around with some image generators and find one that you like.<br />2. Post the result of your discovery process in your blog.<br />Note: Be sure to include a link to the image generator itself, so other participants can discover it too.<br /><br />So take some time and have fun with this exercise. </div><div class="post-body"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Learning 2.0 ....discovering web 2.0 technologies through PLAY!</span></em></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-20988887070693315972007-09-20T08:33:00.001+10:002007-09-20T08:33:25.748+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/9-finding-feeds.html">#9 Finding Feeds</a> </h3> <br /><div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [3:08]--></span><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1460451&audio_duration=188.552&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/0/2/9/FindFeedsfinal.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1460451/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br />Now that you have a newsreader (your <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a> account), you can begin adding other newsfeeds that interest you. There are several ways you can locate newsfeeds: </div><br /><div class="post-body"><br /><ul><br /><li>When visiting your favorite websites -- look for <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg">news feed icons</a> that indicate the website provides it. Often a feed icon will be displayed somewhere in the navigation bar of the site. (Here's an <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg">image</a> that contains a sampling of several feed icons).<br /></li><br /><li>Use <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/search">Blogline's Search tool</a> - 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. </li></ul></div><br /><p><strong>Other Search tools that can help you find feeds:</strong><br /></p><br /><ul><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.feedster.com/">Feedster</a> - One of the largest collections of RSS feeds, Feedster lets you search for feeds in three categories: news, blogs & podcasts<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.topix.net/">Topix.net</a> - This search tool allows you to locate recent newsfeed items based upon keyword or phrase searching. The tool focuses specifically on news and media outlet RSS feeds for information, not weblogs.<br /></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.google.com.au/blogsearch?hl=en">Google Blog search</a> - This is still in BETA mode, but appears to be a good search tool<br /></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/">Technorati</a> - Technorati is a popular blog finding tool that lets you search for blogs. Since RSS feeds are inherent to all blogging tools, Technorati Blog Search can help you find RSS feeds for topic specific blogs you may be interested in.<br />Additonal Resource: <a href="http://www.hansonexperience.com/screencasts/blogfinder/engels_nederlands/Technorati.html" target="_blank">Technorati Tutorial</a> on finding and adding your blog </li></ul></ul><br /><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 130%;">Discovery Excercise:</span></span> </p><br /><ol><br /><li>Explore some of the search tools noted above that can help you locate some news feeds.<br /></li><br /><li>Create a blog post about your experience. Don't know what to blog about? Here are some questions to think about :<br />Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? Which Search tool was the easiest for you? Which was more confusing? What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Or what kind of unusual ones did you find? What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds? </li></ol><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Extra stuff to explore</span><br /><br /></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 100%;">Some of the databases<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> your library subscribes to have RSS feed alerts.<br /></span></span></span>Ebsco ANZ Reference Centre is an example of this.<br /><br /><strong>To subscribe to a RSS feed for a specific journal using Ebsco</strong></p><br /><ol><br /><li>Go to Ebsco ANZ Reference Centre</li><br /><li>Click on NEW FEATURES</li><br /><li>From this screen tick the ALERTS box. This will embed an RSS icon against the publications list</li><br /><li>Find a journal your would like to subscribe to (eg Australian Library Journal)</li><br /><li>Follow the instructions to put RSS feed into your bloglines account</li></ol><br />You may like to explore what other databases have a similar feature.Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-61017352228302675542007-09-20T08:18:00.001+10:002007-09-20T08:18:50.848+10:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html">#8 Make life "really simple" with RSS & a newsreader</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <p class="post-body"><br /></p><div class="post-body"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [5:15]--></span> <embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1391400&audio_duration=316.526&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/1/7/3/570936RSS1.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1350430/view">powered by <strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ODEO</span></strong></a><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">FYI & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ICYW</span>: This is the longest podcast in the program.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rssicon.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/200/rssicon.jpg" border="0" width="100" /></a>You’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ve</span> heard of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">RSS</span>? You’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ve</span> seen those small funny tags on websites? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">You’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ve</span> heard co-workers and acquaintances swear by it, but still have no </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">idea what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">RSS</span> is? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">Well don’t worry, according to a <a href="http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/03/rss_reality_che.html" target="_blank">recent survey</a> you’re still in the majority, but this is changing rapidly. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">In the information world, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">RSS</span> is not only <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">revolutionalizing</span> the way news, media and content creators share information, but it also is swiftly changing the way <span style="font-style: italic;">everyday users</span> are <span style="font-style: italic;">consuming information</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">RSS</span></a> stands for “<span style="font-weight: bold;">R</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">eally</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">imple</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">yndication</span>” and is a file format for delivering regularly updated information over the web.<br /><br />Just think about the websites and news information sources you visit every day. </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">It takes time to visit those sites and scour the ad-filled and image-heavy pages for just the text you want to read, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">doesn</span>’t it? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body">Now imagine if you could visit all those information sources and web pages in just one place and all at the same time … without being bombarded with advertising… without having to search for new information on the page you’d already seen or read before… and without having to consume a lot of time visiting each site individually. </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzTQzHCOcI/AAAAAAAAApw/iEubwNgmzkQ/s1600-h/rsss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzTQzHCOcI/AAAAAAAAApw/iEubwNgmzkQ/s320/rsss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106188363082381762" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="post-body">Would that be valuable to you? </div><br /><br /><div class="post-body"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Well, it’s available now through a newsreader and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">RSS</span>.</span><br /><br />This week’s discovery exercises focus on learning about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">RSS</span> news feeds and setting up a <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Bloglines</span></a> account (a free online newsreader) for yourself to bring your feeds together.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"><br />Discovery Resources:</span></div><br /><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flash/rss_tutorial.html?tag=video" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">CNET</span> Video: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">RSS</span> – Feel the Need for Feeds</a> (3:32) – a good over view of what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">RSS</span> is and the benefits to users.<br /></li><br /></ul><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.palinet.org/rss/toti/tsstutorial.htm">Feed Me: A gentle introduction to Internet feeds</a><br />a good tutorial from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Palinet</span>, a library cooperative</li><br /><br /><li><a href="http://preetamrai.com/weblog/archives/2005/04/25/bloglines-how-to-keep-track-of-hundreds-of-blogs-and-some-news-and-some-podcasts-and-some-flickrs-photos-etc-etc/">Using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Bloglines</span> Tutorial (how to keep up with dozens of blogs everyday)</a><br />This online tutorial walks you through how to setup a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Bloglines</span> account and add <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">newsfeeds</span>.<br />Follow Steps 1 to 3 to set up your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Bloglines</span> account. Steps 4 – 9 are optional and cover how to subscribe to different types of feeds (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">podcasts</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Flickr</span> albums, etc)<br /></li></ul><ul><br /><br /><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGz-y_SGL4">Adding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">RSS</span> Feeds to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Bloglines</span></a><br />A short <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">YouTube</span> video that I created showing how to add feeds.<br /><br /></li><br /><br /><li>Additional <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Bloglines</span> news feed <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/additionalinfo.1.jpg"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">subcription</span> information</a> (screenshot image)</li></ul><br /><br /><ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">RSS</span> in Plain English</a>: A simple and user friendly overview of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">RSS</span> created by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Commoncraft</span> Video on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Youtube</span>.</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Discovery Exercise:</span> </span><br /><br /><ul><br /><li>Follow the discovery resources above to learn more about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">RSS</span> and newsreaders.<br /><br /><br /></li><li>Create a free online <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Bloglines</span></a> account for yourself and subscribe to at least 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">newsfeeds</span> to your reader. See <a href="http://preetamrai.com/weblog/archives/2005/04/25/bloglines-how-to-keep-track-of-hundreds-of-blogs-and-some-news-and-some-podcasts-and-some-flickrs-photos-etc-etc/">Using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Bloglines</span> Tutorial</a> steps 1-3 for instructions.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Newsfeeds</span>:</strong><br /></span><br /><ul><br /><br /><li> Subscribe to several of your co-workers' feeds. This is as easy as typing the blog URL into the subscribe field in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Bloglines</span>. Or go to your friends' blogs, click on the 'subscribe' or 'atom' button at the bottom of the page. Try it, it's easy!<br /></li></ul><br /><p>Then try adding a few other types of news feeds from news sources (you may like to select a couple from the list below)<br /><br /></p><br /><ul><li>The <a href="http://publibraries.blogspot.com/">Public Libraries Learning 2.0 Blog<br /></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/services/education/youthlit/readalert/">Read alert </a>- the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">SLV</span> blog about youth literature<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/index.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">SLV</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">RSS</span> feeds available to their website</a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/rap.html">Recent Australian publications </a>- through Libraries Australia<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://alia.org.au/">ALIA </a>website<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.librarybytes.com/">Library Bytes</a><br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.overduemedia.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Unshelved</span></a> - Library cartoon feed<br /></li></ul><br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Create a post in your blog </span>about this exercise. Optional: If you're up to the challenge, you can provide the URL address to your public <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">bloglines</span> account (find where to find this below).</li></ul><p><strong><span style="font-style: italic;">Don’t know what to blog about? Think about these questions:</span><br /></strong><br /></p><br /><blockquote><p>What do you like about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">RSS</span> and newsreaders?<br />How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?<br />How can libraries use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">RSS</span> or take advantage of this new technology? </p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">How to find your public <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Bloglines</span> URL:</span></strong> </p></blockquote><br /><ol><li>Click on the Share tab within your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Bloglines</span> account:<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/400/bloglinesshare.jpg" width="400" /></center><br /></li></ol><ol><br /><li>Scroll down the right screen pane and locate the public URL (see <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/publicblog.jpg">screenshot</a>)<br /></li><br /><li>Be sure to add this as part of your post to demonstrate your completion of this activity.</li></ol><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Why make your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">RSS</span> feeds public?<br /></span></strong><br />Try to think where a public account may be useful. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">ie</span>: sharing with a group of people with the same interest, sending information to specific types of clients, etc...<br /><br />PS: Once you tackle this discovery exercise, you've tackled the most difficult one of the whole<br />23 : )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG2boZ2nG_PMn8bkJRLr12E6h-4oa6d2-HHYoqB6We4OX6J51Z_c8JV0wzaK6cPQbBu4t1_kMZjqlYzcvDeD8nbOxNwl9-pwsoEKhPlvU9KrgMKdS2xheDLSTULHygWjON13BfhTtQjoL/s1600-h/Arcade.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG2boZ2nG_PMn8bkJRLr12E6h-4oa6d2-HHYoqB6We4OX6J51Z_c8JV0wzaK6cPQbBu4t1_kMZjqlYzcvDeD8nbOxNwl9-pwsoEKhPlvU9KrgMKdS2xheDLSTULHygWjON13BfhTtQjoL/s400/Arcade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108401014269169282" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">Victorian Public Libraries Learning 2.0 Project</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2007-08-02T23:11:00-07:00">11:11 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class="post-comment-link"> <a class="comment-link" href="comment.g?blogID=4008266819157887509&postID=8386688346272440121" onclick="">0 comments</a> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-205347210"> <a href="post-edit.g?blogID=4008266819157887509&postID=8386688346272440121" title="Edit Post"> <span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a><a href="post-edit.g?blogID=4008266819157887509&postID=8386688346272440121" title="Edit Post"> </a> </span> </span> </p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-45014880921085081682007-09-17T13:01:00.001+10:002007-09-17T13:01:55.868+10:00# 7 Blog about technology<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><em><strong>“Library 2.0…it’s not primarily about machines and software: it’s about using the best tools and ideas to provide the best possible service to our users”</strong></em></span><br /><br /></p><div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">[A presentation by Marylaine Block <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJyUvRMZuiywcwZeXe1eIN5QcnJ02Qu5hsLj4Qf_VSzJSi88Dw4OsQKBg2e7iuN2jNIQeAXO6qZUNQ33A3sBHYM0TlFCyJa1sq8OSh0BDRrHlHMa76YO0usTtwwfqftQzUYL7WrBnqLw/s1600-h/comp_mouse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078766947179830242" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJyUvRMZuiywcwZeXe1eIN5QcnJ02Qu5hsLj4Qf_VSzJSi88Dw4OsQKBg2e7iuN2jNIQeAXO6qZUNQ33A3sBHYM0TlFCyJa1sq8OSh0BDRrHlHMa76YO0usTtwwfqftQzUYL7WrBnqLw/s400/comp_mouse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />for the British Colombia Library Association , April 19, 2007</span> ]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The Learning 2.0 program is all about teaching you how to use web 2.o tools, and some of these tools you may may find useful to help deliver services in the library.</div><br /><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"><strong>For Exercise #7, simply blog about anything technology related.</strong><br /></span>Yes, it can be anything that relates to technology!<br />You just need to share a few thoughts.</div></div><br /><br /><div><br />Perhaps you might like to talk about 'Creating Content' , or a technology you now rely on to perform everyday tasks.<br />Try for at least 100-150 words.</div><br /><br /><br />We have all come along way using technology in a very short time. Can you remember learning to use a computer and a mouse (!!!), and having to send an email instead of faxing a memo?<br />Imagine now having to cope without these technologiesYarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-67910211277938086642007-09-17T12:52:00.001+10:002007-09-17T12:52:35.498+10:00# 6 More Flickr Fun<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/6-more-flickr-fun.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkhWmfQOkF4dwJf2RzER96ufpcu-MupHz2z8zXQJQUEgyzkKvvDwQuqF6dYxmooaTIH3OjKEk-BSLgOmTUt8b8XTBFk_LzWy9OWPufJWHexYRoZuSQQlHGhKp7oX8wlFo6rvelvoTkkM/s1600-h/street-pole_www-txt2pic-com.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078760143951633330" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkhWmfQOkF4dwJf2RzER96ufpcu-MupHz2z8zXQJQUEgyzkKvvDwQuqF6dYxmooaTIH3OjKEk-BSLgOmTUt8b8XTBFk_LzWy9OWPufJWHexYRoZuSQQlHGhKp7oX8wlFo6rvelvoTkkM/s320/street-pole_www-txt2pic-com.jpg" border="0" height="230" width="315" /></a>Like many web 2.0 sites, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/" target="_blank">Flickr has encouraged other people to build their own online application</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/" target="_blank">s</a> using images found on the site.<br /><br />Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29" target="_blank">mashups</a>* that use Flickr images.<br /><br /><br />Here is just a sampling of a few …<br /><br /></p><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.mappr.com/" target="_blank">Mappr</a> - allows you to take Flickr images and paste them on a map<br /></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/" target="_blank">Flickr Color Pickr</a> - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.<br /></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.deviousgelatin.com/montager/image.php" target="_blank">Montagr</a> – create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr. </li></ul>Discover more <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/" target="_blank">mashups</a>, <a href="http://www.flickrbits.com/#webapps" target="_blank">web apps</a>, and <a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/03/great-flickr-tools-collection/">Flickr tools</a>.<br />An interesting site showcasing mashups is the <a href="http://mashupawards.com/">Mash Up Awards </a>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Discovery Exercise:</span><br /></span><br />Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to:<br /><br /><ol><br /><li>Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.<br /></li><br /><li>Create a blog post about one that intrigues you. </li></ol><br />Suggested tools to use are <a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/" target="_blank">FD Toys</a>’ <a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/deck.php" target="_blank">Trading Card Maker</a>.<br /><p>And there’s a ton of librarians out there that have created their own <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/librariantradingcard/clusters/" target="_blank">Librarian Trading Card</a>.<br /><br />So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps.<br /><br />And if you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a <a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/deck.php">trading card</a> of your own. :)<br /><br />* Mashup Note: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29">Wikipedia</a> offers some great articles that explain mashups. Basically they are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like a map). In this example, you get Mappr (<a href="http://mappr.com/">http://mappr.com/</a>).<br /></p><br />The image above was created by <a href="http://www.txt2pic.com/">txt2pics</a>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-11136425425836069452007-09-17T12:00:00.000+10:002007-09-17T12:08:33.613+10:00#5 Discover Flickr<div class="post-body"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [2:38]--></span><a style="left: 251px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><a style="left: 251px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1460333&audio_duration=158.459&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/4/9/0/flickrfun.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1460333/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtfV7i6t5IA1ha1CAzW0fBN2LozFLidDU9QhAeegjhr08IRlYF3l3im0AFnRfQP87qooMTtwJkLC42uk0rUD6ygN4ToAvSkIzx6Zme-KIBgNKA7BxH1BVseMRbxUgovliVxL9iUVY9C4/s1600-h/planning_whiteboard.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080219256011234450" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtfV7i6t5IA1ha1CAzW0fBN2LozFLidDU9QhAeegjhr08IRlYF3l3im0AFnRfQP87qooMTtwJkLC42uk0rUD6ygN4ToAvSkIzx6Zme-KIBgNKA7BxH1BVseMRbxUgovliVxL9iUVY9C4/s320/planning_whiteboard.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Photo sharing websites have been around since the 90s, but<br />it took a small startup site called <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> to catapult the idea<br />of “sharing” into a full blown online community.<br /><br />Within the past couple of years, Flickr has become the fastest growing<br />photo sharing site on the web and is known as one of the first websites to use keyword “tags” to create associations and connections between photos and users of the site.<br /><br />For this discovery exercise, you are asked to take a good look at Flickr and discover what this site has to offer. Find out how <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/tags/#37">tags</a> work, what <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/groups">groups</a> are, and all the neat things that people and other <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=libraries">libraries</a> (list also <a href="http://www.librarystuff.net/2006/07/libraries-that-use-flickr_115370920774117687.html">here</a>) are using Flickr for.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Discovery Resources:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzQEzHCOZI/AAAAAAAAApY/2mHKUNQcxHU/s1600-h/Flickr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzQEzHCOZI/AAAAAAAAApY/2mHKUNQcxHU/s320/Flickr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106184858389068178" border="0" /></a><ul><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/learn_more.gne">Flickr Learn More tour</a> (6 steps) </li></ul><ul><br /><br /><li><a href="http://www.indezine.com/mediamazine/2006/05/flickr-tutorials-series.html">Mediamazine Flickr Tutorials</a> </li><br /><br /><li>Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/">Popular tags</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/">Interesting- Last 7 days</a> </li><br /><br /><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/">Flickr Services</a> (3rd party applications & mashups)<br />and let’s not forget to look at some other <a href="http://www.librarystuff.net/2006/06/libraries-that-flickr.html">libraries</a> on Flickr.<br /></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxq1vtbC6kVUaRJnVSUXO3ZrhMqoR8QLxaMjSxHMfN8E0kgS4IXLUvzm2NPrGS0S1Cl5k9dfNl7o8M39mWNZF2wvCh2p5UK3RNc5yAYdtsEwR6W81RfVEMXR5thm4l4L1Q185V-hlM4Nu/s1600-h/Flickr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxq1vtbC6kVUaRJnVSUXO3ZrhMqoR8QLxaMjSxHMfN8E0kgS4IXLUvzm2NPrGS0S1Cl5k9dfNl7o8M39mWNZF2wvCh2p5UK3RNc5yAYdtsEwR6W81RfVEMXR5thm4l4L1Q185V-hlM4Nu/s400/Flickr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109158739912223154" border="0" /></a><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:</span></span><br /><br />In this discovery exercise, you have two options… </p><br /><ol><br /><li>Take a good look around Flickr and discover an interesting image that you want to blog about. Be sure to include either a link to the image or, if you create a Flickr account, you can use <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/blogging/">Flickr's blogging tool</a> to add the image in your post.<br /><br />-- OR -- </li></ol>If you have access to a digital camera you might like to upload a picture to flickr.<p>I have created an account for you to use (Please email me for login and password).</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000H91K7Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 113px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000H91K7Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><ol><br /><li>To upload a photo, first save your photo to your computer (or USB).</li></ol><ol><li>Go to the flickr website at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">http://www.flickr.com/</a></li><br /><li>Sign in (using the login and password I have emailed to you. If you have forgotten it, please email me and I will send it to you).</li><br /><li>Click on upload photos.</li><br /><li>Click on browse and locate where you have saved your photo (you can upload more than one photo at once).</li><br /><li>You can add tags describing your photo at the bottom of the page.</li><br /><li>Click upload to complete the process.</li></ol><br /><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Something else to look at:</span></strong></p><br />You might also like to take a look at the National Library <a href="http://pictureaustralia.org/">Picture Australia website</a><br /><ol><li>Click on the flickr icon on the front page and you will be led to a display of images the National Library have used from flickr.<br />This is part of the National Library's vision of building a comprehensive pictorial record of Australian history. You may also like to view the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/2006/flickr.html">media release from the National Library </a>about this collaborative project.</li><li>Other photosharing and photography websites include <a href="http://www.snap.com/">www.snap.com</a>, <a href="http://www.fotolia.com/">www.fotolia.com</a>, <a href="http://www.slide.com/">www. slide.com</a>, and <a href="http://www.dumpr.net/">www.dumpr.net.<br /></a></li></ol><br /><p><br />PS: A quick word about <span style="font-weight: bold;">photo posting etiquette</span> - When posting identifiable photos of other people (especially minors) is it advisable to get the person's permission before posting their photo in a publicly accessible place like Flickr.<br />Never upload pictures 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.<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Don't forget to label this post on your blog <strong>#5 flickr</strong> and talk about what you have learned doing this activity.</span></em></p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-945884708621891172007-09-10T14:16:00.001+10:002007-09-18T20:24:49.140+10:00Week 2- Setting up your Blog<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51yS9rx60bsm7f8E-sr0SAMQpN2ZylCcbFm1pjaW8PkmzMvvhhovhH9ljbKzunc74pvCewYYIEctXllH84Znvlzh-GZ8aYgSBcQvmErFX6gD2VklzQUpwC7v40VvG1W8Ih52smZL3vX_f/s1600-h/BloggersCycle-X.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51yS9rx60bsm7f8E-sr0SAMQpN2ZylCcbFm1pjaW8PkmzMvvhhovhH9ljbKzunc74pvCewYYIEctXllH84Znvlzh-GZ8aYgSBcQvmErFX6gD2VklzQUpwC7v40VvG1W8Ih52smZL3vX_f/s320/BloggersCycle-X.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108377499323223410" border="0" /></a><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/week-2-setting-up-your-blog.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzOFzHCOYI/AAAAAAAAApQ/FmSTZ3p7hDY/s1600-h/BloggersCycle-X.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzOFzHCOYI/AAAAAAAAApQ/FmSTZ3p7hDY/s320/BloggersCycle-X.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106182676545681794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">active participation</span> starts!<br />Are <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">YOU</span> ready to get stuck into <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Thing #3 ?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">#3 Grab yourself a blog in 3 steps</span> </strong></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-R6oMXsASI87aPiocYx8q1voCHTaKyNmh1T_fWrUesM4az3MUl-iFHKr2mzVY5Y5BVUe4esVVOZy3pvAm8JkglfwgqnZWixiDKFzkmteGzpB1IJtAJyMjdoPHcB38-g7o27fli4Xxw7Tk/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-R6oMXsASI87aPiocYx8q1voCHTaKyNmh1T_fWrUesM4az3MUl-iFHKr2mzVY5Y5BVUe4esVVOZy3pvAm8JkglfwgqnZWixiDKFzkmteGzpB1IJtAJyMjdoPHcB38-g7o27fli4Xxw7Tk/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108375308889902386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="post-body"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [2:17]--></span><a style="left: 249px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_id=1336871&audio_duration=133.381&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com//files/2/2/0/533220.mp3" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed><a style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(106, 153, 254); letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1336871/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a><br /><br /><br />Now that you’ve done some exploring around this website and understand how this program will work, it’s time to setup your very own personal blog.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="post-body">Your blog is where you will be recording your thoughts, discoveries and exercises for the Learning 2.0 program.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/blogger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/200/blogger.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="post-body">For this exercise 'Setting up your blog' we are using <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>*, a popular free online blog hosting service that is extremely easy to use. However, there are other bogging sites such as <a href="http://www.myspace.com/">Myspace</a>, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/">Livejournal,</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.immortalspace.com/">Immortalspace</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/">Wordpress.</a><br />Please feel free to use whichever site you prefer.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Creating a blog using </strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Blogger</strong></a><strong> takes just three steps:<br /><br /><br /></strong>1. Go to the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> home page. Set up an email account if you don't already have one: you can use any existing email account you wish, your personal or staff one, or you can set up a Yahoo, or Gmail account.<br /><br /></div> 2. Name your blog (view <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=400,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/bloggerstep2.0.jpg"><u>screenshot</u></a>)<br /><br />3. Select your template. (view <a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=400,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/bloggerstep3.0.jpg"><u>screenshot</u></a>)<br /><br /><div class="post-body"><ol><br /></ol><br /></div><p>Once you’ve created your blog here are two important things to know:<br /><br /></p><ul><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">To add posts</span>:<br />The maintenance interface that you will use to add posts, edit or change the set-up of your blog is accessed online at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">http://www.blogger.com/</a><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Make sure you write down your login and password.<br /></span></strong></li><br /><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">To view your blog:</span><br />Your blog address is <span style="font-weight: bold;">http://(xxxx).blogspot.com</span>, (xxxx=is the unique identifier/name you entered in Step 2, i.e http://maryslearning.blogspot.com).<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Be sure to also write down your blog address.</span></strong> </li></ul><br /><br /><p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A couple of useful </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tips!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><br /><ul><br /><li>Again, you can use<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> any</span> email address to set up a Blog in <a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger</a>.<br />It is not necessary to set up a Gmail account to create a Blog.<br /><strong><em>(you can use your staff email)<br /></em></strong></li><br /><br /></ul>Write down the details from your 'Create Account' or print out <span style="font-weight: bold;">this page</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qnTwWaiy-PBBRfSTxgT9JkH92glES5gBfV59uJCAKahDVn8zjqq01QrJ6jrhQ85wQr5GzlaZ_4l6o_r3EVQt3SzVjLM7wYCuDiK1vE5fT42ktKKL3DQxelJxxVyiPswgjWAjEA5zKnY/s1600-h/Picture1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065339816684002210" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qnTwWaiy-PBBRfSTxgT9JkH92glES5gBfV59uJCAKahDVn8zjqq01QrJ6jrhQ85wQr5GzlaZ_4l6o_r3EVQt3SzVjLM7wYCuDiK1vE5fT42ktKKL3DQxelJxxVyiPswgjWAjEA5zKnY/s320/Picture1.png" border="0" /></a> <strong><em><br />This may help you to remember</em></strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">your login and password.</span><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>#4 Register your Blog</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><li>When registering your Blog:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cut and paste the url (address), of the blog <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">YOU</span> have created (this can be found in the address bar on the page from which you are viewing your blog), into the</span><a href="http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/php/register_publibraries_blog.php"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Learning 2.0 Program Registration Form.</span></a><br /></span></li><br /><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As you address each exercise please make this the title of your post. eg.<strong> #4 Register your Blog</strong></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></span></li><br /><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information -<a href="http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent;jsessionid=823FFAC102842330EF491E770D309E9D?id=12354">there is an excellent tutorial about creating a blog</a> </span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /><br /></span>As you progress through the PLCMC Learning 2.0 Program it will be evident that certain things do not apply to our program.<br />We may change some of the exercises to more relevant ones for you.<br />This will appear on your library's Learning blog.<br /><br />Once you have registered your Blog it will be listed on your library's<br /><a href="http://brimbanklibrary.blogspot.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Learning Participants' Blog.</span></a><br />The participants blog is a good place to gain inspiration and support each other via the comments section in the individual blogs.<br /><br />A great site of general interest is <a href="http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com/2006/05/blogger-categories-easy-method.html">Blogger's Help page</a>, with handy tips for new members.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Learning 2.0 - discovering web 2.0 technologies through PLAY!</span></em></span></p>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804618947507683566.post-77836619574995137112007-09-05T13:48:00.000+10:002007-09-09T08:19:15.327+10:00Week 1 - Introduction to Life Long Learning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sVCupBhgyWDdv61NXQr0e4cqCaSvXqBFZHjYuVVlveHjOlYWu5-_Fqt9AeA4gTut1VjNqEkuVjL8O2Gfcuu99WJk1KeX30nWPzd10w5fBSAIC_nvOiP8q3joYibnXGQ_0km1ZGjP5eg/s1600-h/generations.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sVCupBhgyWDdv61NXQr0e4cqCaSvXqBFZHjYuVVlveHjOlYWu5-_Fqt9AeA4gTut1VjNqEkuVjL8O2Gfcuu99WJk1KeX30nWPzd10w5fBSAIC_nvOiP8q3joYibnXGQ_0km1ZGjP5eg/s320/generations.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107283158836071282" border="0" /></a><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://baysidelearning2.blogspot.com/2007/08/week-1-introduction-to-life-long.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p><span style="font-size:78%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzArzHCOVI/AAAAAAAAAo0/FzyepnNET0w/s1600-h/generations.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EI8JuLrQwNU/RtzArzHCOVI/AAAAAAAAAo0/FzyepnNET0w/s320/generations.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106167936217921874" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">#1 Discovery has never been so much fun ...</span></strong><br /></span>Learning 2.0 is an online learning program to learn more about emerging technologies on the web that are changing the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other.<br />Over the course of the next nine weeks, this website will highlight “23Things” with Discovery Exercises to help you become familiar with blogging, RSS news feeds, tagging, wikis, podcasting, online applications, and video and image hosting sites. <span style="font-size:78%;"> Image courtesy of www.infed.org</span><br /><br />To familiarize yourself with this project, be sure to read the<br /><a href="http://publibraries.blogspot.com/">Welcome to the Learning 2.0 progam </a>and also our<br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9b4q3p_0sqwnjs&pli=1">Learning 2.0 FAQs page.</a><br /><br /><br />These FAQs should answer most of your questions about this program.<br />If you don't see your question answered just add it as a comment at the bottom of the page so we can address it.<br /><br /><strong><em>Now listen to the podcast about the program</em></strong><br /></p><div class="post-body"><br /><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listen to this podcast</span> [1:53]--></span><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><a style="left: 250px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab visible ontop" href="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"></a><embed name="audio_player_tiny_gray" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1460221&audio_duration=113.032&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/1/7/1/intro.mp3" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" align="middle" height="25" width="145"></embed></div><div class="post-body"><strong></strong></div><div class="post-body"><strong></strong></div><div class="post-body"><strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >#2 Lifelong Learning<br /></span></strong></div>The Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners provides you with a refresher on what it means to be a lifelong learner.<br /><br />Habit 1 – Begin with the end in mind<br />Habit 2 – Accept responsibility for your own learning<br />Habit 3 – View problems as challenges<br />Habit 4 – Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner<br />Habit 5 – Create your own learning toolbox<br />Habit 6 – Use technology to your advantage<br />Habit 7 – Teach and mentor others<br />Habit 7 ½ – PLAY!Have fun! It's never too late to become a lifelong learner.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Discovery Exercise:<br /></span></strong><br /><a href="http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/2006/08/2-lifelong-learning-l2.html">Follow this link </a><br />for a podcast about the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners and your first discovery exercise. If you would like to see and print out your Learning 2.0 Contract you can do so <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhdjksmr_0g86nv9">here.</a><br /><br />Read the Wikipedia definition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0#References">Library 2.0</a> and see how Learning 2.0 impacts upon Library services. Some good resources are also listed on the Wikipedia page.<br />A useful link to a site on Life Long Learning and Library 2.0: <a href="http://instructionwiki.org/Library_2.0_in_15_minutes_a_day">Library Instruction Wiki</a>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0