I am enjoying reading through the list of 23 things on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things as I have used many of these online tools in the past, and use many of them all the time.
For instance, I have not used Flickr, as I'm not terrifically interested in images unless I need one of a particular place or item for a certain project. The web is filled with images, and most are free to use if credit is given.
However, I do use Facebook, LibraryThing, RSS feeds, and listen to podcasts (daily). I've tried Delicious, used it a few times, but it didn't ring my bell. I prefer mobile applications for my news reading (I'm a bit of an information junkie).
I love YouTube, so many awesome things to learn about! Love that I can watch Sen. Joe McCarthy's crazy Army hearing anytime.
I tried a few of the image generators, but don't really have a use for such a thing (that I know of!) and found they weren't giving me the options I wanted. I can make a photograph look like a cartoon or an oil painting from my own photo software, and create a logo in GIMP if I need one.
I'm very interested in wikis and especially how they can be used in workplaces. I think that people would enjoy the opportunity to share and collaborate about a variety of topics. Perhaps Flickr would come in handy there. I'm partial to the Book Lovers Wiki from Princeton Library. I'm sure library patrons all over the globe would participate and share their views on what they've read.
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Twitter: I use my twitter feed for what's going on in libraries and news venues around the country/world, and I follow certain historians and authors. Setting up a Twitter account is simple, and a search of categories or topics, such as library, will provide a list of all the libraries with Twitter accounts. Posting is simple, but the text length is limited. I use my mobile phone and an iTouch to access my Twitter account. Most posters include a link (usually shortened using a program like Tiny URL) which gives ready access to the article or other page they're discussing.
Note: Since this is a static page, I will only be able to modify this one post.
Found another thing! Prezi is a presentation tool - a non-chronological, collage style setup, in which the user can choose which "page" of the presentation s/he wants to view first.
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Haven't gotten much of a chance to work with Prezi, but am working on an assignment for my students with blogs - they're creating a blog, and I'm enjoying watching them create, use, and discover the blog as a communications tool - they're required to follow each of their classmates' blogs as well, and they're learning from each other. Very beautiful to watch!
ReplyDeleteI've been considering wikis more and more lately, as I was listening to a past podcast about Kee Malesky, reference librarian for NPR who recently wrote All Facts Considered; The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge (Wiley 2010). She talked about their internal wiki, and I thought, for a system like Brevard's (17 libraries) that would be a terrific thing. So now I have another point to ponder, and hope that I get that dream job I've wanted for so long, so that I can be the impetus for Brevard's internal wiki. I'm excited.
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ReplyDeleteTwitter is an excellent and expedient social networking tool. Posts are limited to 140 characters, so brevity is key. There are many uses for Twitter, not the least of which is following all the libraries in the U.S. and other countries, gleaning wonderful ideas from them and incorporating them into our own libraries. NLNZ (New Zealand) is a favorite.
Librarians, it has been said, should be well-versed in current events, but who has time to read every publication, follow all the economic, political, world, and national news, and still function as a working adult? If you use your Twitter account to follow major news outlets, you do. I follow NPR, CBS, Meet the Press, NY Book Review, Time, Mental Floss, the New Yorker, Newsweek, the Atlantic, many of my favorite authors (some of whom are hilarious), and a number of individuals who tweet on historical topics.
I recently posted a “thank you” to Mental Floss (a magazine) on Twitter, and was rewarded with a direct personal message, and now Mental Floss is following me! (The frightening result of that is now I have to be particularly smart.) The more people you follow, the more followers you will get. The sharing of information on Twitter is fast, simple and fun, and the ability to network through a 140 character message may seem ridiculous, but in fact, it’s a valuable tool for showing potential colleagues who you are, what you value (be careful what you tweet!), and how you might be an asset to them, as well as vice versa.
The first link below will take you to a video of the “new twitter” which highlights the upgrades that Twitter has recently implemented.
The YouTube link below is to a six minute video by Zeb Olsen in which explains he a number of other Twitter related sites and tools that manage your Twitter account, like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck, Twitter feed managing tools.
http://twitter.com/newtwitter
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