Week 8 Thing 18
I went to the Google docs to try that word processing tool. It was pretty easy to use. I also played around with the templates to see what was there. I created a word search using words from web 2.0 in the word search template. I would link to it for our class to see, but I think it might have my email address on the top of the page and I'd rather not have that published to the web for the world to send me more spam! (not my classmates, but everyone on the web who might have access to it as well)
I had heard of Zoho at school when one of the students needed a document available on our school computers and her home computer's software for word processing was different. So, I think that would be helpful.
Recently I overheard a grad student commenting that she was sending her proof-reader her paper to work on. I wonder if she was using google docs?
It's nice to know that these exist.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Week 7 Thing 16
I enjoyed browsing the wikis. I liked the Ohio Library Biz Wik wiki. "Chad Boeninger, Business Librarian at Ohio University has created a Biz Wiki http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ so that he can more easily update his subject guides and so that students and faculty can add to his lists of useful links." (Meredith Farcus, WebJunction, 9/6/05, http://www.webjunction.org/technology/web-tools/articles/content/438229) The opening page had a video to explain what it was at the top- nice. I read the critique of his page and his responses and that helped me understand what his thoughts were on the wiki --purpose, design, etc.
Another wiki that I enjoyed was Bull Run Library Wiki because there was another video at the bottom that gave a great review of RSS feeds (see how easily I get sidetracked? :-)
The ALA Conference wiki seemed practical...I can see how it may have grown with input from others. I mean, it would take a lot of time and planning for one librarian to think of everything to include.
I'd like to remember some of these wikis for librarians, so I can come back to them and see what's new from time to time.
I enjoyed browsing the wikis. I liked the Ohio Library Biz Wik wiki. "Chad Boeninger, Business Librarian at Ohio University has created a Biz Wiki http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ so that he can more easily update his subject guides and so that students and faculty can add to his lists of useful links." (Meredith Farcus, WebJunction, 9/6/05, http://www.webjunction.org/technology/web-tools/articles/content/438229) The opening page had a video to explain what it was at the top- nice. I read the critique of his page and his responses and that helped me understand what his thoughts were on the wiki --purpose, design, etc.
Another wiki that I enjoyed was Bull Run Library Wiki because there was another video at the bottom that gave a great review of RSS feeds (see how easily I get sidetracked? :-)
The ALA Conference wiki seemed practical...I can see how it may have grown with input from others. I mean, it would take a lot of time and planning for one librarian to think of everything to include.
I'd like to remember some of these wikis for librarians, so I can come back to them and see what's new from time to time.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Week 6 Thing 15
I loved the "libraries as mind gyms" part of Dr. Schultz's article. I think that's great phrasing! "Knowledge spa" ... She was inspired!
Librarians are all about service and that won't change. We are the information experts who know where to find the right resources. In school libraries, teachers and students sometimes don't even know the right questions to ask and school librarians help them figure that out too. Library 2.0 shows libraries are evolving to keep up with the world of knowledge that is evolving. We'll weed out the old and add in the new and continue to meet the information needs of our patrons.
I'd like to see more of how school libraries are venturing into 2.0. I know blogging may find a place, and I've seen schools using wikis-that's a start- but it's a little hard to imagine it all coming together smoothly. I guess we'll see...
I loved the "libraries as mind gyms" part of Dr. Schultz's article. I think that's great phrasing! "Knowledge spa" ... She was inspired!
Librarians are all about service and that won't change. We are the information experts who know where to find the right resources. In school libraries, teachers and students sometimes don't even know the right questions to ask and school librarians help them figure that out too. Library 2.0 shows libraries are evolving to keep up with the world of knowledge that is evolving. We'll weed out the old and add in the new and continue to meet the information needs of our patrons.
I'd like to see more of how school libraries are venturing into 2.0. I know blogging may find a place, and I've seen schools using wikis-that's a start- but it's a little hard to imagine it all coming together smoothly. I guess we'll see...
Friday, June 5, 2009
Week 6 Thing 14
Explored Technorati, but I don't know when I'd use this. I did a search for "library" and for "school library", but the blogs weren't what I was looking for. It picked up the words used in blogs, but the blogs actually had very little to do with my tags; they were used as asides in conversations about other things. (It didn't matter which authority I selected.) Maybe I need to discuss with a librarian who is using Technorati in some practical (and efficient) way in order to see its value to me. Even if a student wanted an opinion on some topic from a blog located this way, it seems like it would take a lot of false leads to get at whatever they wanted.
I've been slow to post for Week 6 (#13 and #14) because everytime I would visit the sites I'd get "lost" and feel kind of aimless on them. There's this time crunch at work and home where I want information and results quickly and both Delicious and Technorati slowed me down. I asked a teenager if she used either, but she said no. I don't know if the sites are blocked at my school (most other web 2.0 sites are, so I assume these are), but if students don't use them and I can 't access them, I probably won't be using them either.
Explored Technorati, but I don't know when I'd use this. I did a search for "library" and for "school library", but the blogs weren't what I was looking for. It picked up the words used in blogs, but the blogs actually had very little to do with my tags; they were used as asides in conversations about other things. (It didn't matter which authority I selected.) Maybe I need to discuss with a librarian who is using Technorati in some practical (and efficient) way in order to see its value to me. Even if a student wanted an opinion on some topic from a blog located this way, it seems like it would take a lot of false leads to get at whatever they wanted.
I've been slow to post for Week 6 (#13 and #14) because everytime I would visit the sites I'd get "lost" and feel kind of aimless on them. There's this time crunch at work and home where I want information and results quickly and both Delicious and Technorati slowed me down. I asked a teenager if she used either, but she said no. I don't know if the sites are blocked at my school (most other web 2.0 sites are, so I assume these are), but if students don't use them and I can 't access them, I probably won't be using them either.
Week 6 Thing 13
Explored the Delicious social bookmarking site. It's nice to know about it, I guess. I read about the tags and I get it. I remember a time when I was instructed to create a log of great sites I liked (way back when, in a grad. library class on technology) on a floppy disc and annotate them so I could return to them when I might like to use them again. Well, that just didn't work too well once there were a lot of them. Using folders seemed like a better way to go, but sometimes it was hard to remember what folder a site got organized into once there were lots of folders. So, yeah, tags makes sense...if I can think ahead as to what future needs I might have for a site. For example, if I use "psychology" or "mental health" or "biography" as tags, I could then access it easier and use the same website on say Elizabeth Kubler Ross for 3 different classes that might want to use it: psych class, health occupations, and English class (biographies).
Explored the Delicious social bookmarking site. It's nice to know about it, I guess. I read about the tags and I get it. I remember a time when I was instructed to create a log of great sites I liked (way back when, in a grad. library class on technology) on a floppy disc and annotate them so I could return to them when I might like to use them again. Well, that just didn't work too well once there were a lot of them. Using folders seemed like a better way to go, but sometimes it was hard to remember what folder a site got organized into once there were lots of folders. So, yeah, tags makes sense...if I can think ahead as to what future needs I might have for a site. For example, if I use "psychology" or "mental health" or "biography" as tags, I could then access it easier and use the same website on say Elizabeth Kubler Ross for 3 different classes that might want to use it: psych class, health occupations, and English class (biographies).
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