#20 Youtube

Like I mentioned before I'm in love with youtube. I can find whatever I'm looking for on Youtube, videos, old TV shows, movies, commericals, anything that I might of missed that's news or entertainment worthy.
This is a clip of my niece. My sister uses this site to post videos to her inlaws in Florida. This way they can see their grandkids all the time.
My daughter also likes to post funny videos on Youtube.

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

The list of Web 2.0 tools seem to have overlapped with the sites and tools that we have been evaluating, so some of the sites that I enjoyed were sites that were already posted on.
One tool I really enjoyed was Library Thing. It is a simple way of having a list of books that I have read and a site that a customer who reads alot might also enjoy.
Also, I'm a big fan of Youtube. If I ever want to see an old episode of a TV show I know where to find it. You can find anything on Youtube.
Also, I'm a big fan of Google Maps. Because I don't have a car or drive whenever me and my boyfriend go on vacation and drive we always get our directions from Google Maps. The directions are specific, accurate and easy to follow.
If someone comes into the library and they need directions I always show them Google Maps, so this is an excellent tool to use in a library.

#18 Collaborate

I used Googledoc to register to do this exercise. Once again this was something that I was unaware was possible to do. The whole process of posting a document online was simple and straight forward. I uploaded a document but did not post it to give it url yet. I'm still working on it. This site seems useful in allowing others to edit what you post instead of emailing documents back and forth.

# 17 1/2 Facebook

As a mother of teenager daughter I know about Facebook and the addiction that it has over everyone. Every time I turn around my daughter is on Facebook. Sometimes I don't understand the fascination about it and then I try to understand that it is a social outlet. Some features that I enjoyed exploring was the fact that you were able to add a slide show to your profile and also upload pictures. Another feature that I liked was the BooksiRead which allows you to post books and reviews. There are so many features that to Facebook that I feel that QL customers would enjoy these included. Many teenagers take advantage of these features and one of there favorites is probably the ability to chat with their friends.

#17 Edit Wiki's

Okay, so I felt a little intimidated trying to edit a wiki. I don't have a wealth of information that I feel confident in, so, I tried my luck trying to edit a shopping wiki. Since I enjoy shopping I figured I might be helpful in this realm. I went to shopwiki which is a shopping wiki and edited a page on girls clothing putting in my input. It amazes me how anyone can edit information and it scares me that so many people except wikipedia as a valid website for authoritative information.

#16 Wiki's

When I think of wiki's the first thing that comes to mind is wikipedia, so learning about what other sources of wiki's that are out there was interesting. I didn't realize that so many libraries were able to make use of this phenomenon. Learning about the resources that these libraries provide through their wiki's was fun to explore. It provides information to the community. It allows librarians the opportunity to post or edit information. Wiki's allow everyone to contribute what knowledge they have to a community. This resource is a wonderful asset to use.

#15 Library 2.0

I hope I'm on schedule and have completed everything up until now.

Reading over some of the articles on Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 I can't but to agree with their perspectives of the future. I find this exercise rewarding and necessary if we are to compete in a technological world. With so much depending on computers and technology it is only in our best interest to keep up to date and maintain an open mind on such opportunities.
Being able to intergrate our knowledge to be able to help library users is essential in ensuring better service to individuals.

Technorati

I have gotten a little behind, so now I'm trying to catch up. I viewed the site Technorati which is a site that searches blogs. I was surprised to see the amount of blogs that are posted. I played around with adding my blog to the site and other blogs as my favorites. I also searched "Learning 2.0" in the search bar and retrieved over 6,000 hits with this term. I assume that this is a popular concept that others are exploring as well. I also searched "Learning 2.0" for blog listings. Here I retrieved over 700 hits. I guess more and more people are adding their blogs.

This experience is more time consuming than I thought. I'm still sticking it out. Hope I make it to the last week.

del.icio.us

Well I checked out this site del.icio.us which is a site for online bookmarking. This would enable me to use my bookmarks on any computer which would be helpful. Now that I am in school trying to get my MLS it might be helpful for using it for research. I haven't had much time to explore this site but hopefully when I'm not too busy I can look into actually using this site effectively. I'll get back and post my progress.