tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29154484096122990482011-04-22T15:40:16.579+10:00Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2915448409612299048.post-55212906170579518732007-08-10T19:48:00.000+10:002008-01-08T15:00:37.736+11:00<center></center><p>Listed below are 23 Things (or small activities) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0.<br /></p><p>Please be patient when activating each podcast. Some take up to 30 seconds to begin<br />Good luck!<br /></p><ol><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/week-1-introduction-to-life-long.html"><span><strong>Introduction</strong></span></a><br /></span><em> </em></span></span><br /><li>Register your participation in the Learning 2.0 Program by sending an email to Paul.<br /><br /><strong></strong></li><li><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/week-1-introduction-to-life-long.html">Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners</a> and learn how to nurture your own learning process.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/week-2-setting-up-your-blog.html">Blogging</a> </li><br /><li>Set up your own <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/week-2-setting-up-your-blog.html">blog </a>&amp; add your first post. It is really useful if you name each of your posts according to the learning module it is referring to - so the title of your post dealing with Flickr will be "#5 Discovering Flickr".<br /></li><br /><li>Register your blog by sending the following details to Paul. Your name, your email address, your blog's name and the address of your blog. Another really useful hint is to make sure that you keep track of your login names and passwords for each of the different programs. The easiest way to do this is to use the same generic login name and password for all of them.<br /><br /><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/5-discovering-flickr.html"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Photos &amp; Images</span> </span></strong></a></li><br /><li>Explore <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/5-discovering-flickr.html">Flickr</a> and learn about this popular image hosting site. </li><br /><li>Have some <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/6-more-flickr-fun.html">Flickr fun</a> and discover some <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/6-more-flickr-fun.html">Flickr mashups &amp; 3rd party sites</a>. </li><br /><li>Create a <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/7-blog-about-technology.html">blog post</a> about anything technology related that interests you this week.<br /><br /><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><strong>RSS &amp; Newsreaders</strong></span></a> </li><br /><li>Learn about <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html">RSS feeds</a> and setup your own <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/8-make-life-really-simple-with-rss.html">Bloglines newsreader</a> account. </li><br /><li>Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/9-finding-feeds-listen-to-this-podcast.html">news feeds.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-play-around-with-image-generators.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><strong>Play Time</strong></span> </span></a></li><br /><li>Play around with an <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-play-around-with-image-generators.html">online image generator.</a> </li><br /><li>Take a look at <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/11-all-about-librarything-listen-to.html">LibraryThing </a>and catalog some of your favorite books. </li><br /><li>Roll your own search tool with <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/09/12-roll-your-own-search-engine-with.html">Rollyo.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/13-tagging-folksomonies-social.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><strong>Tagging, Folksonomies &amp; Technorati</strong></span></a> </li><br /><li>Learn about tagging and discover a <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/13-tagging-folksomonies-social.html">Del.icio.us</a> (a social bookmaking site) </li><br /><li>Explore <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/14-getting-not-so-technical-with.html">Technorati</a> and learn how tags work with blog posts. </li><br /><li>Read a few perspectives on <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/15-on-library-2.html">Web 2.0, Library 2.0</a> and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.<br /><br /><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/16-so-whats-in-wiki-listen-to-this.html"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Wikis</span> </span></strong></a></li><br /><li>Learn about <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/16-so-whats-in-wiki-listen-to-this.html">wikis</a> and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them. </li><br /><li>Add an entry to the <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/17-playing-around-with-pbwiki-listen-to.html">Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/18-web-based-apps-theyre-not-just-for.html"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Online Applications &amp; Tools</span> </span></strong></a></span></li><br /><li>Take a look at some <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/18-web-based-apps-theyre-not-just-for.html">online productivity</a> (word processing, spreadsheet) tools. </li><br /><li>Explore any site from the <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/19-discovering-web-2.html">Web 2.0 awards</a> list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/20-you-too-can-youtube-listen-to-this.html"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Podcasts, Video &amp; Downloadable audio</span></strong></a></span></span> </li><br /><li>Discover <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/20-you-too-can-youtube-listen-to-this.html">YouTube</a> and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos. </li><br /><li>Discover some useful search tools for locating <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/21-podcasts-smodcasts-listen-to-this.html">podcasts.</a> </li><br /><li>Take a look at the <a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/22-audiobooks-or-end-is-in-sight-there.html">downloadable audio book </a>titles available on World eBook Fair site </li><br /><li><a href="http://easternreg2.blogspot.com/2007/10/23-is-this-really-end-or-just-beginning.html">Summarize</a> your thoughts about this program on your blog.<br /><br /><br />* This list of "things" can also be found on the <a href="http://www.43things.com/person/hblowers">43Things</a> website.<br />Note: This project is loosely based upon the website <a href="http://www.43things.com/">43Things</a> (which allows you to set and track personal goals) and the Stephen Abram article titled <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_2_10/ai_n16133338">43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year</a> (Information Outlook - Feb 2006).<br /></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2915448409612299048-5521290617057951873?l=erllearning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yarra Plenty Library Regional Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542846403749080992noreply@blogger.com0