So, I explored some of these mash-up and 3rd party sites. They have a lot fun things! I like the Mappr - but I couldn't figure out how to use it personally. I especially liked the Retievr. I love how you can do a quick doodle and find a picture that has those similar colors.
Too bad I couldn't get my own images on the search - but I guess that is yet to come. These features are interesting because anyone can make a cool calendar or map of their pictures. With digital cameras in every home - it's easy and fun to do these features. Also, this can come in handy with library-related activities. Marketing made easy!
Here is a dandy trading card:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Flickr Mash-ups & Gravy
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Pioneers
Our fun visit to the Ogden Children's Museum for our staff meeting. Talk about fun! We got a free tour - but played like we were kids. I recommend it!
Check out my other pictures! (Click on the picture for the link)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Thingamabrarian
I already have been a happy patron of Library Thing, since last month, and have uploaded 200 books into my "bookshelf". I'm still debating whether or not to pay for a membership so I can upload the rest of my collection. Anyway - I think this is a great resource. I like how it shows the Library of Congress call number. I like how you can change the book covers. I like how you can tag the books, and I need to start doing it.
I like what Cade Metz said in his review about Libary Thing, "Yes, LibraryThing has much the same appeal as Gen Y sites like MySpace and FaceBook. In letting you post your book collection for all the world to see, it's a means of connecting with other people—and a way of feeding your vanity. If you're not into books, you may not see it that way, but trust me, book lovers are very vain when it comes to their books." Here here!
I'm anxious to utilize the neat features of this website - thanks for giving me an excuse!
Claiming blogs with Technorati
I was excited about Technorati, and instantly went to claim my blogs. My other blog (newlibrarycard.blogspot.com) was already listed with an authority of 5 - whatever that means! I claimed this blog as well - hopefully it will get noticed and get some authority!
So, I finally got back to the task at hand and did some searching on Technorati. I did an exact phrase search for "Learning 2.0" and it came up with almost 4,000 blog posts. I did find an interesting blog (The Travelin' Librarian) that had a post about a similar Technology incentive program. I did a tag search and it only brought up about 1200 blogs. None of the blog postings looked intriguing. Lastly, I did the blog directory search and it only brought up a little more than 1,000 blogs. I saw an interesting blog post (Remote Access) from a teacher who noticed that his students are using Google docs to complete their assignments, and their sharing their work and getting ideas, etc. Social networking in the classroom - cool.
The most popular blogs, by authority, was the the blogs about electronic gadgets. The most popular, by fans, was the Boing Boing blog- and it looks intriguing. I'll have to spend some time later looking through it. The top searches were political: arab and obama. It looks like the top tags are also political, but after is "music". This is what we are talking about right now - politics, gadgets and music.
Library 2.0
Monday, February 11, 2008
Delicious Tagging
I haven't really had much experience with tagging, but I have seen tags on blogs or whatnot. So, I was eager to learn more about it. I again loved the "Plain English" explanation about social bookmarking. (http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english) I love how you can collect your favorite sites and "tag" them with your own personal tags. and it keeps them organized. THEN you can access your bookmarks on any computer. AND, you can share your favorite bookmarks with others. That is really useful, innovative and just darn cool. I'm anxious to start one of these Del.icio.us accounts for myself.
I observed the library's Del.icio.us bookmarks, and looked up those who also bookmarks those sites. It was interesting what comments or notes they made about the sites - some elaborate describing sentences and some just had a few words to detail the site. Some were even in another language!
This tool would be really useful in the library setting, whether you were using one library account or sharing bookmarks through a social network. With the Internet being so extensive and varied, it's easier to have some valued sites at your fingertips to quickly access - and they are organized with those nifty tags to speed up the search. I bet it's important to keep consistent with the tag names. I'm anxious to start using this tagging feature!
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