21. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
22. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Who has time to be productive when there are all these fun sites to look at? Share your thoughts and results from Week 8 here!
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Week 5: Play Week
12. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
13. Take a closer look at YouTube.
14. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
15. Overcome your fear of Myspace
Shouldn't every week be a play week? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
13. Take a closer look at YouTube.
14. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
15. Overcome your fear of Myspace
Shouldn't every week be a play week? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
Rollyo
Do you have a group of websites that are your favorites? Or a set of online resources that are similar that you frequently use to answer homework or reference questions?
Well Rollyo may be the tool for you. Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for the just the websites you know and trust. Take a look at some of these search rolls that have already been created:
Public Domain e-Books Search
Rare Book Library Search
Free Photos
Quick Quotes
Explore other rolls here.
Discovery Exercise:
Explore Rollyo and create an account for yourself.
Create a search roll for any subject you like.
Is Rollyo for you? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
Well Rollyo may be the tool for you. Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for the just the websites you know and trust. Take a look at some of these search rolls that have already been created:
Public Domain e-Books Search
Rare Book Library Search
Free Photos
Quick Quotes
Explore other rolls here.
Discovery Exercise:
Explore Rollyo and create an account for yourself.
Create a search roll for any subject you like.
Is Rollyo for you? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
LibraryThing
Are you book lover or cataloger at heart?
Or do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems on the shelf to read? Then LibraryThing may be just the tool for you.
Developed for book lovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes.
Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title -- It’s so easy that you don’t even need MARC record training to do it – or connect with other users through your similar reading tastes.
There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing. You can even view your books on a virtual shelf, add a widget to display titles that are in your catalog or install a LT Search box on your blog.
So why not join the ranks and create your own library online. With over 65,000 registered (BTW: LibraryThing also has group forum for librarians users and over 4.7 million cataloged books, you're bound to discover something new.
Discovery Resources:
About LibraryThing
Library Thing tour
LibraryThing blog (updates & news)
Discovery Exercise:
Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account.
Add a least 5 books to your library.
Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog.
Just can't get enough of cataloging at work? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
Or do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems on the shelf to read? Then LibraryThing may be just the tool for you.
Developed for book lovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes.
Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title -- It’s so easy that you don’t even need MARC record training to do it – or connect with other users through your similar reading tastes.
There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing. You can even view your books on a virtual shelf, add a widget to display titles that are in your catalog or install a LT Search box on your blog.
So why not join the ranks and create your own library online. With over 65,000 registered (BTW: LibraryThing also has group forum for librarians users and over 4.7 million cataloged books, you're bound to discover something new.
Discovery Resources:
About LibraryThing
Library Thing tour
LibraryThing blog (updates & news)
Discovery Exercise:
Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account.
Add a least 5 books to your library.
Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog.
Just can't get enough of cataloging at work? Share your thoughts and results from Week 5 by clicking here!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
More Flickr Fun
Like many web 2.0 sites, Flickr has encouraged other people to build their own online applications using images found on the site.
Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and mashups* that use Flickr images.
Here are just a sampling of a few …
Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
Montagr – create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr. Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.
Discovery Exercise:
Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to:
Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.
Create a blog post about one that intrigues you. Personally one of my very favorite tools is FD Toys’ ,Trading Card Maker. And there’s a ton of librarians out there that have created their own Librarian Trading Card. So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own. :)
We all know you can mash potatoes. Can you mash pictures? Share your thoughts and results from Week 3 by clicking here!
Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and mashups* that use Flickr images.
Here are just a sampling of a few …
Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
Montagr – create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr. Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.
Discovery Exercise:
Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to:
Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.
Create a blog post about one that intrigues you. Personally one of my very favorite tools is FD Toys’ ,Trading Card Maker. And there’s a ton of librarians out there that have created their own Librarian Trading Card. So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own. :)
We all know you can mash potatoes. Can you mash pictures? Share your thoughts and results from Week 3 by clicking here!
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