#17 Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki

After reading some of my colleagues experiences I thought this was going to be really difficult but it worked by copy/paste the url into the MV list and there I was. Flushed with success I went on to add an entry to my Favorite movies. So there I am telling the world about Ladyhawke

#16 So what's in a wiki?

Wikis could be useful and fun for local or community use like the local fair, family celebration, bookclub. I thought it would all be so simple and that Libraries should embrace the whole idea boots and all after viewing the Commoncraft demo. Peter Blake brought me down to earth ; just because technology says we can - should we?. Anyone can do it - as long as correct syntax is used which sounds as if a reasonable degree of monitoring & quality control is required. But in Librarylanda good thing would be that input by clients could foster a greater understanding to staff of how clients go about getting the information they need. More participation - better understanding - more usage - loyalty.

#15 On Library 2.0 and * Web 2.0

Libraries at the cutting edge - sounds good to me : but please please don't let us forget that Libraries service people and the community in many different ways. Curling up with a laptop just does not have the same feel as settling in with a good book & a glass of red. I agree with Rick Anderson ("Away from the icebergs" : http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm) that seamless user friendly access for patrons of all degrees of cybersavvy are so important in providing such services as digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts - and whatever the future brings. Libraries will never have enough funding for sufficient staff for intense individual assistance or training for those who are struggling up the internet mountain.
Communication gallops on in all life's aspects not just in libraries. (Just watch "Life on Mars" to see how much faster, easier and perhaps invasive communication has become) Last night in I overheard a conversation - a young couple explained to an older woman (younger than me which made me feel better) how easy it will be to record TV programs or watch simultaneous programs with HD TV. Just a click of the remote - won her (& me).

#14 Technorati

Technorati very smarty. Took the tour and think I might leave it at that for awhile. Results for searching blog posts with Learning 2.0 threw up 497 results with a video clip of Helen Bowers as well as a link to Stephens Lighthouse : Tag search came up with 623 and Directory search 773 Many of the blogs appear to be about elearning and knowledge management in general. Would I use it? probably not.

#13 Tagging Folksonomies, Del.icio.us

"Sorry wrong number". Where would we be without our helpful Library colleagues? Thanks for getting me on track with the posting. Fortunately it is easy to fix the numbers.
Well we did think this would be easy peasie, but true to form the jargon blows me away. Thank goodness fof our mate Lelefever and his YouTube tutorial & the Network badge link was helpful too. Am feeling full of confidence now so here we go to slay another dragon.
Perhaps the "Clouds" are lifting for I now know what a cyberspace Cloud is. Once again this would be good in a Library context for keeping up to date with certain subjects/areas of interest. As well as opening up a whole new world for my interest in finding out more about real people in historical fiction & my big faves film and theatre.
Perseverance pays off. It took 2 goes to load the icons & then was easy to bookmark a site. Phew!!