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Sachem Public Library: A Gentle Reprieve
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Thursday, July 5, 2007. So, here it is, already July 5th (we hope you all had a marvelous 4th) and the official deadline for completing the Learning 2.0 exercises has come and gone. To complete your things. Those of you who managed to finish on time will get the added bonus of receiving 2 entries into the random drawing for the Video/MP3 player. The drawing will take place on September 4, 2007. OK, now get out there and get learning! For your convenience, here's a handy link. Back to the 23 Things. 4 Reg...
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Sachem Public Library: #9 Finding Feeds
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Friday, May 18, 2007. Listen to this podcast. Now that you have a newsreader ( your Bloglines account. You can begin adding other newsfeeds that interest you. There are several ways you can locate newsfeeds:. When visiting your favorite websites - look for news feed icons. That indicate the website provides it. Often a feed icon will be displayed somewhere in the navigation bar of the site. (Here's an image. That contains a sampling of several feed icons). Use Blogline's Search tool. Explore some of the ...
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Sachem Public Library: #22 Audiobooks and other downloadables (or, The End is in Sight)
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Friday, June 22, 2007. 22 Audiobooks and other downloadables (or, The End is in Sight). With your new USB flash drive right around the corner, it’s time to take a look around our new downloadable service, Suffolk Wave. The Suffolk Wave downloadable service provided through the Suffolk Cooperative Library System's group subscription. It is powered by Overdrive, a well-known provider of electronic media downloads. For this discovery exercise, you merely need to familiarize yourself a bit with Suffolk Wave's.
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Sachem Public Library: #6 More Flickr Fun!
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Friday, May 11, 2007. 6 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:. Allows you to take Flickr images and paste them on a map. Lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color. Of your own. :). For over 90 years.
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Sachem Public Library: #23 Is this Really the End? Or Just the Beginning?...
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Friday, June 22, 2007. 23 Is this Really the End? Or Just the Beginning? You’ve reached the 23rd thing. Be sure to give yourself a pat on the back for completing the program. Your reward for completing this journey before the June 30 deadline is a useful and handy USB flash drive. But before sending this off you, we ask for one last discovery post. What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey? How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? Balancing o...
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Sachem Public Library: #18 Web-based Apps - Not Just for Desktops Any More
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Thursday, June 21, 2007. 18 Web-based Apps - Not Just for Desktops Any More. The availability and use of online productivity web-based applications (think word processing and spreadsheets) has exploded over the past two years and for good reasons! Formerly known as Writely) to author and publish posts to your blog. It’s this type of integration with other web 2.0 tools that also makes web-based apps so appealing. With Zoho and web-based applications, the possibilities are endless. Viewable as a webpage) ...
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Sachem Public Library: #17 Playing Around with PBwiki
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Thursday, June 21, 2007. 17 Playing Around with PBwiki. Is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, we’ve set up a whole SPL-23 Learning 2.0 Favorites wiki. That’s for nothing but play! For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the SPL-23 PBwiki Learning 2.0. Find out how this collaborative tool can be used. Short videos of PBwiki features. A tool that le...
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Sachem Public Library: #15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007. 15 On Library 2.0 and Web 2.0. OCLC Next Space Newsletter – Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries? Into a new world of librarianship. To more powerful ways to cooperate. To better bibliographic services. To a temporary place in time. Wikipedia – Library 2.0. Library 2.0 Discussions. List of great references from Wikipedia). Read two or three of the perspectives on Library 2.0 from the list above. Posted by Sachem Public Library. For over 90 years.
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Sachem Public Library: #13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007. 13 Tagging, folksomonies and social bookmarking in Del.icio.us. Is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures and posts). Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e.Library of Congress subject headings), tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Many users find that the real power of Del&#...
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Sachem Public Library: #10 Play around with Image Generators
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007. 10 Play around with Image Generators. No, I’m not talking about those gas powered back-up things. The generators I’m talking about allow you to easily manipulate image and graphics to create fun images like these:. Also try searching for online generators, text generators or image generators! 1 Play around with some image generators and find one that you like. 2 Post the result of your discovery process in your blog. Some good resources are;. FD Toys Magazine Cover. 13 Tagging, fol...
