1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
3. Watch this video from YouTube. (Don't worry if you don't get it. It will definitely make sense soon.) (If the first video link doesn't work for you, try this link to another version!)
4. Finally, spend a little time exploring TEVA and see what kind of fun things you can find from our collection.
Discovery Exercise Week 1: Share your experiences here!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Week 2: Blogging
5. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
6. Take a quick tutorial about TEL and spend some time searching TEL for either newspaper articles, health information or even an idea for the next novel you read. Record something on your blog that surprised you from TEL.
Discovery Exercise Week 2: Share your blog here!
6. Take a quick tutorial about TEL and spend some time searching TEL for either newspaper articles, health information or even an idea for the next novel you read. Record something on your blog that surprised you from TEL.
Discovery Exercise Week 2: Share your blog here!
Week 3: Photos & Images
7. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
8. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
9. Create a blog post that includes a picture from TEVA or our website and comment on someone else's blog entry.
Discovery Excercise Week 3: Share your experiences here!
8. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
9. Create a blog post that includes a picture from TEVA or our website and comment on someone else's blog entry.
Discovery Excercise Week 3: Share your experiences here!
Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
10. Learn about RSS feeds and create your own Bloglines newsreader account.
11. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Discovery Exercise Week 4: Share your experiences here!
11. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Discovery Exercise Week 4: Share your experiences here!
Week 5: Play Week
12. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
13. Do some searches in Verso for some of your favorite subjects in our collection and record in your blog how successful your searching was.
14. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Discovery Exercise Week 5: Share your experience here!
13. Do some searches in Verso for some of your favorite subjects in our collection and record in your blog how successful your searching was.
14. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Discovery Exercise Week 5: Share your experience here!
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
15. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
16. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
17. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries, and blog your thoughts.
Discovery Exercise Week 6: Share your experience here!
16. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
17. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries, and blog your thoughts.
Discovery Exercise Week 6: Share your experience here!
Week 7: Wikis and Archive-It
18. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
19. Check out the Internet Archive and TSLA's own Archive-It project.
Discovery Exercise Week 7: Share your experience here!
19. Check out the Internet Archive and TSLA's own Archive-It project.
Discovery Exercise Week 7: Share your experience here!
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
20. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
21. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Discovery Exercise Week 8: Share your experience here!
21. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Discovery Exercise Week 8: Share your experience here!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 2
Share your blog by using the Post a Comment link below!
Here are thumbnails of each of your blogs we know about so far:
Here are thumbnails of each of your blogs we know about so far:
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