Friday, May 18, 2007

Week 1: Introduction

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 8

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 7

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 6

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 5

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 4

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 3

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Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 2

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Here are thumbnails of each of your blogs we know about so far:

pixie-page
pixie-page
humanartblogspot
humanartblogspot
stephandtyge
stephandtyge
fireflymicki
fireflymicki
sportsmom
sportsmom
circleofchampionsshows
circleofchampionsshows
emptynester587
emptynester587
waytogogirl
waytogogirl
southreadingroomreverie
southreadingroomreverie
janesfoggyblog
janesfoggyblog
fifibellringer
fifibellringer
wwwbloggercomkitkatskorner
wwwbloggercomkitkatskorner
ridgesisters
ridgesisters
libraryoddity
libraryoddity
peggypoo-boohoo
peggypoo-boohoo
crazyaboutflowers
crazyaboutflowers
mstmarie
mstmarie
librarygal-adventuresinlearningonline
librarygal-adventures inlearningonline
sweetwilliesblog
sweetwilliesblog
angelisapayne
angelisapayne
1libralinda
1libralinda
mspeachy
mspeachy
bloggingbrarian
bloggingbrarian
lazykates
lazykates
paulasbikers
paulasbikers
lilbittyfarm
lilbittyfarm
itsadogslife-jill
itsadogslife-jill
tiger-iheartcats
tiger-iheartcats
wanderingfeet1
wanderingfeet1
pat-tslaweb20
pat-tslaweb20
organgrinderted
organgrinderted
miburo-castroville
miburo-castroville
expressionsofinspiration
expressionsof inspiration
sunflower-kathy
sunflower-kathy
tncathouse
tncathouse
indyfanjudy
indyfanjudy
tnlibrarian
tnlibrarian
2joycetech
2joycetech
nancyschildrensbooks
nancyschildrensbooks

Discovery Exercise Sharing: Week 1

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