Learning 2.0 evaluation

I have to say that before this I always thought that I was pretty technically savvy, and now I really know how much I don't really know. There is so much out there and I think I have taken a fairly good tour of the current realm of the social Internet, but I still have so much to do before I become really truly comfortable with it.

Some of the things here are fun, some are useful, and some I think will fall by the wayside as the years progress, but I think it's good to have a greater familiarity with it all. I think I won't really be sure what tools I'll use the most until some time passes, but I think I might really like Library thing, pod casts, and of course I love Overdrive. I can't wait until we have even more titles in that format.

It's been a great journey, but I can't help but feel that I've only just taken the very first step.

Parkour your way to the Library

Library 2.0

I think it's really important for libraries to stay abreast of future trends. I think we should keep the content that people want regardless of format. We might need to start thinking about Blu Rays soon. Platform video games would be a nice addition to our collection as well. We would certainly get a lot of teens in here then!

Overdrive

I love Overdrive! I just love being able to download audio books and listen to them in my car. They also make cleaning my house easier to bear. I think I'm one of the first users of this service. I always keep an Adobe book loaded on my pocket PC so that if I'm stuck waiting (for my car to be serviced or a doctor's apt.) I have a book at the ready. This was no chore at all!

NPR Podcast

I decided to subscribe to the NPR podcast, since I figuered it would be good to keep abreast of all the upcoming books. There is a whole world of podcasts that I'm looking forward to exploring in the future.

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510209

Guess the Google

I just tried out this learning game (I can call it that since I use Google to find images for people all of the time) and really liked this link.

grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google

It shows you a series of images that would show up on a typical image search and you have to guess the key word that would display those images. I think it really might help you to think in terms of the appropriate key words for searches.

Anyway, it's a lot of fun too.

Google Docs

I just tried to use Google docs and I think I really like this. I was familar with this service, but I hadn't really thought of all the advantages before. I can take a document with me anywhere, without having to email it to myself as long as I have Internet access. It won't fit something of novel length, however.