Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Learning 2.0 [Thing 15]

OK. so I lied when I said that I was finished. I've been putting off Thing 15 because it seems like it's really boring, buutttt since it's the last one I have to do it!

The article I most agree with is the one that talks about how L2.0 is good for improving ways to communicate. L2.0 provides people with a way to share knowledge and get some in return. It does go all over the Internet instead of staying in just one part. It enables people to stay in touch who can work together to build a better library community. If everything continues at the rate that it's going, L2.0 is going to be HUGE.

FINISHED! [Thing 23]!!

Woohoo! I'm finally finished!

For some reason this took a lot longer than I expected it to, but it was worth it. I learned a lot of new things through this program and I'm glad that we were able to take part in this.
Learning 2.0 gave me a change to sit down and take the time to go through things that I've been wanting to do for a while. I found out about Flickr through here and I love it so much! I learned about Technorati [and I've been seeing tons of things linked back to there recently], and I finally learned what an RSS feed was!
I will definitely be taking a lot away from this experience and using it all in the future. The new skills learned here will really help me become a better lifelong learner. If another program similar to this was offered, I'd certainly do it.

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Audiobooks [Thing 22]

I've wanted to try out Audiobooks for a really long time now. It turns out that I can't download them from home [I have a mac], so I'll have to find somewhere else to do it from! I had no idea that there were so many books available for download. When I find somewhere, I'm going to DL The Weather Makers: [How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life On Earth] because I'm doing a project on Global Warming and because I'm just really interested in it.

Podcasts! [Thing 21]

Podcasts aren't new to me at all. I subscribe to tons of podcasts including National Geographic and Askheychris and I make my own too! I usually get my podcasts from itunes, so I couldn't connect and add them on here. Podcasts are fun and a good way to pass the time [by listening or making them!]. Library podcasts could be very useful to tell patrons about new books or changes in their libraries.