Not the end...

Learning 2.0 has increased my awareness of some of the possibilities that I was unaware of and increased my knowledge of tools that were only words to me before I started. It has primarily been a postive experience, with some fun exercises such as Flickr and using image generators. YouTube will contine to be part of my world and I hope I find the time to explore some of the other technologies in greater depth. This brings me to the main problem I had - time. The restraints on my time sometimes prevented me from exploring some technologies to depth that I would have liked. Hopefully I will be able to make some time to further explore those that interest me. The other concern that I experienced throughout the program was creating so many accounts, it is not something I am comfortable with, but something I need to become more comfortable with in the world we live in. I would recommend this program to others.
When creating this blog I added the image of Alice falling down the rabbit hole and learning things as she went along, because it was how I felt. I think it was an appropriate choice because like Alice I have learnt many things along the way.

MASHUPS

While exploring some mashups I came across :
http://www.weatherbonk.com/

It gives information about the weather in the area where you are (or would like to know about) and includes recent images from cameras. I decided that I wasn't keen to leave looking at the images from Wahroonga cam. Unfortunately there weren't any local images available.
Thinking about the use of mashups for us I once again came back to the new book list and the possibilty of combining book covers with RSS feeds.
I decided to do some searching and came across an interesting idea:
“I think we have to accept that our library Web sites are not going to be a destination of choice for our students/patrons,” says Gibbons. “Rather, we have to be packaging and serving up parts of our Web sites in ways that they can be integrated into the users’ preferred virtual destination, whether that be Google, Facebook or Second Life.   http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/009/1.htm

Something to think about.

Podcasts

I was searching for a podcast and thought that  'Everything Thatz Wrong With This World Podcasts' sounded interesting. I was surprised to find that it was nothing like I was expecting from the title. What would you expect to find in a directory with this heading? Here is the link if you'd like to find out:
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/index.php?iid=23398 

Not really what I was looking for!
I chose a completely different RSS feed to add....

Wikis- favourites

I've just been into the UoN Library Staff Wiki Sandbox to look at favourites. So far there aren't too many, I hope to go back in a few weeks and see more. This is a great way to share ideas, information and opinions. I gathered the courage to create a page:

http://uonlib-staff.pbworks.com/w/page/33223343/Favourite-food

YouTube

Finally, something that I am familiar with. My children use YouTube on  a daily basis and often share things that they like with me. There are a number of family videos posted on YouTube from holidays etc. I have also known it to be used for some not so nice activities.  I have always had a reluctance to post on it due to privacy concerns.  Over the years I have found it to be a great toll for everything to lighting a fire to learning to braid hair. It could be a great tool for transmitting information to library clients as well as for training. I amd sure some RDA videos will end up on YouTube - In fact they already are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7NRGtPU4Jc&feature=related

Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

Now here is a tool of real use :  http://www.cocktailbuilder.com/

Not too much use in a library ...although....  This would be a fun site if you were having a party and wanted to try something different. I liked the fact that you could name a spirit and were offered cocktail suggestings and ratings. Slightly annoying that there were only a limited number of cocktail recipes available - I only found 1 daiquiri recipe :(

Web-based productivity apps

My list:


https://docs2.google.com/document/d/1Ce1Mz7pujO83bvtj4o1jF5UHPagZkR5zTbcZS8Cn-MU/edit?hl=en#
I am hoping this link works. Creating a list reminds me that I have so much to do.......

This tool is helpful although I had a bit of trouble with the colours. I don't know that I'd choose it over installed desktop applications, although this could be that the familiarity of these products makes them more appealing.