Learning & Web 2.0: It's all about Play!

Learning & Web 2.0: It’s all about PLAY! Helene Blowers Public Services Technology Director The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County [email_address] LibraryBytes.com

Enlightening Educating Expanding Everyone Empathic Emerging Elementary Entertaining Enriching Enjoyable Essential Exciting Empowering Electronic Engaging Equality Embedded Embracing Enabling Energetic Enchanting Encouraging … Endangered?

http://www.personoftheyear.be/

The spring of 2006 will go down as a curious moment in (time when) the mainstream-media steamroller caught up with a bona fide cultural phenomenon, then flattened it into a cliché before the average person knew what all the fuss was about. That's ironic, because the fuss was about the average person--that is, his or her participation in what's known as " social media ," " social networking ," " user-generated content ," the " live Web ."

The Network Unbound , Fast Company June 2006 Web 2.0 Wake up

“ Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the WWW that lets people collaborate and share information online .” - Wikipedia.com Shared Bookmarks = Shared News = Shared Videos = Shared Pictures = Shared Knowledge = Shared Everything =

“ The central idea of (Web 2.0 technologies) is harnessing collective intelligence.” - Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 Watermill

Web 2.0 Communities

Organizational Effectiveness & Employee Engagement Marketing & Customer Engagement Web 2.0 Applications Web 2.0 is about creating dialogue.

Blog:

Short for “web log”

an easy to use publishing tool that lists content in reverse date order

a great way to engage staff & library users in conversation

all of the above

http://www.darienlibrary.org/connections/books// Blogs: External

http://www.darienlibrary.org/directorsblog/

http://www.westernspringshistory.org/

http://www.westernspringshistory.org

PLCMC internal Circ communication blog Blogs: Internal

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/ Blogs in Libraries

Wiki:

a Hawaiian word meaning “quick”

a collaborative web space that anyone* can edit

a useful tool for sharing library knowledge or engaging users

all of the above

http:// www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/ Wiki: External

http://booklovers.pbwiki.com Wiki: External

Wiki: Internal System wide strategic priorities

http://dclstrategicplan.pbwiki.com

http://www.libsuccess.org Wikis in Libraries

Podcast:

2005 word of the year

an audio file that is available through RSS

an effective way to engage youth and market library services

all of the above

http://www.homerlibrary.org/audioreviews.asp Podcast: External

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/bookcast/ Podcast: External

http://learningatlcpl.blogspot.com Podcast: Internal

Podcasting Libraries http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting

RSS:

short for Really Simple Syndication

an effective tool in keeping up news & trends

a great way to find out what people are saying about your library

all of the above

RSS (XML) if native format – NOT Pretty!

My Yahoo portal – RSS Feeds

http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm

http://www.lcpl.lib.va.us/rss/index.htm

http://tinyurl.com/yk8npb

Bloglines.com

MySpace ( Social Networking ):

The most popular web site for the under 20 crowd.

The 2 nd most popular visited site on the WWW

A great way to connect with teens

all of the above

www.myspace.com/libraryloft Social Network: External

http://library20.ning.com

Social Network: Internal ? http://alamembers.ning.com/

Enlightening Educating Expanding Everyone Empathic Emerging Elementary Entertaining Enriching Enjoyable Essential Exciting Engaging Equality Embedded Empowering Embracing Enabling Energetic Enchanting Encouraging …

Photo & video hosting sites:

The fastest growing web tools on the Internet

A great way to engage patrons

A powerful to market your brand

all of the above

Harness the Power Engage! Empower !

http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/acplinfo/tags/dayinallencounty2007/

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/hpphotos.cfm

http://www.plcmc.org/fotofun/

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php

http://teens.denverlibrary.org/media/youtube.html

What can you do to continually keep up with changes ?

Player [ pley -er] noun

a person or thing that plays.

one actively involved especially in a competitive field or process.

Become a “ Knowledge Player ”:

15 minutes a day

15 minutes a day

Subscribe to just 5 blogs

15 minutes a day

Tag “play items” in Del.icio.us

Photo by Uma B. - Flickr

15 minutes a day

Create a learning blog

Photo by Lemonade Dusk- Flickr

15 minutes a day

Create a learning blog

PLAY!!!!!

Photo by Bukutgirl - Flickr

Getting Started

http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com

Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Blogging Week 3: Photos & Images Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders Week 5: Play week Week 6: Tagging & Folksonomies Week 7: Wikis Week 8: Online applications & tools Week 9: Podcasts, Videos & Downloadable audio + 1 month of extra exploration time.

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