Have a play, have fun, get wired for web 2.0!
- Week 1: Introduction
- Register your participation in the Learning 2.0 Program.
- Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
Week 2: Blogging - Set up your own blog & add your first post.
- Register your blog here.
Week 3: Photos & Images - Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
- Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
- Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.
Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders - Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
- Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Week 5: Play Week - Play around with an online image generator.
- Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
- Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati - Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
- Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
- Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Week 7: Wikis - Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
- Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools - Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
- Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio - Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
- Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
- Take a look at the downloadable audio book titles available on World eBook Fair site
- Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.
* This list of "things" can also be found on the 43Things website.
Note: This project is loosely based upon the website 43Things (which allows you to set and track personal goals) and the Stephen Abram article titled 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006).
