Learning 2.0 Thing 23 Youtube

To me using Youtube was a lot of fun. I chose this video because I work with children and I felt this would be an appropriate video to use with a story time or another program with kids. For example: Disney movie, cartoons, Princes, Princesses, Fairy Tales, etc.

Learning 2.0 Thing 22 Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites

Now this is really neat! I haven't yet but I am going to try creating some of the things associated with Flickr such as a mosaic...mappr and montagr. I work in the library at the beach (OF) and we get many many exchange student workers during the summer months using the internet. We have a couple of huge maps of the world and they are asked (if they choose) to place a marker on the area where they are from. I think it would be so cool using Flickr "mappr" to put their pic on the area where they are from so perhaps their friends and family can see what we have done in honor of them being at the beach. I guess we would have to have our digital camera ready to take their pics along with a release form for them to sign and then upload it to Flickr. Anyway, it was just an idea that might be fun for all.

Learning 2.0 Thing 21 Tagging Flickr

Flickr is a great way to invite the public to view the on-goings in the library of past and present programs by showing them what various programs have to offer them and how much fun they will have as well as how much fun people had in the past programs. It is a wonderful way to advertise and to bring people wit similar interests together in a positive way. It is a great way to keep people informed and also to educate them by showing them. I can't imagine sorting through all of those photos without some sort of categorization which is why tagging is so important. This is a flickr site in which I borrowed from my supervisor Diane Wetterlin at OF Library. www.flickr.com/photos/vbdiane

Learning 2.0 Thing 20 Flickr

From what I have learned from reading about this program and other programs like it...it is a wonderful way to share your photos which otherwise may never be seen. I also like being able to keep it private to just your circle of friends as well. What I don't like is there doesn't seem to be a way to monitor what photos people add to flickr. I understand that everyone has their own account and has the freedom the place whatever photos they want to....just as long as they keep those photos in a private mode so that young kids cannot have access to them. I know that some folks do not think about that prior to inviting the world in. I do see the importance of tagging for your photos too...how it places the photos in the proper folders (like a filing system) for easier access in acquiring what you are looking for. That is a great feature!

Web 2.0 Week 8--Thing 17 Folksonomy/De.li.cious

This was interesting yet confusing for me too. I'm just trying to absorb the different terminologies and how different they are from each other. Technorati, folksonomy, taxonomy, etc. I understand that technorati tracks tags and that folksonomy tags can have many different meanings but can still be used at free will. Still reading and learning more....

Web 2.0 Week 8 -- Thing 18

I created a de.li.cious account. After learning how tags work and how they bring subjects together just by using keywords associated to the subject....I have found how easy it is to have a place to save favorites or to find other new similar sites that other people have tagged in their de.li.cious bookmarking space. Tagging is a wonderful way to bring it all together by association.

Week 8...Web 2.0 Thing 19

I have been reading many many articles including tagging, folksonomy, technorati and mapping. What a wide range of ways to expand your interest in something. I have created a "delicious" account having to do with an upcoming program within the library system where I work. I am on a team planning a program having to do with antique appraisals. By tagging numerous keywords having to do with that subject I have found some wonderful websites from others that have also tagged favorites in their "delicious" pages having to do with this same subject. This is Great!! As for mapping, this is a great way also to find others with similar interests the world over. By clicking on their name on the part of the world where they are ..you can access their website and broaden your horizen even more. :-)