#23 THE END!

Seems like everyone is sighing with relief when they get to this final post. I remember the Learning 2.0 Contract we all agreed to at the beginning: I achieved my goal - to finish; ran into some obstacles along the way (I mean challenges!); and as for the timeline......

I did struggle with a lot of the exercises - perhaps with more time I could have understood the technologies a little better. But at least I'm a lot more informed about Web 2.0 than I was in the beginning. I was excited the other day when I heard mention of Flickr on the TV and I knew what they were talking about.

I am concerned about all the accounts that I've created along the way - my email address is attached to websites all over the place. I don't think a blogging life is for me!

#22 Audiobooks

I suppose the library patrons would take to this technology. I'd be happy not to have to deal with lost and damaged cassettes and discs. Downloadable language learning kits would be popular, I think.

#21 Podcasts

This is something else I'd heard about often but hadn't encountered. I used to like listening to Marty & Fifi on TripleM and they would tell their fans to download the podcast from the website but it all sounded a bit too hard for me. And as I mentioned earlier my PC at home is quite unfriendly towards such modern technologies.

#9 News feeds

I followed Learning 2.0's instructions on adding news feeds from Ebsco - found it a bit cumbersome.

#8 RSS feeds

Okay, I've finally come back to this exercise. I have created a Bloglines account even though I keep getting a message which says that I have not been validated. I have followed the instructions and as far as I can tell I've added a few feeds to my account.

#20 Youtube

Of course I'd heard about Youtube but had not been tempted to look at the site before now - in fact, I discovered the other day that my clunky old computer at home is very hostile towards podcasts and video and I was not able to access either. Perhaps we could add video to our library's home page with a cook's tour of the newly rebuilt NEW branch. Or a week by week look at the redevelopment of the GW branch. I had a look at a few clips while on Youtube (it's very addictive) and had a good laugh at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&feature=related - don't know if I did that right??!! If not, it's the one called 'March of the Librarians'

#19 Web 2.0 awards

Naturally, I had a look at the winners in the books category - see http://www.biblio.com/. I'm sure it would be useful to recommend to patrons who are looking for out-of-print books - couldn't believe the prices though! I was pleased to see that the site could be limited to Australia and New Zealand.