Technology Is My Friend: 09/15/09

I had already created a couple of blogs using blogspot so this part was easy. I'm excited to see what new skills are out there to learn and then incorporate into my personal life and job.

The Methods to My Madness

A Dozen Ways to Two-Step Listed below are 12 ways, or methods, that comprise this Web 2.0 Two-Step — 12 methods that explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. Complete all twelve methods in numeric order and become a Two-Stepping expert! Method 1: An Introduction to Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Read this blog post to learn about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Method 2: Blogs Learn about blogs – set up your own blog and add your first posts. Method 3: Cloud Computing Explore the topic of cloud computing and play with some popular online productivity/cloud computing tools such as GoogleDocs and Zoho writer. Method 4: RSS & Newsreaders Learn about RSS feeds, set up your own newsreader account, and locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds. Method 5: Photos & Images Explore popular image hosting sites like Flickr and Picasa; post an image on your blog. Method 6 : Videos Have fun exploring video sharing sites like YouTube, TeacherTube and Google Video, then embed a video in one of your blog posts. Method 7: Tagging and Social Bookmarking Learn about tagging and social bookmarking and discover popular related sites such as Delicious. Method 8: Social Networking Meet social networking royalty such as Facebook and Twitter; read about issues of online identity and privacy. Method 9: Chat / IM Play around with chat and instant messaging. Method 10: Wikis Learn about wikis, discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them, and add some information to TSLAC’s Dozen Ways to Two-Step Wiki. Method 11: Podcasts Discover the wide world of podcasting and vidcasting. Method 12: Reflection and Evaluation Reflect on the things you have learned and complete the course evaluation.

Technology Is My Friend

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

And I'm off......