Thing 30-Summary

Ah, the end. I did get quite a bit out of this training. Yes, I would "attend" another of these sessions. I may not want to use many of these "things" myself, but it's important to know they're there and how they were created.

I believe this took more time than was expected, and maybe it should have been broken down into several sessions. There was also some difficulty, at times, with sites being blocked and exercises not being allowed by the city firewalls.

Overall, however, it was a fantastic effort to bring staff up to date with Web 2.0. I applaud the designer and implementer of this project, I won't name names, but you know who you are. It was and still is a daunting task to get this kind of training to a successful end.

Oh yea, and I hope the training stays up, in case I need a refresher on one of the things!!!
Thank you for all the hard work and effort.

Thing 29-The experience

The Learning 2.0 class was enlightening. I had been already exposed to the end products of many of the features mentioned in the training, so it was interesting to see how these things worked and that I could utilize them myself, if I wanted .

My personal preference is to not put myself out there everywhere for everything on the Internet, but it's nice to know that I'll know how if I ever have some overwhelming urge to "speak" out.

From a library perspective, many of the features were invaluable. They provide a cost effective mass broadcast tool to get information out to and back from our customers. Sifting and sorting through all the massive amounts of information and presenting it in a digestible form to end users will probably always be an ongoing task.

Thing 28-Rollyo

I can't see reinventing the wheel, as I have no special interests that aren't already out there. I can see specific interests driving the development of specific search engines. I believe the Johns Hopkins Univ library podcast was discussing one they developed, JHSearch. It had area specific search engines and was soon going to allow students to develop their own set. I can't remember if Rollyo was the product, but it must be something similar.

Thing 27 - LibraryThing

If you want your reading preferences out there for everyone, this is the place. People who like to share what they're reading and critique it to anyone who'll listen, also have found a home.
Neat product for small libraries who can't afford the more formal cataloging services.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/loanzoner

Thing 26 - Online image generator

Ah yes, more toys to play with to assist with creative ventures. I found a Tibetan alphabet translator that will transliterate your name into Tibetan script.
http://www.chine-informations.com/mods/prenoms-tibetains

Kinda fun when you get tired of seeing your name written the same ole way...

Thing 25-Podcasts in libraries

I listened to the Johns Hopkins Univ. library podcast on a new research product. This can get the information out there to those who are interested and they can hear it on their own time.
The internet is providing a very cost effective method of information delivery. One time training that can go on forever...

Thing 24-Podcasts

Just like flikr, I noticed the tags that one can add to a podcast so that it can be searched. All of this online input would be a hopeless quagmire without some time of organization to pull it up.
So, if you have an interest you can narrow down your search for podcasts using the tags.
Makes sense to me.