#23 Is This Really The End?

WOW, what a ride.

Learning Library 2.0 has been a really great experience for me. There has been so many new and different discoveries that I never new existed.

A lot of internet uses just think of it as a source of knowledge, looking up answers to questions we ask, but it is more than that. It is a world not only of knowledge but of creativity, communications, experiences and loads of fun.

Is this the end? Definitely not, I am sure that the experiences and knowledge I have discovered in this journey will be of use not only in the workplace but in anything I do. Example joining the scrapbook wiki I found or using flickr to share my pictures and even using my discoveries on creating my own blog on scrapbooking. A friend and I had created a blogspot but I didn't know anything about blogging and so I left it for her to keep updated and to work on, but now we can share the experience together.

Another area that I will use quite a lot is del.icio.us, a central spot to keep my bookmarks (how many times I have been somewhere and tried to remember a website to share with someone or sent it to my hotmail, :-) but not any more).

I have shared my experiences with my children and they have learned new things too and my son has seen me have so much fun and learned so much that he is thinking of having a go at the 23 things for himself.

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#22 Audio Books

I must start by saying, I am not much of a reader but I do love books. I am a person who loves to do craft works. So Audiobooks & e-books are a thing for me.

From experience of watching my own children when they were younger, how their faces lit up when a story was red to them and the enjoyment they got from them was just priceless. When they were still to young to read a book themselves they had audiobooks (that came with a book) that played a sound when to turn the page. We also red to them every night before they went to bed. They are both teenagers now and they still love their books and are great readers.

Audiobooks are a great way to start introducing books to the younger children, check out these sites:

Magic Keys - free stories to read
Clifford the big red dog stories
Free Classic Audio Books

Like I said earlier I am not much of a reader, when I am cooking, doing housework, scrapbooking or doing any craft I like something going in the background therefor an audiobook is great because not only do I do what I have to do but I also get to read (listen) a book

While playing around I found Free Downloadable Audiobooks this site seems to have lots to choose from in both fiction and non-fiction. I registered with them and downloaded "Anne of Green Gables". When you go to download it gives you 5 different options from free with bearable quality to very good quality. The first option is free, the next 4 options have a fee to pay. Here is a sample of the quality of the free option.

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AUDIOBOOKS RULE!

#21 Podcasts

I Played around with different podcast sites, I visited podcast.net and podcastalley, in both of these sites I typed in Harry Potter, and I got quite a few hits. In podcast.net there were 63 matches and in podcastally there were 177 matches. When I checked out some of the podcast I noticed that there were some that appeared in both podcast sites. I then visited podbean which is another podcast site I visited earlier in the 23 things exercises, when I added a song to go with my Disney picture. In podbean it had 51 matches for Harry Potter.

I liked podbean as it was easy to look at, with easy links, like adding to your subscription, date of latest update, category it falls into, tags it has been given and when you click on the link it gives quick links to add to del.icio.us, send this link and even has a website you can visit.


Could podcasts be used in a library? This is the question. I think that they could be. I think it could be used to give updates of new books in a library, reviews on books maybe even blurbs or books of interest in different categories. We need to think outside the square.

#20 You Tube

I love animals and I thought these were both cute and funny, typical of kittens.








One of my favourite clips is Mr. Bean in the Library, I am not a Mr. Bean fan but I do like this one, anyone who loves books would surely cry when watching this episode.



In You Tube I think you could just about find anything to suit any topic. It is as easy as typing in a key word.

You Tube is a widely used online program that is used by many, it is a good way of getting the message out to the teenage generation who tend to spend lots of time on Myspace and You Tube by promoting the library with videos of services provided by libraries and book reviews that may interest them, especially if they are presented in an interesting way.

#19 Web 2.0 Awards

I visited two sites at Web 2.0 Awards nominees and created a count-down counter to my daughter's birthday (she's my baby and she is turning 18) and the second widget was for a Melbourne weather widget for a five day forecast.



Going through the various Web 2.0 Award nominees I noticed that there were quite a few websites that we have visited through this exercise of Learning Library 2.0

I decided to take a tour of Web 2.0 Tools Directory and BOY was there a lot to see, but I went to
which is a family tree program allowing you to add family members and information to create and record your family history. And best of all it's FREE.

More playing around with Zoho

I thought I would play more with Zoho. Using zohoshow I created this presentation and decided to blog my creation.

#18 Online Productivity

Writer

Wow, what will they think of next?

Creating documents on one computer and finishing it on another computer without having to save it to a memory stick or sending it to yourself via email, how good is that?

My daughter said "now you tell me about this" as she is in year 12 and could have used this program at school when doing work on the computer and she had forgotten her memory stick and hadn't finished her work in class.

I have looked at some of the other features that zoho offers and I think it could be a useful tool.

If you haven't used zoho before, I recommend you give it a try, I think you will like it.

One small problem I had was when I typed this in zoho writer and chose "Publish", (which should allow you to publish what you wrote to your blog) it wouldn't or couldn't make the connection to my blog. Not sure why, maybe I was doing something wrong. Don't know! :-<