2.0 Program Outlines
Thursday July 03rd, 2008From Library Instruction Wiki
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To use this information in a program, just cut and paste individual outlines into a blog or wiki that you have made specifically for your library and for your particular program. That way you can customize your introduction, pace, awards, etc. When cutting and pasting into a blog, make sure you check all the links - you may need to reformat the links, depending on a variety of factors.
What follows are how-tos, with suggested curriculum for quite a few different sites and technologies. However, you certainly don't have to use them all.
A core collection of 10 sites/technologies for a program would be:
- Blogging - Wordpress (http://wordpress.com) or Blogger (http://www.blogger.com)
- RSS Feeds - Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com)
- Social Bookmarking - del.icio.us
- Social Networking - MySpace (http://www.myspace.com)
- flickr (http://www.flickr.com)
- YouTube (http://www.youtube.com)
- LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com)
- Search Engines - Technorati (http://www.technorati.com), Rollyo (http://www.rollyo.com), Google (http://www.google.com)
- Wikis
- Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com)
Reasons for exploring these different sites/technologies vary - ease of use for some, popularity for others, good example of the medium for the rest. Some of the sites, like YouTube and Second Life, require some extra technology (video camera, specific tools on your computer), but even if you can't create a profile, you need to know about them.
I've been thinking about what order things should be put in these types of programs to make the best use of them. Here's a rough draft of what I've come up with:
1. Introduction to the program. Tell people what your point is, what your goals are, what the rewards are, and what the order of events is going to be.
2. Blogging - not only is Blogging one of the most common of the 2.0 tools, it's also a great way to document progress in the program.
3. Social Bookmarking/ del.icio.us - People will be looking at a lot of different sites throughout the program, so it might be good to get them using this tool right off the bat, so they can keep tabs on where they've been.
4. RSS/Bloglines - Another tool that people can use to chart their own progress through the program - keeping a collection of feeds and blogs that they've found.
5. Everything Else.
6. I put wikis last on the list of tutorials because it seems to be the most technical of the list. My thought is that people will have a greater comfort with technology by the end of the program, and so they won't be as daunted by the task.
7. There's something to be said for interspersing fun stuff into the mix, between Blogging, Bookmarking and RSS. Just help users keep track by having them create links in files on their Firefox browser until they have del.icio.us and Bloglines.
The original program was initiated at the Public Library Of Charlotte And Mecklenberg County (PLCMC) (http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/). Helene Blowers, the person in charge of this project, has made the content of their program available through a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/) that allows for copying for non-commercial use, as long as the source is attributed. I hope I've fulfilled those obligations here. She also relates that the original idea for the program came from a Stephen Abrams articles called 43 Things I (or You) Might Want To Do This Year (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_2_10/ai_n16133338)
PLCMC 23 Things:
Week 1: Introduction ( official start of week August 7th)
1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
Week 2: Blogging
3. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
4. Register your blog on PLCMC Central and begin your Learning 2.0 journey.
Week 3: Photos & Images
5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
6. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.
Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
8. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
9. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Week 5: Play Week
10. Play around with an online image generator.
11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Week 7: Wikis
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
22. Take a look at the titles available on NetLibrary and learn how to download audiobooks.
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.
King County Library System 27 Things:
1. Welcome: Read introduction on the 27 Things Blog to find out more about KCLS Learning 2.0
2. Welcome: Discover 7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners
3. Blogging: Set up your own blog
4. Blogging: Register your blog on the 27 Things Log
5. Photos and Images: Explore Flickr, a popular image hosting site
6. Photos and Images: Have fun with Flickr and explore the world of mashups
7. RSS & Newsreaders: Learn about RSS feeds and set up a Bloglines account
8. RSS & Newsreaders: Add a library-themed blog to your Bloglines account
9. MySpace: Read about Libraries and MySpace and post your thoughts to your blog
10. MySpace: Set up your own MySpace account
11. My Space: Friend the 27 Things MySpace page and leave a comment
12. Tagging, Technocrati, Folksonomies: Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us
13. Tagging, Technocrati, Folksonomies: Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blogs
14. Tagging, Technocrati, Folksonomies: Catalog your favorite books in LibraryThing
15. Wikis: Learn about Wikis and see how libraries are starting to use them
16. Wikis: Participate - add an entry to the 27 Things Wiki
17. Catch-up and Play Week: Play with an online image generator
18. Search Engines, Web 2.0, Library 2.0: Roll your own search tool with Rollyo
19. Search Engines, Web 2.0, Library 2.0: Read about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0
20. Online Applications & Tools: Look at online word processing, spreadsheets, & other productivity tools
21. Online Applications & Tools: Explore Google labs
22. Online Applications & Tools: Explore some of the Web 2.0 Awards winners
23. Audio, Video, Podcasts: Explore YouTube, a popular video sharing site
24. Audio, Video, Podcasts: Discover podcasts
25. Audio, Video, Podcasts: Check out a KCLS eBook
26. Wrap-Up: Reflect on your experiences completing these 27 Things
27. Wrap-Up: Suggest one more Web 2.0 topic you would like to learn about
This list courtesy of KCLS. For more about this program, go to http://kcls27things.blogspot.com/
Highlights of the list - two full sessions spent introducing and framing the program, and two more at the end to wrap up the program. Blogs are first, and program participants are encouraged to blog about sites that they are learning about in the program. Intersperses 'fun' Things like flickr between the more practical Things like RSS.
Other program start pages:
http://pvldlearning.blogspot.com/index.html
PVLD's program has ten things, in a work-at-your-own-pace environment, with blogging about each step of the process.
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