Thing #19

I explored the Medstory Beta site and compared it to the Healia Beta site. These were health related tools. They both were rollyos with a lot of features added. I really liked the Medstory site. One could enter a health issue and find out drugs, symptons, research, clinical trials or anything about that issue. The sites useful tools were that you could really narrow down what you wanted to about the matter. Patrons are always coming to the library with health issues. This would be another tool that could help them find out about their problem.

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THING #18

I created the text below in Zoho Writer and used the publish option and posted it to my blog. It was really easy and I was able to send it on the first attempt. I believe the online productivity tools could be a real asset to users.

Zoho Writer seems pretty cool. It seems to have the same layout of other word processors. One seems able to change fonts easily.

It would also save one from constantly purchasing the upgrades to their word processor because the upgrades would always be online.

Thing #17

I added my blog to the Favorite Blogs page. I also used PB Wiki to create a wiki. I will have to return to this later to explore further.

Thing #16

What I found most interesting was that Wiki's were an idea actually in use. I have used Wikipedia often but did not know there were other sites based on the wiki idea. In the library some uses could be a wiki for story time programs where branches could post ideas, themes, books, songs, fingerplays, crafts, etc. that work. Another idea would be opening, closing, emergency procedures for branch libraries could be posted on a wiki. The branches could update the procedures plus the procedures would be available to substitutes. The activities happening in the library and its branches could be wiki based where everyone updates the schedule. I imagine the uses are endless.

Thing #15

I actually read all the perspectives on Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 and found it very interesting. When working with the patrons the range of computer skills is huge. A patron with no or little computer skills requires a huge amount of time to assist. On the other hand sometimes one is unable to assist a patron with a problem because it is above their knowledge level. It is difficult to keep up with the technology.

Thing #14

I took the Technorati tour and looked at the popular features. The site seems easy to use with lots of helpful features. When performing the keyword search on "Learning 2.0" I received 3,474 hits when searching in Blog posts, 3 hits when searching in tags and 171 hits in the Blog directory. I guess I am surprised about all the massive sites available on the web.

Thing #13

Tagging seems like an interesting concept. I believe it would be beneficial if you worked on different projects, your research could be tagged for the particular project. I was unable to watch the Del.icio.us tutorial due to an incorrect link.