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I think the concept behind Learning 2.0 was a good one. There are so many useful sites and applications on the internet and this was a good way to introduce them to everyone. It taught everyone how beneficial the internet can really be.I think one of the problems was the length of the project. Stretching it out over so many weeks with only one task to work on was the reason I got so far behind. A

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I have had a facebook and myspace account for years. I have found people I haven't seen for years and use them as a way to keep up with what my friends are doing. I love the fact that you can customize them to suit your tastes, especially myspace. I've spent countless hours picking the proper backgrounds, font color, random html codes to make my myspace mine. I enjoy being able to send messages

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Truthfully, podcasts bore me and I never use them. I've never been one to like audiobooks, my mind tends to wander, and podcasts give the same affect. If it's just audio, I get bored. I'd rather read about "it" than listen to "it". At least that way I can skim through a boring section or skip it altogether. I played around with some of the sites and nothing really caught my ear.I like the idea of

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I love youtube.com and have been using it for entertainment purposes or years. You can tell this since I've had it linked on the left side of my blog since this project was started. There have been several videos that have become infamous all over the world. I believe youtube and sites like it can benefit the library. It's a quick, easy, user friendly way to share clips with people. By embedding

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First of all I added my blog to the Favorite Blogs list.Secondly, Web based apps... I think we see right now how they'd be useful. Three words Microsoft Office 2007. I have received a few emails recently that I can't view because they were written in Office 2007 and I have 2003. If they were typed in an online document I wouldn't have that problem. Again, online applications make life easier. You

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Wiki's are great. It's easy to keep information up to date, because anyone can change the information at any time. Alden is using wiki's in just the right way with the development of the staff wiki. Every department can keep their own information current and everyone has access to it. I like the ease of some wiki's, the way they are set up, the way they have categories. It's also easy to find

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Away from the “icebergs”--Rick AndersonI agree with everything he said. Patrons more and more are doing research online from the comforts of home. How many times do we hear a senior say "This is the first time I've been in the Library"? Because of this, they rely on databases. Several databases are rarely used by the average patron because they have no idea they exist. They use the first one from

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When I typed Learning 2.0 in the tag search, one of the first things to pop up was a video featuring Jan Maxwell. It was surprising to see something familiar on an open website anyone in the world has access to. The internet is great for entertainment, so anywhere where there is "popular" anything is fun. Techorati is no different. According to the site, Brittney Spears is the most searched

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I love the idea of setting up bookmarks, I think that's what is most beneficial. I have several bookmarks on my home and work computer and it's a pain if I'm somewhere else trying to find a website I need. Being able to access saved sites anywhere could be beneficial in research because you'd be able to access saved sites from anywhere. You could stop in the middle of an article you were reading,

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Rollyo seems neat. It would be a big help if you had something specific you were looking for, you'd be able to search several places for exactly what you need. I use google a lot when I'm searching and while I eventually find what I'm looking for, I usually have to go through several sites. Rollyo could be beneficial for the library if specific search rolls were created for patrons. They could

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I don't really see using Librarything for myself, I don't read that often. I get most of my recommendations from friends or I just will stick with the same author. Librarything would probably only help me increase the number of books that I check out and don't read.

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http://www.imagegenerator.org/

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I'll be honest, until this week I wasn't sure how RSS worked. I knew it was a news feed where you selected what you wanted to read...but that was about it. After going through this weeks exercises, I must say I love RSS. I'm finding it very handy to check the latest headlines, I'm condensing 4 separate NHL news sites that I visit frequently onto a single page. Yay for simplifying my life.To

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I love new technology. Once I've figured out how something works and what buttons to push (or not to push), I love it. I'm not intimidated by new things and I like playing around with something to figure it out. I learn much better by doing, rather than reading about it...and I almost never break things in the process.It does become a hassle when something you've grown accustomed to or depend on

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BucketOriginally uploaded by mad42381 This picture has been around awhile, but we were laughing at it this morning, so I thought I'd share. Hope you enjoy it too!One of the photo applications I like is the LOLcat generator, you can find it here. It's cheesy, but I love LOLcats, the pictures just crack me up. The application is a quick and easy way to make you're own LOLcat picture...or a

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Workshop #1 underway. As can be expected from anything having to do with any technology there are a couple glitches. Nothing major, just enough to make your head hurt if you stare at it long enough. By the end of this hour there will be several new library blogs up and running.

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I find setting appropriate goals to be challenging. I'm sure I'm not the only one. If you're not sure what you want the end product to be, you can't set the goal, then it's hard to take the steps, or figure out the steps, necessary to get there.An easy habit for me is using technology to my benefit. My first source of information is the internet. Whether it's looking up a recipe or driving

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How often are you encouraged to "play" at work? This is the requisite first entry for the Learning 2.0 program, what do you think? Boring I know, but how else am I supposed to get started?!

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