Thing 36.1 - Still having fun!! (fodey.com)

This is from fodey.com

Web 2.0 Tools

I was turned on to this site by a colleague. It is a comprehensive list of Web 2.0 tools. Check it out, it is pretty overwhelming. This website could be called 230 (plus more) Things on a Stick. I am pretty proud of myself. I am pretty familiar with a lot of them, thanks to 23 Things on a Stick, More Things on a Stick and my personal knowledge quest.

If the links are not working be sure to visit http://www.go2web20.net/.

THING 36 - Have some fun.

This site is pretty cool. This is from Glass Giant. There are different generators that will make fun things. Just a note, the prom make over was stupid. I tried it with 2 different photos and all it did was put a paper bag over the face. It was kind of disappointing, I thought it would actually apply make up or something.





I liked the fake newspaper page generator. I used this slide in my daily announcements on the TV as a reminder to students to return library books.





This is from an email icon generator


This image is from http://www.acme.com/labelmaker/

Thing 35 - Books 2.0

Wow!!! I love this Thing. I signed up for Library Thing the first go around, so I am already familiar with it. One interesting thing about Library Thing is GRRL (Great River Regional Library) uses Library Thing in its card catalog. When you search a book and click on it for the description and information, you also see tags from Library Thing. I haven't logged into Library Thing since 23 Things on a Stick. I also signed up for Shelfari, it is basically the same as Library Thing. I do like the look of Shelfari better. Facebook also has similar applications, you can add books to your profile and join reading groups or become a fan of authors too. I really loved What's Next too. I tagged it in Delicious and plan on using it frequently. Working at a school library, a lot of my readers are looking for series and the next book in the series. What's Next is perfect for that. I also signed up for Overbooked, the Ning for books. We will see. Once again, my never ending dilemma....not enough hours in the day.

JUMP ROPE VIDEO

Thing 34 - Online Answer Sites?

Good or Bad--hmm. Well there are both good and bad sites out there? Yes. Are they used? Yes. Will students continue to use them? Yes. Here at the HS-MC, usually I am the only one here. And doing tech duties at the same time. Most of the students are doing projects dictated by their teachers and have approved sources. The answer sites are helpful, especially for a small school media centers, we don't have a large budget or staff. So for the most part, I would have to say good. If it weren't for the computers in the media center my traffic through here would be greatly reduced. (The couch helps a lot too! :)

Thing 33 - Travel 2.0

Wow, is this stuff fun! Creating a travel journal, blogging about your experiences, mapping the route and inserting pictures and videos. I liked the blogs and the travel journal sites. As internet access grows, I see computers being so much a part of daily like, just like cell phones. It is kind of like blogging though, who has time to look at all this stuff?

Thing 32 - Google Maps

I liked this Thing. It combines two of my favorite things, maps and Google. Maps because I was a geography major and Google because who doesn't love Google? I played around and made a map of states I have visited. That was kind of depressing, I would love to travel way more than I have!!

Google maps would be useful in the media center to create book promos. You could create a map of different book settings, books about different cultures, etc. You could map out your favorite authors, libraries, colleges, the list is endless.

I could definitely waste a couple of weeks on Google maps.

Thing 31 - More Twitter

Twitter is much like RSS, it can be so overwhelming. I like following just a few local people I know. I follow some local politicians and libraries and Sam at CMLE, to name a few. I prefer to keep it kind of small. I am a "Twitter Pragmatist", only following 30-50 people. I once stumbled on a guy I though might be kind of fun to follow and what a mistake that was. He was way into it and have 16,000 followers. After I started following him all kinds of people started following me and it got so overwhelming. Who has the time to read all this information!! There is a whole world out there I don't want to be a part of. Maybe later down the Things journey I may change my mind. Right now even the ALA posts get overwhelming. It kind of stinks to look at your Twitter feed and see nothing good.

Thing 30 - More RSS and Delicious

I have been struggling on this thing. I just don't surf the web enough to check my RSS feeds all that much. It is just too much....information overload. Occasionally I will check my Google Reader and that is sufficient for my needs. I don't post that often, or even want to. Same with texting and IM.

Delicious is ok, it is kind of cumbersome to use. You have to log in and I really don't like the layout of it. I have been trying out the Delicious sidebar, which I really don't like that much either. I like the look of Microsoft Internet Favorites better than Delicious. Of course Delicious has the advantage of being on any machine you are on, but I pretty much use the same computer all the time and haven't utilized it much.