Thing # 13 del.icio.us

Over the past few days I have created a delicious account and dutifully bookmarked sites that relate to Librar 2.0 technology and a few miscellaneous library-related sites.

http://delicious.com/gdeering

I can certainly see the benefits to this concept of social networking/bookmarking. However I have some fundamental issues with the idea of sharing everything - both good and bad misinformation. I expressed my thoughts on this very subject in one of my classes this summer.

"In the Courtney says, "The power of great numbers of contributors keeps Wikipedia very current errors are fixed very quickly." Courtney cites the results of the NATURE study the compares errors noted in Britannica (3) with that of wikipedia (4). That appears insignificant - unless you are the one who cites the misinformation, or unless some contributor updates the information without you realizing it’s been changed. We need to ensure that our own research is authoritative and instill in our students and colleagues the necessity for being critical of resources, checking sources and using reliable resources.Constructivism asserts that people with different skills should collaborate together through tasks and discussion to arrive at a shared understanding (Duffy and Jonassen 1992). Remember Vgotsky’s ‘zone of proximal development? The idea being that group members with less knowledge and fewer skills will learn from members who have more knowledge and more skills. That is all well and good, except the person in the group with the most skills and knowledge may not have the best skills set to accomplish the task. The shared understanding may consequently not be the “correct” understanding. This has implications on several levels relating to competition and differences between cultures.My point is you should always verify the information, the source, for yourself, Think critically before you go with the “group think”; a society can get in trouble that way. Which is a very long-winded way of saying Wikipedia may be a great place to start, to get you going, but there are more reliable sources that will ensure the information is accurate and authoritative. Don’t drink the kool-aid! "

Courtney, N. (2007). Library 2.0 and Beyond. Westport: Libraries Unlimited.

Library Thing # 11

http://www.librarything.com/authorcloud/gdeering1

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Well now you have found something I could do all night long!!!! This is fun! I am not a librarian for nothing!

Thing # 10

Well, I guess I am a humorless person! I tried the happy faces and the comic strip generators. Mildy cute but really, who has the time?!!

Thing # 9

I added a few more RSS Feeds as well as a picture of the yellow lab that came to live at my house in June! His name is JACK and he is recovering from a heart worm treatment, but is doing just fine!

Searching for blogs...who new there was a tool other than google search? I tried two blog searches - google blog search and bloglines search tool! When I have more time I will come back and review the serach results and other search tools more carefully. I did add the PROJECT LIBS rss feed...moving on!

Thing # 8

I have learned so much about Library 2.0 technology and tools this summer! However I knew nothing about RSS! I admit I was INTIMIDATED! Not sure why? Just the name should have assuaged my anxiety - -REALLY SIMPLE!

Finally I logged on to mym google account. signed up for the google reader and added several "feeds"! I am a Big Brother 10 addict - nut - crazy person! Which may be one of the reasons I am not further along with 23 Things! Those late ShowtimeToo live offerings!

I also added click2houston (after all we are abbout to have a visist from Edourado! And THIS WEEK for my political fix. A feed from my district and a coulple of Library 2.0 blogs!

A practical library application; how about for a class to follow the political process relating to the upcoming election - esepcially those kid-freindly feeds!

Week 3: Things # 5, 6 & 7

and we are off, Along with having a UNT class that deals specifcally with technology on the classroom, including Library 2.0 technology and tools, in June I attended a professional development at Region IV (that is where I learned about 23 Things). In that session we coverd several of the lib20tools, including FLICKR. I pulled several pictures with palm trees and ocean waves and made an MS Photo Story for another attendee who was about to leave for vacation somewhere tropical.

Mashups were covered in the UNT course. I made a "card" for my library , i think with Blue Marble? or was it Blue Mosaic?

Cool tools on Google? Too many to choose from. Of course there is g-mail, google maps and google scholar and google notebook. I regorganized some photos in Picccasa and updated my google calendar!

Catching Up

Okay, I have been to say the least, inattentive. Taking two grad classes and trying to do the 23 Things list may have been a little optimistic. However school is winding down and I hope to spend the next few days playing the proverbial "catch up"! I have a few things to check off my list because they were covered in my UNT class - del.icio.us and wikis and mashups. more later today...