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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Jan 11, 2008

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 3: Sharing Images. There are a number of. Communities online. These include. To name a few. In this lesson we will focus on the one which is perhaps the best known, Flickr. Online photosharing in plain English. From our friends at Commoncraft). Is a website that allows users to upload digital pictures from their computer and share them with just their friends or the whole entire planet. Users can “ tag. What do you think about what you find? This photo illustrates th...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 11: Online applications and tools

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 11: Online applications and tools. Word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, presentations, project management, and web conferencing are all examples of productivity software. Online versions offer many of the same features yet are quite different from what is installed on your computer. How so? Match up surprisingly well. No installation of software is required. All you need is a web browser and an internet connection. To find out how Google docs works. Set up a Zoho.

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Feb 27, 2008

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 9 : Mashups. Mashups are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like a mapping program). With this combination, for example, you get Mappr. Wikipedia offers a slightly more detailed explanation. New mashups come out, literally, every day. Some examples include image generators. Here are a couple of examples we created using big huge labs. Another popular mashup tool is Google maps. Using Big huge labs.

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 7: Tagging, folksonomies, del.icio.us and LibraryThing

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 7: Tagging, folksonomies, del.icio.us and LibraryThing. Our lesson this week has two parts:. Part 1: Social bookmarking and del.icio.us. Watch this videoclip Social bookmarking in plain English. To introduce this week’s topic. Or an unstructured categorization scheme. And is considered a taxonomy. This week we’ll look at two applications that take great advantage of tagging – Del.icio.us. Is a social bookmarking. How is that social? Well, in addition to tagging your ...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Feb 1, 2008

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 6: Videos online. Online video has improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years - there's more of it, for sure, but the quality is much much higher (bigger screen sizes, fewer pauses when watching). Would not be able to host videos from millions of users without charging them a cent. Note: Google can host longer videos than YouTube. Try searching these examples in YouTube. 8220;lego” or “Matthew Flinders”. But what about state libraries? Follow the links throug...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 12 Wrap up; social networks and catch up

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 12 Wrap up; social networks and catch up. Welcome to week 12 – this is the last week of our. Program for test pilots. This is a short week which includes four key activities:. Learning about social networking and how libraries and other organisations are using it. Catching up with any activities you haven’t finished. Providing feedback via our survey. Revisiting the self assessment survey. So what is social networking? To boost its libraries and sports centres. Inclu...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 3: Sharing Images

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 3: Sharing Images. There are a number of. Communities online. These include. To name a few. In this lesson we will focus on the one which is perhaps the best known, Flickr. Online photosharing in plain English. From our friends at Commoncraft). Is a website that allows users to upload digital pictures from their computer and share them with just their friends or the whole entire planet. Users can “ tag. What do you think about what you find? This photo illustrates th...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 4: RSS

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. You may have heard the term before, but did you know what the letters stood for? RSS is a powerful tool that can help bring information to you. Take a look at this YouTube. The video mentions the following. You should already have a gmail account. You will be using it in the following activity. And create a free account. Once your account is created, add at least 5 RSS feeds to your account. Make sure that one of them is the. 8217;s picture of the day blog. February 11, 2...

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Week 10: Podcasts

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. This week we look at podcasts. And audio files.A 'podcast' is a non-music audio or video recording. That is distributed over the internet. The distribution is what makes a podcast unique. It's also what makes a podcast powerful - interested listeners or watchers can receive updates through RSS when new content is posted. Listen to a podcast from the British Library. And one from the ABC. Hint use the subject option to see what is available]. Contact the team leaders.

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Learning 2.0 ~ Test pilot edition: Jan 2, 2008

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Learning 2.0 Test pilot edition. Week 2: Introduction to blogs. What is a blog? A blog is a shortened form of the word " weblog. A blog is a different form of website. A blog's content and purpose varies. Some are simply personal diaries, some focus on a specific subject such as politics or travel, and some are primarily "newsy" and informational. Also, links to other sites on the web are common. The main features of a blog which make it different from a regular website include:. Library of Congress blog.