Week 7 Wikis

A Wiki is a collaborative website which allows users to easily add, remove and edit content.

The movie example, "Wiki in Plain English", explained the use of a wiki as a useful tool for organizing an event or program.

My favorite wiki, is wikipedia, the online open community encyclopedia. I do question the information on a wiki of this sort, is it correct information. I would use the site for information and research but refer to other sources as well.

I looked at all of the wiki examples in the exercise and felt the ALA wiki had and endless supply of wikis for every subject imaginable.

Inside our library we could use a wiki for sharing ideas for programming. Our Friends members could have a wiki to correspond with one another on fundraisers for the library.

I thought this exercise was very interesting and a valuable learning experience.

Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

Library 2.0 is a term used to describe a new set of concepts for developing and delivering library services.
Web. 2.0 Interactive user participation, collective intelligence, self service, Flickr, MySpace, delicious bookmarking.
Web 2.0 Our patrons will expect access to everything digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasting.
The OCLC Newsletter is very informative http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/3.htm

Delicious

I have created a delicious account and I have bookmarked several topics of interest to me.
I can use my delicious bookmarks at home and at work. I have tagged each subject.

Blogging on MySpace

Welcome to the wonderful world of MySpace. Check out my Blog on MySpace

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone who is viewing my blog.

May you have a wonderful holiday.

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Merry Christmas

Games

I had the most fun with the www.allgirlarcade.com

This was an easy site to participate in, and I played several different games, Spot the Difference, Leaf Rider, Jessy's Dress up. For children these would be excellent games to learn mouse skills, I enjoyed the music that accompanied the games.

Games teach skills for the 21st century.

My husband has played many hours of Solitare on our home computer.

My 85 year old mother-in-law plays games on her laptop computer. Games are for all ages and skill levels. Entertaining and educational at the same time.

Gaming in libraries provide a place for socializing and education as well.

Instant Message

We used Yahoo Messenger to communicate, via typing real time messages within the library.
More fun then picking up the phone. A little "ding" and I have a message.