PBCLS Web 2.0 Exploration Project Blog

You have completed weeks 1 and 2.
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Week 3. Flickr (May 22, 2008)

5th Thing. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.

6th Thing. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.

7th Thing. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you.

[+]Complete the 23 Things Progress Report: Week 3; Flickr

Week 4. RSS and Adding Feeds (May 29, 2008)

8th Thing. Learn about RSS and create a bloglines.com account.

9th Thing. Discover how you can add feeds to your bloglines account.

[+]Complete the 23 Things Progress Report: Week 4; RSS & Newsreader

Week 5. Play Week! (June 5, 2008)

10th Thing. Play around with an online image generator.

11th Thing. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.

12th Thing. Something new on our website; WebFeat.

[+] Note: This is a play week - there is no Progress Report for this week.

Week 6. Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati (June 12, 2008)

13th Thing. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us social bookmarking site.

14th Thing. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.

15th Thing. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0 Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.

[+]Complete the 23 Things Progress Report: Week 6; Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

Week 7. Wikis (June 19, 2008)

16th Thing. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.

17th Thing. Add an entry to the PBCLS Exploring Web 2.0 SandBox wiki.

[+]Complete the 23 Things Progress Report: Week 7 [Wikis]

Week 8. Online Applications & Tools (June 26, 2008)

18th Thing. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

19th Thing. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.

[+]Complete the 23 Things Progress Report: Week 8 [Online Applications & Tools ]

Week 9. Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio (July 3, 2008)

20th Thing. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.

21st Thing. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.

22nd Thing. Take a look at the titles available on the Overdrive Digital Media Collection and learn how to download audiobooks.

23rd Thing. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.

[+]Complete the (Final... Hooray!) 23 Things Progress Report: Week 9 [Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio]