#7 My thoughts on technology......
This whole exercise has brought back to me Marshall McLuhan's comments on "The global village". His vision of a globally connected society back in the 1970s is very true today where technology - namely the world wide web - is linking the globe. This new technology is making time zones inconspicuous. In Nelson's day the news of the Battle of Trafalgar took 2 weeks to reach society in Europe. It is mind-blowing how children take this information superhighway for granted! One downside is that this technology is creating too easy a passage for mis-information to cloud political, economic and social thought. The importance of face-to-face contact has also been lost in favour of impersonal technological "conversations". However, I can certainly see the benefits of Web 2.0 building knowledge enriched societies where individuals and groups can make informed decisions.
#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0
I really enjoyed Michael Stephens' article "Into a new world of librarianship". His vision for the new librarian echoes what I believe should be happening in libraries around the world. Having worked in both school and public libraries I have witnessed the importance of the virtual library and the virtual school campus. Being proactive rather than reactive and "transparent" in policy and decision-making are top issues on my list for the librarian of the New 2.0 Age.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday 12 October 2007
#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati
Sorry for the wait between posts - so much water under the bridge, sands through the hourglass................(never did like Days of our lives - it was as exciting as watching paint dry) But this Technorati is not at all boring! I was alarmed to see my very own blog appear when I searched - more alarmed for the unsuspecting persons stumbling across my ravings.....
The advanced searches I carried out as part of this discovery excercise were very interesting. Blog posts as a criteria certainly brought up too many results. It was interesting to see the popular searches & blogs, too. I preferred to play with Del.icio.us because I think I would probably want to use this tool to tag favourites rather than search other people's blogs.
Sorry for the wait between posts - so much water under the bridge, sands through the hourglass................(never did like Days of our lives - it was as exciting as watching paint dry) But this Technorati is not at all boring! I was alarmed to see my very own blog appear when I searched - more alarmed for the unsuspecting persons stumbling across my ravings.....
The advanced searches I carried out as part of this discovery excercise were very interesting. Blog posts as a criteria certainly brought up too many results. It was interesting to see the popular searches & blogs, too. I preferred to play with Del.icio.us because I think I would probably want to use this tool to tag favourites rather than search other people's blogs.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Tuesday 9 October 2007
#13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us
Well, this was an interesting exercise. Firstly I looked at Del.icio.us and read a few articles about tagging. Then I set up my own account in Del.icio.us and tagged about 4 sites. Once I'd clicked on "show tags as a cloud" I could see the social value of this tool. It isn't just about adding sites to your "favourites" folder, it's about seeing who else is interested in same topics (tags).
I was thinking about this task while I was enjoying my morning ablutions - a very peaceful, reflective time of the day I find - and I was prepared to blog about this in a negative way. I was thinking that learning by serendipity can sometimes be the more rewarding as an experience. Stumbling across a piece of music that sends goosebumps over your flesh, finding an image or a poem that renders you speechless....... I was going to comment on the fact (opinion really) that lots of librarians and information specialists like to control knowledge or define it in terms of Dewey, UDC, LCSH, Sear's and so forth - perhaps "control" is too strong a term, "harness" perhaps? KWIC and KWOC (keyword in context and keyword out of context) have existed in days pre-www when computers lived in rooms, BASIC was the language of the day and data was input via punched cards. So what's new about "tagging"?
Serendipity aside, I think the value of these online tagging tools is for the access to specific information/data and access to like-minded persons whether on a personal or professional level. I'm going to be open-minded about this discovery exercise and play with my tags further........
Well, this was an interesting exercise. Firstly I looked at Del.icio.us and read a few articles about tagging. Then I set up my own account in Del.icio.us and tagged about 4 sites. Once I'd clicked on "show tags as a cloud" I could see the social value of this tool. It isn't just about adding sites to your "favourites" folder, it's about seeing who else is interested in same topics (tags).
I was thinking about this task while I was enjoying my morning ablutions - a very peaceful, reflective time of the day I find - and I was prepared to blog about this in a negative way. I was thinking that learning by serendipity can sometimes be the more rewarding as an experience. Stumbling across a piece of music that sends goosebumps over your flesh, finding an image or a poem that renders you speechless....... I was going to comment on the fact (opinion really) that lots of librarians and information specialists like to control knowledge or define it in terms of Dewey, UDC, LCSH, Sear's and so forth - perhaps "control" is too strong a term, "harness" perhaps? KWIC and KWOC (keyword in context and keyword out of context) have existed in days pre-www when computers lived in rooms, BASIC was the language of the day and data was input via punched cards. So what's new about "tagging"?
Serendipity aside, I think the value of these online tagging tools is for the access to specific information/data and access to like-minded persons whether on a personal or professional level. I'm going to be open-minded about this discovery exercise and play with my tags further........
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Friday 5 October 2007
#12 Roll your own search engine with Rollyo
Here is the url of my rollyo searchroll:
http://rollyo.com/poozer/asknow-apedia/
My face is flushed with success! I can only begin to wonder at how useful this tool could be for setting up useful search strategies for blog viewers. An incredibly powerful information literacy tool for teachers and businesses alike......
Here is the url of my rollyo searchroll:
http://rollyo.com/poozer/asknow-apedia/
My face is flushed with success! I can only begin to wonder at how useful this tool could be for setting up useful search strategies for blog viewers. An incredibly powerful information literacy tool for teachers and businesses alike......
Friday 5 October 2007
#11 All about LibraryThing
I found this site very user-friendly. This could be a very handy tool for organisations/individuals with small collections of books which need to be set in order or at least made accessible.
Check out a few of the titles which reside on my bookcase at home........
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/poozer
I found this site very user-friendly. This could be a very handy tool for organisations/individuals with small collections of books which need to be set in order or at least made accessible.
Check out a few of the titles which reside on my bookcase at home........
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/poozer
Thursday 4 October 2007
More playing! This activity set is really self-indulgent. I felt like a schoolchild when I investigated some of the cute activities that I could dabble in. Here's a few samples of the mindless fun I've enjoyed this afternoon. After the gruelling brainstorming RSS discovery exercises I found this aspect of Web 2.0 as easy as drinking a glass of champagne.
For those wanting to dabble with the same generatorblog tools - here's the urls:
http://www.hieroglyphs.net/000501/html/000-042.html
http://www.ewg.org/sites/mchummer//index.php
http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/chalkboard-message-generator.html
http://www.ewg.org/sites/mchummer//index.php
http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/chalkboard-message-generator.html
I'm looking forward to viewing my news feeds later. Ciao for now......................
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
#8 RSS discoveries Wednesday 3 October 2007
Well this RSS exercise has certainly been interesting! I've added RSS feeds from the London Times to get a global grib on my Anglophilia as well as links to some Adelaide news.
I personally would not really care about this resource in my personal life - I don't really like the idea of my private life being ruled by technology - besides I'd have to find time to sit down at my pc and there is so much more to life than a screen and keyboard. For the purposes of Web 2.0 I'm willing to give all the exercises a try.
I hope the following link will give public access to my RSS feeds.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/poozerponderings
This link works because my esteemed colleague who blogs at virtualtricia gave me some wise mentoring!
I personally would not really care about this resource in my personal life - I don't really like the idea of my private life being ruled by technology - besides I'd have to find time to sit down at my pc and there is so much more to life than a screen and keyboard. For the purposes of Web 2.0 I'm willing to give all the exercises a try.
I hope the following link will give public access to my RSS feeds.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/poozerponderings
This link works because my esteemed colleague who blogs at virtualtricia gave me some wise mentoring!
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