Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thing 12 Wikis
I am not a fan of Wikis. I attended a summer training a few summers ago where our group project was completed on a Wiki. One person monopolized the entire project and would change what we posted on the wiki. I do like Wikipedia for some things I am looking for. Sometimes it is actually faster to find very current info on Wikipedia however, the problem of course is the info hasn't been peer reviewed. I have used PB Wiki in the past.
Thing 11 Social Media Mixx
I really like Mixx. I had never heard about it. I like the fact that what makes it to the top are what the users like instead of what a "faceless" editor as they said decides. I was especially interested in Mixx because one of the posted articles was "100 Terrific Web Tools for Tightwads". I am quite skilled at being a tightwad but I had never heard of most of the web tools listed on that page.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Thing 10
I love Delicious and will continue to use it. I plan on uploading my daily bookmarks to my blog. Delicious is a great way for us to share school library links with all the library media specialists in our district. It is a great research tool when several of us are researching the same topics. Then we can share what we each are learning. I have tried another social bookmarking tool called Porta Portal. I actually prefer Delicious more than that tool. Porta Portal is actually a good teacher tool and can download to the teacher webpages.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Thing 8 - IM
I use the IM in Facebook quite a bit. I didn't know it was there for awhile until one of my friends started to chat. I can especially see how the younger generation would love access to a reference librarian on the spot with IM. I also use the IM feature in our First Class email system occasionally.
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