More on Zoho
After I created the blog posting on Zoho, I explored more of its features. I figured out how to view the document in page mode, send an e-mail to myself, save a document as a PDF and so on.
So easy! Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of word processing could use Zoho.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Thing 18 (Week 8)
This posting was created in Zoho and posted to my blog from there!
I am already a convert to applications like Zoho and Google docs. I set up an account in Zoho as part of an earlier assignment for this class.
My husband and I are travelling to see our son in Senegal soon. I created a zoho doc for us to keep track of things we need to take with us. We can add to it from home and work, whenever the spirit moves us and we are near a computer.
I work in a high school library where students often work on papers and print out material they bring from home on flash drives and via e-mail. We are a Mac school and have encountered problems opening documents saved on VISTA. Students get very nervous when they can't print out papers that are due in 5 minutes! I encourage them to use Google docs for their work because it avoids problems like this. Now that I am familiar with Zoho, I will suggest it as well. So easy to use....
Our library staff uses Google docs in the spread sheet format for collection development. As we find materials we want to order, we add them to the list. Helps to prevent duplicate orders.
Now the challenge is to figure out how to post this to my blog for the Library 2.0 class....
I am already a convert to applications like Zoho and Google docs. I set up an account in Zoho as part of an earlier assignment for this class.
My husband and I are travelling to see our son in Senegal soon. I created a zoho doc for us to keep track of things we need to take with us. We can add to it from home and work, whenever the spirit moves us and we are near a computer.
I work in a high school library where students often work on papers and print out material they bring from home on flash drives and via e-mail. We are a Mac school and have encountered problems opening documents saved on VISTA. Students get very nervous when they can't print out papers that are due in 5 minutes! I encourage them to use Google docs for their work because it avoids problems like this. Now that I am familiar with Zoho, I will suggest it as well. So easy to use....
Our library staff uses Google docs in the spread sheet format for collection development. As we find materials we want to order, we add them to the list. Helps to prevent duplicate orders.
Now the challenge is to figure out how to post this to my blog for the Library 2.0 class....
Thing # 17 (Week 7)
The best thing about this activity is Kathy D. said we don't have to do it because of problems in accessing the Sandbox wiki.
As mentioned in my posting for Thing #16, I am familiar with PBwiki already and have created on at:
http://onebook.pbwiki.com/
As they say, easy as making a peanut butter (PB) sandwich!!
Thanks Kathy D. I will move on to Week 8.
As mentioned in my posting for Thing #16, I am familiar with PBwiki already and have created on at:
http://onebook.pbwiki.com/
As they say, easy as making a peanut butter (PB) sandwich!!
Thanks Kathy D. I will move on to Week 8.
Thing # 16 (Week 6)
For this activity I looked at the following wikis.
SJCPL Subject Guides
Book Lovers Wiki
Library Success: A best practices wiki
Library Bloggers Wiki
Sample AP World History Wiki
This group of wikis demonstrates the different ways they can be used. I am impressed by the design and organization of each. My favorite was the Book Lovers Wiki. I got distracted as I read the book reviews. The AP World History is impressive - the students did an excellent job of synthesizing their learning.
I am already familiar with wikis and created one for a Community Read Program for my town last year. We shared our opinions about books, review sources, etc. The challenge for me was to get the technophobes on the Community Read committee to overcome their fear of using the wiki. I gave it up in the end because the committee members didn't log on enough! With that particular group of people, it was easier to use a group e-mail for communication purposes.
My wiki can be found at:
http://onebook.pbwiki.com/
SJCPL Subject Guides
Book Lovers Wiki
Library Success: A best practices wiki
Library Bloggers Wiki
Sample AP World History Wiki
This group of wikis demonstrates the different ways they can be used. I am impressed by the design and organization of each. My favorite was the Book Lovers Wiki. I got distracted as I read the book reviews. The AP World History is impressive - the students did an excellent job of synthesizing their learning.
I am already familiar with wikis and created one for a Community Read Program for my town last year. We shared our opinions about books, review sources, etc. The challenge for me was to get the technophobes on the Community Read committee to overcome their fear of using the wiki. I gave it up in the end because the committee members didn't log on enough! With that particular group of people, it was easier to use a group e-mail for communication purposes.
My wiki can be found at:
http://onebook.pbwiki.com/
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thing #15 (Week 6)
Perspectives on Web 2.0 and the Future of Libraries:
In the OCLC Newsletter, Tom Storey posed the question about "Web 2.0 and Where Will it Take Libraries?" I read the following responses:
Away from Icebergs by Rick Anderson of U. of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Into a New World of Librarianship by Michael Stephens, Librarian, Blogger
To more powerful ways to cooperate by Chip Nilges, VP OCLC
My response:
I am overwhelmed by the change that school libraries are facing. In order to succeed, do we as librarieans need to move our services into the world of the users instead of asking the users to come to us? As we consider this type of change, librarians will need to explore the world of the Read/Write Web to see what it offers us. Putting it another way, we will need to examine whether the model(s) we use to teach information literacy is (are) still relevant. We need to ask if we can, or should be, using Web 2.0 to teach students how to find, use and synthesize information. (Or, is Web 2.0 so intuitive, they can teach themselves?) For many of us, learning Web 2.0 represents a steep learning curve and an investment of time and energy. Are we up to the challenge?
More questions than answers, I guess.
In the OCLC Newsletter, Tom Storey posed the question about "Web 2.0 and Where Will it Take Libraries?" I read the following responses:
Away from Icebergs by Rick Anderson of U. of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Into a New World of Librarianship by Michael Stephens, Librarian, Blogger
To more powerful ways to cooperate by Chip Nilges, VP OCLC
My response:
I am overwhelmed by the change that school libraries are facing. In order to succeed, do we as librarieans need to move our services into the world of the users instead of asking the users to come to us? As we consider this type of change, librarians will need to explore the world of the Read/Write Web to see what it offers us. Putting it another way, we will need to examine whether the model(s) we use to teach information literacy is (are) still relevant. We need to ask if we can, or should be, using Web 2.0 to teach students how to find, use and synthesize information. (Or, is Web 2.0 so intuitive, they can teach themselves?) For many of us, learning Web 2.0 represents a steep learning curve and an investment of time and energy. Are we up to the challenge?
More questions than answers, I guess.
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Thing #14 (Week 6)
Technorati
I am starting to tire from the vastness of Web 2.0.
I explored Technorati and, as directed in the discovery exercises, conducted different types of searches using the key words:
"School Library Learning 2.0"
Blog Post Search:
On the advanced search page I noticed this statement:
"If you only want to search blog posts, try search.technorati.com."
I followed the instructions and got 2,056 hits. I looked at the first two pages of hits. I noticed some big names in the library world and a fair amount of repetition.
Tags Search:
This search netted just 27 hits - many of them from people who have taken this class.
Blog Directory Search
18 hits. Nearly all the hits were from people blogging their course assignments for School Library Learning 2.0.
I also visited Popular page on Technorati and explored popular blogs, searches and tags. All I can say is, who has time for all of this? I find reading people's blogs a bit tedious and would rather read a good book instead!
I am still learning about tagging. I am starting to use tags on del.cio.us and flickr. Mostly for my own use however. I still don't like to make my work "public." I guess the jury is still our on whether I am going to use tags to share my searches, photos, blogs etc. with the world at large. Sign of my age I guess.
I am starting to tire from the vastness of Web 2.0.
I explored Technorati and, as directed in the discovery exercises, conducted different types of searches using the key words:
"School Library Learning 2.0"
Blog Post Search:
On the advanced search page I noticed this statement:
"If you only want to search blog posts, try search.technorati.com."
I followed the instructions and got 2,056 hits. I looked at the first two pages of hits. I noticed some big names in the library world and a fair amount of repetition.
Tags Search:
This search netted just 27 hits - many of them from people who have taken this class.
Blog Directory Search
18 hits. Nearly all the hits were from people blogging their course assignments for School Library Learning 2.0.
I also visited Popular page on Technorati and explored popular blogs, searches and tags. All I can say is, who has time for all of this? I find reading people's blogs a bit tedious and would rather read a good book instead!
I am still learning about tagging. I am starting to use tags on del.cio.us and flickr. Mostly for my own use however. I still don't like to make my work "public." I guess the jury is still our on whether I am going to use tags to share my searches, photos, blogs etc. with the world at large. Sign of my age I guess.
Thing #13 (Week 6)
del.icio.us
I have an a/c with del.icio.us already so I did not spend too much time on this assignment. I did listen to the Santa Cruz Public Library tutorial to see if I could learn something new. I found I was familiar with everything covered in the first tutorial. I also browsed SJLibraryLearning2 del.icio.us site. Lots of interesting library links there.
Interesting that the SCPL posted the tutorial to YouTube. Unfortunately, I found the video blurry and hard to read.
I use Del.icio.us as a place to bookmark web sites. I find it very convenient b/c I can access it from any computer with Internet access. I haven't figured out a school library use for it yet. In my h.s. library, we create pathfinders with print and online resources that are posted to the library Web site. Students can access the pathfinders from school or home. It might be useful to catalog the sites we use on del.icio.us for easy access in the future. Not sure yet.
B4 signing off, I decided to browse another of the recommended Del.icio.us sites. I clicked on "Several Habits of wildly successful Del.icio.us users," only to find the URL is now used by "Slacker Manager."
On to the next lesson.
I have an a/c with del.icio.us already so I did not spend too much time on this assignment. I did listen to the Santa Cruz Public Library tutorial to see if I could learn something new. I found I was familiar with everything covered in the first tutorial. I also browsed SJLibraryLearning2 del.icio.us site. Lots of interesting library links there.
Interesting that the SCPL posted the tutorial to YouTube. Unfortunately, I found the video blurry and hard to read.
I use Del.icio.us as a place to bookmark web sites. I find it very convenient b/c I can access it from any computer with Internet access. I haven't figured out a school library use for it yet. In my h.s. library, we create pathfinders with print and online resources that are posted to the library Web site. Students can access the pathfinders from school or home. It might be useful to catalog the sites we use on del.icio.us for easy access in the future. Not sure yet.
B4 signing off, I decided to browse another of the recommended Del.icio.us sites. I clicked on "Several Habits of wildly successful Del.icio.us users," only to find the URL is now used by "Slacker Manager."
On to the next lesson.
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