Monday, January 21, 2008
It was fun to see some people enjoying watching chickens, being in Seattle and persevering to keep up with their KRL2pt0 as I am. Twitter seems awfully retaled to an IM. This is a quick way to have back and forth conversations (like IM'ing) with several people at once. Question and answers that lead to more questions. I like the quick response. I'm wondering if it is possible to use this type of tool with PDA's when someone is in a meeting and needs some statistics or information on the spot for a presentation they are at. Interesting!
The main thing that jumped out at me is using Facebook (or MySpace) as a portal for library information/access.
Just a note that two of the "Wisdoms" that are working with me throught the KRL2pt0 project, say that Facebook is a MySpace wanna-be. To my teens, MySpace is more popular, so how do we go about finding out which is more used or do you produce something on both to cover more area?
As I am one of those that is very leary about putting information on the web, per warnings and examples with the designated article of how people forget that whatever you put on there is public domain, I do agree that parents and public in general need to know how internet social networking, tags, feeds, etc., work. I believe that classes on how to use these tools, including how to safeguard certain information, would be a VERY POPULAR class for all ages. You have a lot of kids using MySpace. What should the kids and parents know to have this be a safe, yet effective tool for them? How about internet safety tips on KRL's web page? How about an invitation to join a Wiki or blog for a book group? Could we invite people to tag this book or author within our catalogue? I don't know all the answers, but I could get very excited about the classes. I have learned about so many new and exciting tools. Yet, I am still fearful of using some of them because I need to know more about the safeguards and be comfortable with them and learn more about how the networking and controls work before I'm willing to make the jump.
Just a note that two of the "Wisdoms" that are working with me throught the KRL2pt0 project, say that Facebook is a MySpace wanna-be. To my teens, MySpace is more popular, so how do we go about finding out which is more used or do you produce something on both to cover more area?
As I am one of those that is very leary about putting information on the web, per warnings and examples with the designated article of how people forget that whatever you put on there is public domain, I do agree that parents and public in general need to know how internet social networking, tags, feeds, etc., work. I believe that classes on how to use these tools, including how to safeguard certain information, would be a VERY POPULAR class for all ages. You have a lot of kids using MySpace. What should the kids and parents know to have this be a safe, yet effective tool for them? How about internet safety tips on KRL's web page? How about an invitation to join a Wiki or blog for a book group? Could we invite people to tag this book or author within our catalogue? I don't know all the answers, but I could get very excited about the classes. I have learned about so many new and exciting tools. Yet, I am still fearful of using some of them because I need to know more about the safeguards and be comfortable with them and learn more about how the networking and controls work before I'm willing to make the jump.
Wiki 2
Wiki 2 was the easiest one of all. This is more my style of working with creating and editing web pages. I still struggle with the concept of which is the better platform for KRL to use for public and internal communications. There are ones we use that have controls included and then there are things like a Wiki that totally opens the page up for editing. I think this may be useful some youths that enjoy writing 'fan flicks' where there is a joint effort in writing a story about their favorite manga/anime characters. Now, what if students got the idea to do a joint book report? Hmmm, something to think about there.
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