The Agenda

Learning 2.0 Things

Part 1: Introduction

1. Read about the program.
   
   Part 2: Blogging
   
2. Set up your own blog & add your first post
   
3. Learn about how the NVDPL staff blog works
   
   Part 3: Photos & Images
   
4. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
5. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
   
   Part 4: RSS & Newsreaders
   
6. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Google Reader or Bloglines account.
   
7. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
   
   Part 5: Play Stations
   
8. Play around with an online image generator.
   
9. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
   
   Part 6: Tagging, Technorati, and Social Networking
   
10. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
    
11. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
12. Learn about social networking.
    
13. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
    
    Part 7: Wikis
    
14. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
    
15. Add an entry to the NVDPL SandBox wiki.
    
    Part 8: NVDPL Applications & Tools
    
16. Review some email best practices
17. Learn about what you can do with shared calendars in Microsoft Outlook
18. Find out what's new with Office 2007
19. Explore some of NVDPL's subscription databases
    
20. Learn about BC's Askaway chat reference service.
    
    Part 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio & ebooks
    
21. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
    
22. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
    
23. Take a look at the titles available on Overdrive and learn how to download audiobooks and e-books.


24. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.