It might be good to randomly pair people together (or 2 or 3 together depending upon the size of the group of participants) so that there is required interaction.
With few participants actually progressing in working in the 23 things, there are very few comments available to read plus no real incentive to read others UNLESS forced to do so.
So, grouping people together and requiring commenting on your partner's blog entries would increase the social networking aspect of this.
Everett Rogers in his classic book "Diffusion of Innovations" (1962) mentions several factors that are needed for most people to accept a new idea, product or service.
Why did very few (to date) of our library folks participate fully in the 23 things?
They probably did NOT see any "relative advantage" to learning these things. This is one of Roger's keys for acceptance of an innovation.
People have been doing their jobs just fine (they think) and did not see that learning any of this could offer an advantage. So, it may be important to make sure folks see and feel a relative advantage to accepting these new technologies and services.
I am glad I participated and have used some of the online image generators in teaching sessions.
Thank you for teaching us.
Tomi E.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Teach someone else to fish
I chose Spell with Flickr as the technology.
I taught someone via social network software.
It is pretty straightforward how to use it so not much was needed except the url.
She did not know intuitively what to do with the images or how to save them.
I suggested to print them out (one by one) after saving them (I taught her) to use as signs: rummage sales, bake sales, signs in her business, etc.
She did not like my choice of images for her name as my example but liked hers as she changed them several times.
cool tool for graphic presentations.
tomi e.
I taught someone via social network software.
It is pretty straightforward how to use it so not much was needed except the url.
She did not know intuitively what to do with the images or how to save them.
I suggested to print them out (one by one) after saving them (I taught her) to use as signs: rummage sales, bake sales, signs in her business, etc.
She did not like my choice of images for her name as my example but liked hers as she changed them several times.
cool tool for graphic presentations.
tomi e.
anti-social networking?
It's funny,
myspace and facebook now seem old to me.
I guess I am not into vanity publishing of pictures and sharing my thoughts (good, bad and ugly) with whomever might visit.
social networking can be a way to be noticed. would-be actors, models and those looking for lovers or mates seem to want to post pictures, tag lines and diary entries about themselves.
as libraries, maybe some honest-to-goodness users who are not looking for love in all the wrong places will visit our social sites and actually learn of our "measurements" in terms of what services and products we offer.
this is good.
so, libraries do need to use these for marketing purposes and to obtain feedback, look cool but high class (not 8th grade,) and socially integrate with our users and potential ones.
tomi e.
myspace and facebook now seem old to me.
I guess I am not into vanity publishing of pictures and sharing my thoughts (good, bad and ugly) with whomever might visit.
social networking can be a way to be noticed. would-be actors, models and those looking for lovers or mates seem to want to post pictures, tag lines and diary entries about themselves.
as libraries, maybe some honest-to-goodness users who are not looking for love in all the wrong places will visit our social sites and actually learn of our "measurements" in terms of what services and products we offer.
this is good.
so, libraries do need to use these for marketing purposes and to obtain feedback, look cool but high class (not 8th grade,) and socially integrate with our users and potential ones.
tomi e.
Number 20!!!!!!
i like notesharing with notemesh but not for library.
backpackit was easy to follow and use but not free.
web 2.0 technology is being used to collaborate but people are charging for it.
mindmapping was a little weird. i have used a different mindmapping tool before web 2.0 days that worked better.
google docs is really the only one of these #20 tools that i link the library can use for sharing info in a common place (other than our existing wiki).
but these tools are nice to have out there if we need them.
tomi e.
backpackit was easy to follow and use but not free.
web 2.0 technology is being used to collaborate but people are charging for it.
mindmapping was a little weird. i have used a different mindmapping tool before web 2.0 days that worked better.
google docs is really the only one of these #20 tools that i link the library can use for sharing info in a common place (other than our existing wiki).
but these tools are nice to have out there if we need them.
tomi e.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wikimania
Some wikis look like websites.
They look too much like websites.
I think the frontpage should be off the wall (within reason) so that it is not the same old thing.
Wikis seem to be overused or underused.
Let's keep it positive and use it/them.
By the way, I made a wiki on the FC Library wiki called Praise Corner.
tomi e.
They look too much like websites.
I think the frontpage should be off the wall (within reason) so that it is not the same old thing.
Wikis seem to be overused or underused.
Let's keep it positive and use it/them.
By the way, I made a wiki on the FC Library wiki called Praise Corner.
tomi e.
podcasting in vain
It is amazing the amount of content that is available via odeo and yahoo.
When do people sleep? I do not get enough sleep and I am not creating or listening/watching podcasts!
Podcasts are the new radio. People like to see themselves on YouTube and GoogleVideos and probably more than that, they like to hear themselves talk and dream of others actually listening to what they have recorded.
Dream on and keep on podcasting.
tomi e.
When do people sleep? I do not get enough sleep and I am not creating or listening/watching podcasts!
Podcasts are the new radio. People like to see themselves on YouTube and GoogleVideos and probably more than that, they like to hear themselves talk and dream of others actually listening to what they have recorded.
Dream on and keep on podcasting.
tomi e.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Broadcast yourself
For academic purposes, YouTube and GoogleVideo can sometimes have some good (although not broadcast quality usually) videos.
I find that googlevideo has less content and often repeats what is already in youtube.
Didn't google buy youtube?
Some of the content can be rather creative but the lack of high quality cameras and the loss of clarity when amateurs digitize their videos makes it just what it is at this point: vain attempts to immortalize oneself through the internet.
tomi e.
I find that googlevideo has less content and often repeats what is already in youtube.
Didn't google buy youtube?
Some of the content can be rather creative but the lack of high quality cameras and the loss of clarity when amateurs digitize their videos makes it just what it is at this point: vain attempts to immortalize oneself through the internet.
tomi e.
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