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igned to encourage staff to explore new technologies and reward them for doing 23 things since the program s launched it has fostered learning 2 0 programs all over the world if you are interested in duplicating or modifying this program for your organization please see program notes on about page and contact helene blowers for information learning 2 0 message welcome to learning 2 0 an online self discovery program that encourages the exploration of web 2 0 tools and new technologies specifically 23 things this program was originally developed and launched for the staff at the public library of charlotte and mecklenburg county in august 2006 with a total of 352 plcmc participants creating blogs and many additional guests joining in since the program s launch the exercises here have helped other library systems develop programs of their own the first being the yarra plenty regional library system in melbourne australia if you re interested in duplicating this program for your own staff please feel free to do so under creative commons and although plcmc staff have already completed this program this site will remain up for your use additionally you might find some of my program notes on the about page helpful to date over 750 libraries and organizations have duplicated the program worldwide in at least 15 documented languages listing of learning 2 0 libraries special thanks to minerva shelved for creating a google map of l2 around the world if you have questions about duplicating this program please feel free to contact me this is a learning program that is freely available to anyone i d be happy to help anyway i can helene blowers helene blowers gmail com 05 15 2007 update for those that wish to continue discovering learning more then just merely 23 things check out learning 2 1 explore discover play friday january 12 2007 posted by heleneb 10 comments plcmc learning 2 0 finale or the winner is wow what a journey the last 3 months have been since we kicked off learning 2 0 on august 3rd for those 362 staff member that joined in the adventure i send you my thanks for demonstrating that plcmc has a truly remarkable staff of lifelong learners and to those of you who followed along from around the world even without the incentives i salute you for taking up this challenge and for offering the inspiration and support to many others also in the quest for new knowledge in total 222 staff members completed the discovery learning quest and the program has been picked up by libraries both nationally and world wide hello yarra plenty regional and missouri river regional library systems technology is changing so fast these days that it s important for libraries and staff members to keep in the know about these new web 2 0 tools since so many of these technologies provide new channels for information to travel across and new opportunities for libraries to reach out and enhance services you don t have to be experts with these new tools and websites but as those of you that have completed learning 2 0 have learned a little bit of knowledge and exposure can go a long way over the course of the last few weeks many staff other libraries have asked me if the 23 things from the learning 2 0 will still be available after the program s completion so that staff can go back and explore these websites and technologies more the answer is yes there are no plans to take these discovery exercises down and in fact so many staff have asked that plcmc continue this type of learning journey that there are plans now underway to modify the learning 2 0 blog into an ongoing information and discovery resource that anyone can benefit from and for those of you that already have an rss feed set up for learning 2 0 in your bloglines account you re already set to go as for the 24th thing in this learning 2 0 program well that s really up to you with so many new discoveries still to be explored i hope you ll continue your discovery journey and plan for the next 224 but if you re looking for suggestions i ll point you back in the direction from which the original inspiration for this program came from a little article by stephen abram called 43 things i or you might want to do this year information outlook feb 2006 it s great place to start to this end i know you re all wondering who the l2 finale laptop winner is and to answer your question in true learning 2 0 fashion here is a youtube video with the answer thank you to everyone who participated or supported this learning endeavor it s true plcmc does indeed have the very best library staff in the country and as learning 2 0 also demonstrated it s full of lifelong learners too helene wednesday november 01 2006 posted by heleneb 5 comments 11 days and counting lori over at learning express offers some great tips and support ideas for those still working through their 23 things i actually coudn t have offered any better advice so go on over and read lori s words of encouragement and be sure to remember her last bulleted item have fun if you are not having fun you are missing the point life is too short to not have fun and with determination and luck you ll be spraying your own graffiti message and celebrating like ruddy rocky pinnacle friday october 20 2006 posted by heleneb 0 comments mp3 player matt shows off his new player originally uploaded by hblowers tuesday october 17 2006 posted by heleneb 1 comments mp3 players wow mp3 players galore arrived today and it was great fun distributing these to the first 117 staff members who completed the learning 2 0 program so what did we end up getting for staff sandisk 1 gb yes 1 gb mp3 players with fm radio voice recorder the it department did a fantastic job finding a closeout deal that allowed us to get a great player with lots of storage and best of all it works with windows media player drm and downloadable audio anyway the first mp3 players went out today and i was pleased to be able to deliver several of them in person with 19 days left in the program there s plenty of room for staff to finish the program and grab one of these beauties for themselves thursday october 12 2006 posted by heleneb 2 comments 23 is this really the end or just the beginning listen to this podcast 1 17 powered by odeo wow congratulations you ve reached the 23rd thing be sure to give yourself a pat on the back for completing the program your reward for completing this journey before the oct 31st deadline is a useful and handy mp3 but before sending this off you i ask for one last discovery post for your last and final exercise for this program please reflect on your learning journey and post a few thoughts here are some questions to prompt you if you re drawing a blank what were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey how has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals were there any take aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you what could we do differently to improve upon this program s format or concept and last but not least if we offered another discovery program like this in the future would you again chose to participate in closing i want to thank each and every one of you for joining me on this journey my greatest hope is that this not the end of our learning journey together as a staff and a system but rather it s just the start of something amazing thank you helene update interested in other learning 2 0 participants final thoughts i ve tagged most in del icio us wednesday september 27 2006 posted by heleneb 8 comments 22 audiobooks or the end is in sight listen to this podcast 1 21 powered by odeo with your new mp3 player right around the corner it s time to take a look around netlibrary and downloadable eaudiobooks downloadable eaudiobooks is a service provided by recorded books which is available through the library s subscription to netlibrary to establish a netlibrary account you must first create your acocunt through the plcmc website but once you have a netlibrary user name and password i know i know you re tired of user names and passwords but i promise this is the last user account for this program that you ll have to create you can access netlibrary directly and bypass the plcmc site for this discovery exercise you merely need to familiarize yourself a bit with the structure of netlibrary s downloadable eaudiobooks site and get an idea of the types of titles you can find here take a look around and locate a few titles of interest that mp3 player is right around the corner and once you have it you ll definitely have a reason to try out this popular library service discovery resources introduction to netlibrary this 12 minute tutorial covers the downloading process for netlibrary audiobooks using windows media player 10 be patient it may take a few minutes to upload this for viewing discovery exercise establish a netlibrary account for yourself by accessing netlibrary through the plcmc site note your not a member of the plcmc staff or don t have a plcmc library card full access to netlibrary may not be available once you have an account created you can access netlibrary directly at http netlibrary com click on the eaudiobooks link and explore some of the 1300 titles create a blog post about your findings did you locate a title that you might want to try out and download once you have your player optional try downloading a title from the netlibrary you don t have to have a portable player to listen to audiobooks you can also listen to it from a computer tutorial created by mary kyle plcmc using free screencasting software wink sunday september 24 2006 posted by heleneb 3 comments 21 podcasts smodcasts listen to this podcast 2 17 powered by odeo the word podcast is used to refer to a non musical audio or video broadcast that is distributed over the internet what differentiates a podcast from regular streaming audio or video is that the delivery method for podcasts is often done automatically through rss in 2005 podcast was named the word of the year by new oxford american dictionary and with the growth of podcasting over the last 24 months it s easy to see why podcasts take many forms from short 1 10 minutes commentaries like the ones used in this learning 2 0 program to much longer in person interviews or panel group discussions there s a podcast out there for just about every interest area and the best part about this technology is that you don t have to have an ipod or a mp3 player to access them since podcasts use the mp3 file format a popular compressed format for audio files you really just need a pc or portal device with headphones or a speaker itunes the free downloadable application created by apple is the directory finding service most associated with podcasts but if you don t have itunes installed there are still plenty of options for this discovery exercise participants are asked to take a look at some popular podcast directory tools do some exploring on your own and locate a podcast that is of interest to you once found you can easily pull the rss feed into your bloglines account as well so that when new casts become available you ll be automatically notified of their existence discovery resources to find out more about podcasts start with yahoo what is a podcast tutorial there are many many podcast directories and finding tools out there here are just three of the more popular ones that unlike itunes don t require a software download podcast net podcastalley com yahoo podcasts what you want to learn how to be a podcaster too optional resources for those who want to learn create podcasts yahoo publish a podcast odeo s studio online recording studio beginner s guide to podcasts creating podcasts how to podcast tutorial discovery exercise take a look at one or two of the podcast directories listed and see if you can find a podcast that interests you see if you can find some interesting library related podcasts here like book review podcasts or library news add the rss feed for a podcast to your bloglines account create a blog post about your discovery process did you find anything useful here optional if you re ambitious why not try out the audioblogger service and add an audio post about your experience to your blog see jamie s audiopost on library 2 0 as an example posted by heleneb 2 comments 20 you too can youtube listen to this podcast 1 58 powered by odeo within the past year online video hosting sites have exploded allowing users to easily to upload and share videos on the web among all the web 2 0 players in this area youtube is currently top dog serving up over 1 million video views a day and allowing users not only to upload their own video content easily but also embed clips into their own sites easily do some searching around youtube yourself and see what the site has to offer you ll find everything from 1970s tv commercials and 60s music videos to library dominos and kids singing about bloopers here of course like any free site you ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching too but that doesn t mean you shouldn t explore and see for yourself what the site has too offer discovery exercise explore youtube find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog create a blog post about your experience what did you like or dislike about the site and why did you choose the video that you did can you see any features or componets of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites optional try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code for the for embeddable player note you ll need to use blogger s edit html tab when pasting this code here s a video created by plcmc s web services that i embedded that shows off imaginon s express check note due to frustrations that many users are having with internet explorer 6 0 2 crashing when trying to open this post i ve had to remove the embedded video pah nbsp nbsp yup another reason to take the leap and discover firefox other popular video hosting sites yahoo videos google videos others top video site list note videos like music downloads are bandwidth hogs it is recommended that you complete this exercise during light internet usage times posted by heleneb 1 comments 19 discovering web 2 0 tools sorry no podcast for this thing you ll have to exercise your eyes instead throughout the course of this learning 2 0 program we ve explored just a small sampling of these new internet technologies and websites that are empowering users with the ability to create and share content but given time there are so many more we could explore current estimates place the number of web 2 0 tools at somewhere between 300 500 with only a handful emerging as market dominators and although time will only tell which of these new collaborative social networking and information tools will remain on top one thing is for sure they re not going to go away at least anytime soon for this discovery 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