Over the next 11 weeks we will be looking at a range of Web 2.0 technologies, testing them out and seeing how they have been used in libraries and exploring how we could use them here at City. Each week we'll also have a Cool Extra Thing, which you can look at if you're already familiar with that weeks Things, if you're feeling adventurous or if you want to look at concepts in more depthWeek 1 Blogs
Thing 1 Set up blog and register it with 23 Things City
Thing 2 Add post
Thing 3 Add tags
Week 2 IGoogle & Keeping up to date
Thing 4 set up i-google account
Thing 5 add at least 3 widgets
Thing 6 Learn about rss feeds via Upgrade and set up google reader
Thing 7 add feed from the 23 Things blog into your feed reader
Week 3 Pictures
Thing 8 Learn about using copyright free images under creative commons
Thing 9 Flickr
Week 4 Social Networking
Thing 10 set up twitter account
Thing 11 find some library related accounts to follow
Thing 12 Set up linked in account and add some city university contacts
Week 5 Reflection & catch up week
Week 6 Office 2.0
Thing 13 create a prezi
Thing 14 use Doodle to schedule a 23 Things tea chat with another 23 Things participant
Thing 15 use survey monkey to survey 23 things participants
Week 7 Sharing
Thing 16 Explore slideshare to find library content
Thing 17 Wikis
Thing 18 See how libraries are using delicious and diigo
Week 8 Multimedia
Thing 19 You tube and information literacy
Thing 20 Find and listen to some podcasts which interest you
Week 9 Search engines beyond Google
Thing 21 Try out some other search engines
Thing 22 See how search engines compare by running same search across several
Week 10 Reflection/catch up
Week 11 Finish
Thing 23 Summarize your feelings on 23 Things City and register your completion
Cool Thing: Certificates and prizes!
