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Learning 2.0: It’s all about PLAY!. Matt Gullett Emerging Technology Manager The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County mgullett@gmail.com Matt’s Notes: http://mgullett.blogspot.com.
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Learning 2.0: It’s all about PLAY! Matt Gullett Emerging Technology Manager The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County mgullett@gmail.com Matt’s Notes: http://mgullett.blogspot.com
EnlighteningEducatingExpanding Everyone EmpathicEmerging Elementary Entertaining Enriching Enjoyable EssentialExcitingEmpowering Electronic Engaging Equality Embedded Embracing Enabling EnergeticEnchantingEncouraging … Endangered?
The spring of 2006 will go down as a curious moment in (time when) the mainstream-media steamroller caught up with a bona fide cultural phenomenon, then flattened it into a cliché before the average person knew what all the fuss was about. That's ironic, because the fuss was about the average person--that is, his or her participationin what's known as "social media," "social networking," "user-generated content," the "live Web." Web 2.0 Wake up The Network Unbound, Fast Company June 2006
Shared Pictures = Shared Knowledge = Shared Everything = “Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the WWW that lets people collaborate and share information online.” - Wikipedia.com Shared Videos = Shared News = Shared Bookmarks =
Web 2.0 Watermill “The central idea of (Web 2.0 technologies) is harnessing collective intelligence.” - Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media
Web 2.0 Applications Organizational Effectiveness & Employee Engagement Marketing & Customer Engagement Web 2.0 is about creating dialogue.
Blog: • Short for “web log” • an easy to use publishing tool that lists content in reverse date order • a great way to engage staff & library users in conversation • all of the above
Blogs: External http://www.darienlibrary.org/connections/books//
Blogs: Internal PLCMC internal Circ communication blog
Blogs in Libraries http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/
Wiki: • a Hawaiian word meaning “quick” • a collaborative web space that anyone* can edit • a useful tool for sharing library knowledge or engaging users • all of the above
Wiki: External http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/
Wiki: External http://booklovers.pbwiki.com
Wiki: Internal System wide strategic priorities
Wikis in Libraries http://www.libsuccess.org
Podcast: • 2005 word of the year • an audio file that is available through RSS • an effective way to engage youth and market library services • all of the above
Podcast: External http://www.homerlibrary.org/audioreviews.asp
Podcast: External http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/bookcast/
Podcast: Internal http://learningatlcpl.blogspot.com
Podcasting Libraries http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting
RSS: • short for Really Simple Syndication • an effective tool in keeping up news & trends • a great way to find out what people are saying about your library • all of the above
PLAY 4 FREE Bloglines.com
MySpace (Social Networking): • The most popular web site for the under 20 crowd. • The 2nd most popular visited site on the WWW • A great way to connect with teens • all of the above
Social Network: External www.myspace.com/libraryloft
Social Network: External www.myspace.com/libraryloft
Social Network: External www.myspace.com/libraryloft
Social Network: Internal ? http://alamembers.ning.com/
EnlighteningEducatingExpanding Everyone EmpathicEmerging Elementary Entertaining Enriching Enjoyable EssentialExcitingEngagingEquality Embedded EmpoweringEmbracing Enabling EnergeticEnchantingEncouraging …
Engage! Empower ! Harness the Power
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Player [pley-er]noun • a person or thing that plays. • one actively involved especially in a competitive field or process.
Become a “Knowledge Player”: • 15 minutes a day