# 23 Is this really the end?

This is only the beginning!

...to infinity and beyond! (Buzz Lightyear)

Now I know how much more I need to learn and I am excited about the plans for us to continue using web 2.0 technology in the library. I began this program confident that I would finish in time and learn a few new things along the way. I was surprised to find I was not nearly as savvy as I thought in my use of these tools and I had to ask my kids and other staff for help on numerous occasions. Here I am just finishing in time and I found it really hard going in the middle. I was frustrated by my inability to understand the instructions at times even though they looked pretty straightforward and I struggled to find the time to sit and concentrate on the excercises. I admit I was jealous every time I heard someone else had finished the program and I noticed how easily the younger staff moved through the various tools. I enjoyed playing with Library Thing and You Tube the most and will continue to check my bloglines account and use Del.icio.us for my favourites.
I am also looking forward to the library wiki and setting up a branch blog.




Thank you for the opportunity to play with web 2.0.
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Sblog

# 22 eAudio Books

This was very easy to access and I listened to The Tale of the Ancient Marriner and Rumplestiltskin. These were very clear recordings and quick to download. I had already heard that great new innovations were on the way with audiobooks and the growth in this form of reading and listening for the future. We can download books the same way we do music and load it onto our ipods and MP3 players for more portable entertainment.
It is interesting to see that libraries can remain part of the lending and retrieval system for this sort of media in the future with subscription services for library customers to borrow these audio files.
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# 21 Podcast

Podcasts have been around since 2005 but I first learnt of them last year when radio shows started promoting the podcast of their programs for people who missed the live version. In this way there are lots of applications for podcasts for learning and sharing public events. In the public library we could podcast our guest speakers, award ceremonies, training sessions and storytimes for access at any time.
I had a look around podcast.net and found some really daggy podcasts for the Australian storyteller which were stories for kids about poppy and his escapades in the war.
Then I found some lovely meditation music from the Meditation Society of Australia and added the RSS feed to my bloglines account.
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sblog

# 20 You tube

You Tube is great fun.It is no wonder so many people are accessing this site everyday.
It's amazing what you can find here. I watched some old Dr Seuss clips, some beautiful ocean waves with accompanying soundtrack and some cool new music clips.

I am currently listening to Kelly Clarkson - Sober




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# 19 Web 2.0 tools

So many tools to choose from now!
The Lulu.com site was one of the winners and it looks like a great place to go if you want to get creative and write something to publish for fun or profit. It also puts you in touch with other writers in an online writing community.
The world keeps getting smaller every day!
I saw a lot of names I now recognise in 1st place like Technorati, Library Thing, Rollyo and Del.icio.us
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sblog

#18 Zoho Writer

Yet another intriguing tool to play with!

Obviously this new generation word processor continues the totally portable model of communication and interaction we have learnt about during this program.

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sblog

#17 The sandbox

I had not heard about playing in the sandbox before! It is a neat term for the area in a website used for playing! I was happy to add my blog to the favourite blogs page under the ERL banner on the plcmc wiki.

PBwiki is an easy-to-use web page that multiple people can edit. The pbwiki walkthrough did make it look simple to set one up.
The pbwiki tips site looks very useful for making it easy to read and edit.
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