Week #7 Wikis

Yep, wikis do look like a lot of fun. But yet again, time to delve into this stuff is very short. If one had a few hours for creative play or mucking around instead of a few minutes, one would be a lot more creative! With time to dream a bit I'm sure I could come up with some brilliant ways to use wikis in libraries. But with no time, I've still had a couple of modest ideas - a reading wiki along the lines of Princeton Public library's Book Lovers Wiki, and an online circ desk manual. That is, a manual of phone numbers, procedures, info specific to a particular building, that anyone could add to on the fly. Time for my desk shift now!

Delicious

Indeed looks quite delicious, from what I've seen after having a very quick look. Mobile bookmarks that you can access anywhere - great. Sharing bookmarks - even better. Not being able to install buttons at work - not so good. Will need to talk to IS.

week #6

I think I've actually lost track of which week we're up to now. I've had a quick look at bloglines and at rollyo. I like the idea of feeds in theory, but in practice I would just never do it - not yet, anyway. I've got way too much to keep up with as it is. Rollyo looked good too, I can see potential - especially to gather sites for kids to use for research. However I've found it a bit tricky to put together here at work. I'm using the version of IE which doesn't have tabs, so navigating between sites is a bit labourious. (The learning 2.0 podcasts won't speak to me either, which is a bit frustrating). I could do it all at home but as usual, time is the limiting factor. On to look at delicious (can't remember where to put the dots.)

What? Where? Who is it?

I've had a week off for the school holidays, and have since been flat out at work. What's learning through play again? What time is it? What week are we up to? I know it's only supposed to take 15 minutes a day but I need that to eat.

Maybe I'll catch up next week?