1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners & learn how to nurture your own learning process.
Week 2: Blogging
3. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
4. Publicize your blog & let us know you're taking part in the program.
**UPDATED** Important: If your blog is not automatically showing updates in the list of participating blogs on this page, take the following steps:
- Log in to YOUR blog and click on the "Settings" link.
- Click on the link that says "Site Feed".
- On the option called, "Allow Blog Feeds", choose "Full" from the drop-down menu.
- **NEW** If your blog's address is in the "feed url" text box, REMOVE it.
- Click "Save Settings" at the bottom of the page.
Week 3: Photos & Images
5. Explore Flickr & learn about this popular image hosting site.
6. Have some Flickr fun & discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.
Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
8. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
9. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Week 5: Play
10. Play around with an online image generator.
11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site).
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Week 7: Wikis
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Add an entry to the SPL-Learning Wiki Sandbox.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio
20. Explore YouTube and find a video to add to your blog.
21. Learn about the wide world of podcasts.
22. Browse SPL's downloadable audiobook collection and "checkout" one that you like.
Week 10:
23. Peruse the new SPL website.
24. Learn a new language with Mango Language Learning.
25. Tweet on Twitter.
26. What is Thingfo?
27. Summarize your thoughts about the "27 Things" program on your blog.
