tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51923879386553186652011-04-21T15:13:12.415-07:00SPL 2.0noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192387938655318665.post-37987364114731703552009-02-12T15:07:00.000-08:002009-04-16T19:36:45.108-07:00<strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 1</span>: Introduction</strong><br />1. Read <a href="http://www.spl-1.blogspot.com/">this blog &amp; find out about the program.</a><br />2. Discover a few <a href="http://www.spl-2.blogspot.com/">pointers from lifelong learners</a> &amp; learn how to nurture your own learning process.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 2</span>: Blogging</strong><br />3. <a href="http://www.spl-3.blogspot.com/">Set up your own blog</a> &amp; add your first post.<br />4. <a href="http://spl-4.blogspot.com/">Publicize your blog</a> &amp; let us know you're taking part in the program.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">**UPDATED** Important: If your blog is not automatically showing updates in the list of participating blogs on this page, take the following steps:<br /><br /></span></span></span><ol style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Log in to YOUR blog and click on the "Settings" link.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Click on the link that says "Site Feed".</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">On the option called, "Allow Blog Feeds", choose "Full" from the drop-down menu.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">**NEW**</span> If your blog's address is in the "feed url" text box, REMOVE it.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Click "Save Settings" at the bottom of the page.</span><br /></li></ol><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 3</span>: Photos &amp; Images</strong><br />5. <a href="http://www.spl-5.blogspot.com/">Explore Flickr</a> &amp; learn about this popular image hosting site.<br />6. Have some Flickr fun &amp; discover some <a href="http://www.spl-6.blogspot.com/">Flickr mashups &amp; 3rd party sites</a>.<br />7. Create a <a href="http://www.spl-7.blogspot.com/">blog post about anything technology related</a> that interests you this week.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 4</span>: RSS &amp; Newsreaders</strong><br />8. Learn about <a href="http://spl-8.blogspot.com/">RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account</a>.<br />9. Locate a <a href="http://spl-9.blogspot.com/">few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds</a>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 5</span>: Play</strong><br />10. Play around with an <a href="http://spl-10.blogspot.com/">online image generator</a>.<br />11. Take a look at <a href="http://spl-11.blogspot.com/">LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books</a>.<br />12. <a href="http://spl-12.blogspot.com/">Roll your own search tool</a> with Rollyo.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 6</span>: Tagging, Folksonomies &amp; Technorati</strong><br />13. Learn about <a href="http://spl-13.blogspot.com/2009/03/13-tagging-folksomonies-social.html">tagging and discover a Del.icio.us</a> (a social bookmaking site).<br />14. Explore <a href="http://spl-14.blogspot.com/">Technorati and learn how tags</a> work with blog posts.<br />15. Read a few perspectives on <a href="http://spl-15.blogspot.com/">Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries</a> and blog your thoughts.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 7</span>: Wikis<br /></strong>16. <a href="http://spl-16.blogspot.com/2009/02/week-7-wikis.html">Learn about wikis</a> and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.<br />17. <a href="http://spl-17.blogspot.com/2009/02/week-7-wikis.html">Add an entry</a> to the SPL-Learning Wiki Sandbox.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 8</span>: Online Applications &amp; Tools</strong><br />18. Take a look at some <a href="http://spl-18.blogspot.com/">online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.</a><br />19. Explore <a href="http://spl-19.blogspot.com/">any site from the Web 2.0 awards list</a>, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 9</span>: Podcasts, Video &amp; Downloadable Audio</strong><br />20. Explore <a href="http://spl-20.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and find a video to add to your blog.<br />21. Learn about the wide world of <a href="http://spl-21.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">podcasts</a>.<br />22. Browse SPL's <a href="http://spl-22.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">downloadable audiobook</a> collection and "checkout" one that you like.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Week 10</span>:</strong><br />23. Peruse the new <a href="http://spl23.blogspot.com/">SPL</a> website.<br />24. <a href="http://spl-24.blogspot.com/">Learn a new language</a> with Mango Language Learning.<br />25. <a href="http://spl-25.blogspot.com/">Tweet</a> on Twitter.<br />26. What is <a href="http://spl-26.blogspot.com/">Thingfo</a>?<br />27. <a href="http://spl-27.blogspot.com/">Summarize your thoughts </a>about the "27 Things" program on your blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5192387938655318665-3798736411473170355?l=spl27things.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SPL 2.0noreply@blogger.com1