#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning....

Yippee, I've finished .... or have I ? At the beginning, I didn't think I would see this through to it's conclusion because it was so foreign to me. But, being stubborn by nature and refusing to give up, here I am at the end of Learning 2.0. What an amazing journey. After overcoming some of the difficult hurdles, I actually began to enjoy the experience.
When it came to computers, my knowledge of the things extended to only what I needed to know about, but now I have learnt so much. My favourite discoveries were flickr, image generators (where I could play around with my photos) and youtube, but it was all good fun and a useful experience.
It has probably taught me to always have a go and use technology more in my pursuit of life-long learning.

#22 Audiobooks

Audio books are becoming more and more sought after, not only for the vision impaired, but for longhaul truck drivers and travellers. Being able to download books free is a great advantage, as it enables patrons to take books on holidays and reduces the worry about returning item to the library by the due date.
http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm#3

#21 Podcast

What occurred to me when looking at podcast, was that there is something out there to interest everyone - from travel to vehicles, from movies to music, from sport to hobbies, from animals to nature and so on.
This one is relating to books.
http://www.podcast.net/cat/106
Information on travel in Africa, which I hope to do one day, can be seen on this podcast.
http://www.podcast.net/cat/81

#20 Youtube

There were so many youtube videos to watch that it was difficult to choose one. I haven't finished playing with this so I will be back later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLHTcd2RxoI
I thought this country music one was rather good. I love country music (no, not country and western - there is a difference).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7DitO5prT0&feature=related
I am a Beatles fan from way back so couldn't resist adding this one to my post as well.
Patrons and libraries interacting via youtube ? ......... they can probably do it already.
Who knows what the future will hold with regard to libraries and technology.

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

I only had time to scratch the surface of this one but I will come back to it when I have more time. Thought it was great and many of websites could be a fast way of finding information in a library situation. I liked this maps site.
http://maps.google.com/
Just had another look at the Web 2.0 awards and I thought this website looks like it could be useful for discovering and saving info about my ancestory.
http://ma.gnolia.com/about
An easy way of finding out what's on is the site below, which shows upcoming events in your area and around the country. What fun.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/

#18 Web-based Apps.

I had a look at Zoho Writer, opened an account and had a practice play. I thought this would be a good one for my personal use and for work-based reports and rosters because it could be accessed from any computer. It was also very user-friendly. I do most of my journaling for scrapbooking on computer these days, because I don't like my handwriting and because I like the variety of formats there is on offer.
http://writer.zoho.com/index.do

#17 Playing with PBWiki

I thought this was a great exercise because I could read what like-minded people have to say on subjects which interests me. I added my blog to the "Favourite Blogs" page and also added a post to "Favourites Leisure Time Activity". I have several, as I mentioned in my post, and travel is one of my favourite pastimes. The photo here was taken on a camping trip over Easter 2007. Dargo at dawn under the 80 year old walnut trees.