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Thing 22: Staying Current

I definitely found myself writing more as I worked through the things. I’m sure there are some things, I will not be using. I don’t know how much I will be adding to this blog but I hope to add to my new house blog soon.

While I probably won’t be as immersed in the web 2.0 things as I am right now, I will be using some of the tools. I am more comfortable in the interactive web 2.0 world but I still don’t think I will put a lot of details about my life on the internet for anyone to see. I am not interested in doing any of the second life stuff because I have enough trouble living my first life.

I will likely use some of the things more for entertainment at home (you tube and podcasts) than at work. But there are podcasts and videos about book talks, library programming, etc that will be useful at work.

Thing 21: Student 2.0 Tools

Both project calculators would be helpful tools for a student beginning a research project. I explored the Assignment calculator in more depth since I didn’t have to give my e-mail address. I like that it goes into a lot of detail about what reading the assignment means. It gives ideas for how to look at the assignment and warns of trying to pad the paper with large margins and big font, etc. I think these tools may help some students who are overwhelmed by the whole research process but it wouldn’t do much to encourage procrastinators to start work earlier.

The teacher guide to the Research Project Calculator seems to have a lot of great information. I like the handouts and activities to help students learn to summarize sources and how to evaluate websites. I didn’t really see a lot of handouts that would be useful to have on hand at a public library. But, I will try to remember this site to suggest to students needing to know how to begin taking notes, etc.