Note: Details about each task or Thing will be activated every week, along with posts related to each item. The twelve week schedule with Thing blog posts begins October 29, 2007 and ends on January 13, 2008. You have 4 additional weeks to complete the Things and record your progress. To qualify for an MP3 player, you must complete and record your progress on or before February 29, 2008.
30 Things Weekly Schedule
Week 1 - Introduction
1. Read this blog post and find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
3. Register to participate in Learning 2.0
Week 2 - Say Hello to 2.0
4. Read this blog post and find out about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0.
5. Discuss Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 with your supervisor, a co-worker or a friend.
Week 3 - Here be bloggers
6. Find about about blogging.
7. Create your own blog and add your first post.
8. Register your blog with Learning 2.0 at the Beach
Week 4 - Read all about it: RSS & Newsreaders
9. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
10. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
Week 5 - Instant Messaging
11. Read and find out about how libraries are using IM to serve customers.
12. Discover how VBPL is using IM .
Week 6 - Collaborate with Wikis
13. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
14. Add an entry into the Virginia Beach Public Library's Reader's Advisory wiki.
Week 7 - Let's get together
15. Get the 411 on Social networking.
16. Create your own MySpace profile; then, blog about it.
Week 8 - Tagging, Folksonomy and Technorati
17. Learn about tagging and Folksonomy; then, discover Del.icio.us.
18. Explore Tecnorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
Week 9 - Photos and Images
20. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
21. Learn how tags are essential in this site.
22. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
Week 10 - Podcasts and Video
23. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
24. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
25. Summarize your thoughts about podcasts and video on your blog. Add a link to a YouTube video, too. It's fun.
Week 11 - Play Week
26. Play around with an online image generator.
27. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
28. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Week 12 -
29. Blog about your Learning 2.0 experience.
30. Summarize your thoughts about this program and post on your blog.
Questions concerning this program should be directed to Cindy Hart , Virtual Librarian or Nancy Pavona, Administrative Services Manager.
