The original 23 Things programme, entitled Learning 2.0, was designed by Helene Blowers in 2006. The aim was to introduce library staff at The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, to emerging technologies through the completion of 23 things, or tasks.
Participants were encouraged to record their progress by blogging about their experience each week and each week was focussed on a different set of tools and tasks.
Content was delivered through the Learning 2.0 blog, allowing the programme timing to be self-directed by participants.
The programmed has been licenced under Creative Commons and has been modified into an estimated 487 individual programmes, replicated in 15 different languages world-wide.
Thanks for setting this up, Deb. It will be really interesting to explore more of these Web 2.0 technologies, and helpful to have a path to follow en route!
Summary 23 Things @ BPC Week 1 Introduction and blogging
1 Set up your Google ID and Blog accounts.
2 Create your first blog post - write about what you hope to get out of the programme.
3 Consider your personal brand. Post how you will achieve this.
4 Explore and comment on your colleagues' blogs.
Week 2 Current awareness
5 RSS feeds.
6 Sign up Twitter.
Week 3 Social bookmarking and tagging
7 Explore different bookmarking sites: Delicious, CitUlike; Connotea; PearlTrees. Join one and connect with other users; blog about your experiences.
8 Explore social cataloguing sites such as LibraryThing, or WorldCat. Begin your own bookshelf, share details with colleagues and comment on their collections.
Week 4 Professional Networks
9 Explore online networks: LinkedIn, Library 2.0, LISNPN, CILIP communities. What advantages (or disadvantages) could the LRC get from creating their own network through Ning. Discuss on your blog.
10 Sign up to national/regional and special interest groups. Share what attracted you to these groups on your blog.
Week 5 Reflective practice
11 Blog about your discoveries so far.
Week 6 Podcasting and videos
12 Find and listen to some podcasts and search some of the “Common Craft” videos on YouTube. Discuss some of these on your blog.
Week 7 File sharing and collaboration
13 Explore Google Docs and Drop Box. Create and upload a document in one of these and share it with some of your 23 Things colleagues.
14 Explore and blog about Zotero; a citation management system with the advantage of being able to save resources in multiple formats (journal articles, PDFs, PowerPoint, images, webpages and podcasts).
15 Wikis are collaborative working areas where groups can organise and edit information (think Wikipedia) and co-ordinate activiites. Explore existing wikis such as LISWiki (www.liswiki.org) and read Noodle's article on using wikis as an intranet (http://www.vialect.com/ways-to-use-wikis-in-your-intranet). Post the advantages and disadvantages of using wikis as a library intranet.
Week 8 Search Engines
16 Find an archived document on the “Wayback Machine”. Post about this and other ways of finding lost websites.
17 LISZEN is a customised search engine of hundreds of library blogs. List the top three sites returned from your topic of choice.
18 Create your own custom engine using GoogleCSE. Discuss how this could be integrated into Moodle.
Week 9 Presentations
19 Explore Slideshare and post a favourite topic on your blog.
20 Create a small Prezzi presentation and share it with your colleagues.
21 Explore Jing, Snaggit and Camtasia. Use one of these to record a small screencast. Upload and share with colleagues.
Week 10 Widgets
22 Investigate some of the widgets available on your blogsite. Use these to integrate some of your new resources into your blog.
Week 11 Final Reflection
23 Summarise your thoughts on the programme and where you would like to go from here.
The original 23 Things programme, entitled Learning 2.0, was designed by Helene Blowers in 2006. The aim was to introduce library staff at The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, to emerging technologies through the completion of 23 things, or tasks.
ReplyDeleteParticipants were encouraged to record their progress by blogging about their experience each week and each week was focussed on a different set of tools and tasks.
Content was delivered through the Learning 2.0 blog, allowing the programme timing to be self-directed by participants.
The programmed has been licenced under Creative Commons and has been modified into an estimated 487 individual programmes, replicated in 15 different languages world-wide.
Thanks for setting this up, Deb. It will be really interesting to explore more of these Web 2.0 technologies, and helpful to have a path to follow en route!
DeleteOriginal one http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.co.uk
DeleteSee also http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk
DeleteSome interesting tasks :)
ReplyDeleteSummary 23 Things @ BPC
ReplyDeleteWeek 1 Introduction and blogging
1 Set up your Google ID and Blog accounts.
2 Create your first blog post - write about what you hope to get out of the programme.
3 Consider your personal brand. Post how you will achieve this.
4 Explore and comment on your colleagues' blogs.
Week 2 Current awareness
5 RSS feeds.
6 Sign up Twitter.
Week 3 Social bookmarking and tagging
7 Explore different bookmarking sites: Delicious, CitUlike; Connotea; PearlTrees. Join one and connect with other users; blog about your experiences.
8 Explore social cataloguing sites such as LibraryThing, or WorldCat. Begin your own bookshelf, share details with colleagues and comment on their collections.
Week 4 Professional Networks
9 Explore online networks: LinkedIn, Library 2.0, LISNPN, CILIP communities. What advantages (or disadvantages) could the LRC get from creating their own network through Ning. Discuss on your blog.
10 Sign up to national/regional and special interest groups. Share what attracted you to these groups on your blog.
Week 5 Reflective practice
11 Blog about your discoveries so far.
Week 6 Podcasting and videos
12 Find and listen to some podcasts and search some of the “Common Craft” videos on YouTube. Discuss some of these on your blog.
Week 7 File sharing and collaboration
13 Explore Google Docs and Drop Box. Create and upload a document in one of these and share it with some of your 23 Things colleagues.
14 Explore and blog about Zotero; a citation management system with the advantage of being able to save resources in multiple formats (journal articles, PDFs, PowerPoint, images, webpages and podcasts).
15 Wikis are collaborative working areas where groups can organise and edit information (think Wikipedia) and co-ordinate activiites. Explore existing wikis such as LISWiki (www.liswiki.org) and read Noodle's article on using wikis as an intranet (http://www.vialect.com/ways-to-use-wikis-in-your-intranet). Post the advantages and disadvantages of using wikis as a library intranet.
Week 8 Search Engines
16 Find an archived document on the “Wayback Machine”. Post about this and other ways of finding lost websites.
17 LISZEN is a customised search engine of hundreds of library blogs. List the top three sites returned from your topic of choice.
18 Create your own custom engine using GoogleCSE. Discuss how this could be integrated into Moodle.
Week 9 Presentations
19 Explore Slideshare and post a favourite topic on your blog.
20 Create a small Prezzi presentation and share it with your colleagues.
21 Explore Jing, Snaggit and Camtasia. Use one of these to record a small screencast. Upload and share with colleagues.
Week 10 Widgets
22 Investigate some of the widgets available on your blogsite. Use these to integrate some of your new resources into your blog.
Week 11 Final Reflection
23 Summarise your thoughts on the programme and where you would like to go from here.