17.5.07

A Daily lesson?

If you are are up for a challenge and would like to learn something NEW every day? keep an eye on this fascinating Blog by a Reference Librarian located in Guam!

Titled: The Internet can change your life : 'a series of daily assignments designed to teach the newby all all the wonderful things the Internet has to offer'

It's not too late to catch up, currently on Assignment #77.

New technologies are uncovered in a fun way, every post ends with the word PLAY!! which is the core theme of the original 'Learning 2.0' program' by the brilliant Helene Blowers.



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15.5.07

More FREE Online Tools

TWO of our Library Worker 2.0 Modules, Finding Information and Creating Content now have their own Blogs. All the information you need to help with your Projects is now online. No more lost notes or remembering where you put them!!

Using 2.0 technologies to store information online is a great way to get organised. Google Gmail users can now take advantage of Zoho Planner
Schedule tasks, store files, set up a 'to do' list, keep track of your activities.
Why not Check out other Zoho Products, including Zoho Writer, Zoho Wiki Set up a Zoho Widget! ....or Zoho plugin for Microsoft Office!

Writeboard
is another simple way to take your own notes or use collaboratively. You can use it to prepare a business letter or share your latest a poem! It archives your work so you can always go back to an earlier version.

The web is full of Online storage repositories including the photo manipulating and sharing sites:
Flickr
Photobucket
Dumpr
Picasa

Web Based Office Suites can be found at:
Google Docs
ThinkFree (Beta at the moment)
Eyeos (Open source software)

Create your own Widgets at Yourminis

Let us know via the comment box in this Blog what you think of these great new technologies!