Week 2 : Blogs

Hello, and welcome back to Learning 2.0! This week we will take a look at our first Web 2.0 technology : blogs. As mentioned in week 1, WCPL already has two blogs available for patrons: our teen blog and the Wake Reads Together blog.

If blogs are new to you, this section is meant to get you up-to-speed. I am going to assume that you know nothing about blogs. This may or may not be the case, but it will make my job simpler. So please, if all this stuff is old hat to you, just be patient. Soon you will be old hat, though: reading blogs, commenting, maybe even creating your own blogs!

In fact, you are reading a blog right now! Look at you! And away we go…

#3 Discover what blogs are.

#4 Explore some blogs and post your first comments! Maybe even create your own blog...

Hopefully now you're feeling pretty comfortable with blogs. Did you remember to post a comment for Thing #4 so we'll know you completed this section?

Next week we'll take a look at RSS and newsreaders. Think that sounds like geekspeak? Don't worry, these are cool tools which will help you keep track of all the great blogs you found this week.

Thanks to Kathleen @ ERL for contributing this week's Learning 2.o content and a belated thanks to Druie @ NOR for her contributions to week 1.

Week 1 : Welcome!

You have arrived at Wake County Public Libraries’ Learning 2.0 blog. We’re glad you’re here!

Over the next several weeks we will be exploring the exciting world of Web 2.0 technologies. Web 2.0 is all about information created by its users - users who share it, change it, and use it to connect with others. Each week there will be a few Web 2.0 'Things' for you to discover and explore.

Let's get started! Here are the Things for this week:

1. Read about this program to learn what it is and why we're doing it.
   
   
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.

That's it for week one. Check back next week when we'll dive right in and begin learning about blogs. For a sneak peek, take a look at WCPL's own teen blog and Wake Reads Together blog.

Only one more week until it's here...



While you wait, check out this Web 2.0 Award winner:

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Coming soon!

Find out what Web 2.0 is all about!

Web 2.0 is all about information created by its users, who share it, change it, and use it to connect with others. Beginning January 22 check back here to learn how you can participate in this rapidly growing virtual community both at work and at home.