21 essential things for 21st Century Learning

&Search vs. Discovery

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Introduction:

Read this blog & find out about the program.

Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.

21 things includes:

Being a Life long learner; Blogging; Photos & Images; RSS & Newsletters; Search or discovery or roll your own; tagging, folksonomies & Technorati; Wikis; Online Applications & Tools; Podcasts, Video & downloadable audio, and the 21st Century Learning Commons

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Lifelong Learning & L2

These habits, have been called the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners, they will provide you with a refresher on what it means to be a lifelong learner.

Discovery Exercise 1:Make sure you have headphones or speakers attached to your computer.

Open up the this page and view the online tutorial.

As you watch and listen, write down which habit among the 7 & 1/2 that is easiest for you and which is hardest. You will use your personal blog (which you will set up next) to post your thoughts about lifelong learning.

This tutorial has become one of the most popular features of the 23 Things program, Lori Reed (the tutorial's creator) has provided these additional links as follow-up:

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Blogging

Discovery Exercise 2:Have a look at http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk/ - this is the current version of the original PLCMC’s programme – have a look at the updates in tools and technologies since 2006

Now..Set up your own blog & add your first post.

Some Sample Blogs:Learning Styles - http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=647http://blog.prosperity.ie/tag/iadt/The library Blog – (waiting to be embraced..): http://iadtlibrary.blogspot.ie/

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Photos & Images

Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.

Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.

Discovery Exercise 3:Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.

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RSS & Newsreaders

Discovery Exercise 4:Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Blog lines newsreader account.

Discovery Exercise 5:Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.

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Search vs. Discovery

Discovery Exercise 6:Play around with an online image generator.

Discovery Exercise 7:Take a look at LibraryThing and catalogue some of your favourite books.

Discovery Exercise 8:Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.

Now see what’s happening in IADT – http://library.iadt.ie - or - http://iadt.worldcat.org/

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Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

Discovery Exercise 9:Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)

Discovery Exercise 10:Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.

Discovery Exercise 11:Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.

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Discovery Exercise 12:Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.

Discovery Exercise 13:Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.

MobiMOOC - http://mobimooc.wikispaces.com/a+MobiMOOC+hello%21

Wikis at IADT - http://teach-iadt.wikispaces.com/

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Online Applications & Tools

Discovery Exercise 14:Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spread sheet) tools.

Discovery Exercise 15:Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.

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Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio

Discovery Exercise 16:Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.

Discovery Exercise 17:Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.

Discovery Exercise 18:Take a look at the titles available on NetLibrary and learn how to download audiobooks.

Discovery Exercise 19:Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.

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http://twitter.com/LILRCiadt

Socially connected - the IADT learner in the library

http://www.facebook.com/#!/lilrc.eservices

Discovery Exercise 20:Follow the LILRC on Twitter ..

Discovery Exercise 21:Join LILRC on FB

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http://twitter.com/cpd23

http://www.facebook.com/cpd23

CPD23… ‘43Things’ .... the learning continues

http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.43things.com/person/hblowers

Some learning initiatives to explore:

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills. • http://www.p21.org/• http://learningcommons.infohio.org/• http://profology.com/• http://internettimealliance.com/wp/

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/23-Things-Professional-Development-3931756?mostPopular=&gid=3931756

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http://wwwsimplyzesty.com

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and then there is…..

IE 10 http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Google http://www.google.com/intl/en/about//

Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/privatepage/2#Social_network

Bottlenose http://bottlenose.com/

Learnist http://learni.st/

Profology http://profology.com

Skills4Study http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/studyskills/index.asp

Let your Discovery journey begin …….

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