Librarians Learn Web 2.0Day 3

REVIEW

Socializing

Networking

Communicating

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Career Building

Professional Development

RSS

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Wikis

BLOGS (CREATING THEM)

WordpressHosted & Self-Hosted

◦Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org◦Com = ads, Org = know-how

Industry standardEasywww.wordpress.com – create a

blog today!◦Or a wiki at Wetpaint or PB Wiki

WIDGETS & BADGES

WidgetsSmall snippets of text that call to

another website for content◦Dynamic◦Javascript

FacebookFriendFeed FlickrYouTubeEtc.

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/badges

/◦(or widgets…)

Choose a badge◦Edit if necessary (space, information,

etc.)Copy the textPaste into your site (blog, wiki,

whatever)Profit!

FriendFeedClick Tools & Widgets at the

bottom of the page◦http://friendfeed.com/about/tools◦Choices!!◦Embeddable widgets

Badge/WidgetCustomizeGrab HTMLProfit!!

Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/badge.gneHTML or Flash

◦HTML = works anywhere, doesn’t move

◦Flash = moves, is dynamic, may not work on some pages

Limit by tag, set or collectionSlideshow?

◦Find the slideshow you want (by tag, the whole thing…)

Flickr SlideshowOpen itClick “share” (at top right)Copy “embed” code (or

customize)Paste into websiteProfit!

YouTubeSingle Videos vs. PlaylistsSingle Video

◦Go to video◦Copy embed code◦Paste into your site◦Profit!!

Playlist◦Create a playlist of videos◦Get the link code to that playlist◦No embedding?

DeliciousRSS Widgets

◦RSS to JS - http://feed2js.org/◦Widgetbox -

http://www.widgetbox.com/Find the RSS feedEnter it into Feed2js or

WidgetboxGrab the codePaste it into your siteProfit!

INSTALLATION OF WIDGETS AND BADGES

Things to keep in mindComplex = slowFlash and/or Javascript =

complexHTML = simple (and boring)Wordpress doesn’t like Javascript,

is ok with Flash & HTMLWikis tend to take anythingPlain HTML pages will take

anythingDo it!

SHARING WHAT YOU KNOW

Creating a blogStream of information

◦Chronological◦Nice way to keep notes for yourself,

while also helping others (yarn harlot)

◦Labor intensive?Personal or Professional?Comments?Putting it all together

WikisSingle burst of informationUpdateable, but not as expected

as a blogEmbed just about anythingCollaborative

◦Group wikis can be fun◦Getting everyone to contribute – not

so funEasy to forget…

WidgetsWidgetbox

◦Create a widget from your blog◦Publicize the code◦Get community partners to put that

code on their site Auto-updating content Easy way to get info

◦Profit!