Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. The first 75 PLAN Library Member Staff who complete all 23 items on this list will receive a free USB flash drive. Those staff that complete all items by July 27, 2007 will also qualify for the drawings to win one of the following prizes: Nintendo Wii, Creative 2G MP3 Player, and Panasonic Digital Camera.

PLAN will hold a “Play Day” on June 1 at our office for members to come together and share and get questions answered.

Week 1: Introduction ( official start May 1, 2007 )

1. Read this blog & find out about the program.

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

Week 2: Blogging

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

4. Register your blog and begin your Navigating New Technologies journey.

Week 3: Photos & Images

5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.

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

7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.

Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders

8. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.

9. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.

Week 5: Play Week

10. Play around with an online image generator.

11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.

12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.

Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

13. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmarking site)

14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.

15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.

Week 7: Wikis

16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.

17. Add an entry to the PLAN SandBox wiki.

Week 8: Online Applications & Tools

18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

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

Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio

20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.

21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.

22. Take a look at the titles available on NetLibrary and learn how to download audiobooks.

23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.

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