30th Thing

An important "lesson" learned from Learning 2.0 would be an appreciation for the newer technologies that are available online. The introduction to these technologies has been beneficial in that it opened a door that I might not otherwise have opened. Or at the very least, I would not have opened it with the same eye for detail that will help me use them in the workplace.
We were asked to engage in our own learning discoveries which, along with the incentive, made it an appealing challenge for us. The extra time at the end helped motivate the bloggers to continue until they had finished.
The only thing I would do differently is to clarify the initial instructions to avoid confusion. Emails from different individuals actually made the instructions more confusing.

My Learning 2.0 Experience

If learning is defined as "acquiring a new skill" then I would say that my experience with Learning 2.0 @ the Beach was a success! The list of things I "learned" about include:
blogs, IMs, wikis, MySpace, tagging and folksonomy, del.icio.us, rss feeds, flickr, podcasts, generators and much, much more.
The "things" I'll will probably use the most are blogs, readers, flickr, podcasts and generators.
Learning 2.0 as it relates to the library has given me a much broader view of the current technologies that we have available to us at very little cost. The only "real" costs will be the time and effort it takes to become familiar with them.
I visited several blog sites at Learning 2.0 and noted the great variety of styles and layouts. I was impressed with many of them and would like to express my admiration for their personalized blogs.
I liked the blogs that contained pictures and cartoons the best. Given more time, I would liked to have "perfected" my blog a little more.

Rollyo

Rollyo
Rollyo allows the online user to customize searches by providing a place to put together a personal search engine.
Rollyo searches the latest news articles and blog posts giving you up-to-the-minute news sources. It also has other features that I would probably use if I continue to use Rollyo.
One of the best features is the ability to switch to an entire web search is your search engines aren't turning up the information you need.

LibraryThing

LibraryThing is a very easy way to catalog your personal library and connect with other people who share similiar reading interests.
I created my own library and join two groups or clubs just to get started. When I have more time I'd like to write some reviews and read reviews of books that I might want to read.
LibraryThing is useful as a tool and as a social contact with like-minded readers.

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Generators

Generators are a great way to add interest and variety to your blogs without a lot of bother. It was fun to explore each of the generators provided for us on the Learning 2.0 site. I'd like to go back and play around with the Warholizer I thought it was very interesing.

http://www.shadowfire.de/warholizer
http://www.loonapix.com/images/50893

Library Podcasting

I visited several library websites and tried to access their podcasts. I was blocked many times by Websense and was unable to listen or view any of the information on the site.
I did, however, find some booktalks on one of the sites I visited and was finally able to listen to a book talk on John Lithgow's Mahalia Mouse Goes to College and others.
I was frustrated by my inability to access the podcasts and was really interested in hearing some of them. I noticed some of the library sites also had songs available for the patrons to enjoy. I believe podcasts by a library can be a valuable tool for providing patrons with information and booktalks on new books, etc.

Podcasts

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1032

The above address is for an NPR podcast of their book review selection. NPR book reviews, news and author interviews are found at this site. The NPR Podcast Directory is very well organized and easy to navigate. It covers a wide range of topics and can easily be downloaded on to any number of listening devices.
I have added the podcast of the NPR book reviews to my reader and now have easy access to them. I listened to Richard Russo discuss his latest book 'Bridge of Sighs' and found NPR's interview of Mr. Russo very interesting and informative.

YouTube

The YouTube video site is an new and interesting way to share videos that might not have been shared just a couple years ago. There are so many videos that the user could easily be inundated with possibilities. I decided to view some of the more popular sites just to get an idea of what people are finding noteworthy.
One could spend many hours just watching videos.