Thing #16

From my point of view, it seems that trying to keep up with Web 2.0 is like trying to keep abreast if not ahead of our students. It's good business to upgrade and make our library more like the virtual realities so many of our students seem to exist in now. By adopting and adapting features they find attractive and entertaining, we can create useful features for them and keep the library a resource that they will use.

Week 6, #14

Technorati is very interesting. I can imagine it would be extremely valuable to reach people with interests similar to yours.
The aspect of tags that worries me is that you can add tag words which have nothing to do with your site which may attract more hits but would frustrate people. For instance, this blog is primarily a teaching tool so I can explore and experiment with many new applications. If I added the names of these applications to my tags, others seeking specific information would waste time visiting my site and wading through the posts.

Week 6, #13

The most important aspect of this feature, is that I can save all my favorites and not worry about losing them when a computer is upgraded. It would also be wonderful to be able to add links from home as well as work. This will be a fun thing to set up when I get back to work.

Thing #12

This would be a very powerful tool to put on our library's website. I can see creating searchrolls for different projects. This would help students who have difficulty searching because of language difficulties or if they are easily distracted when trying to search with Google.

Thing #11

I can see how the Internet can become addicting. I went to the awards site and scrolled through the award winners. I opened Digg then clicked on the item featuring Times 25 best sites then....
It brought to mind a television commercial showing a guy sitting in front of the computer celebrating the fact that he finished the Internet. There's so much that's interconnected you could spend all day clicking on links and never visit the same site twice!
I visited the Ning site and I could definitely see setting up a teen book club on it.

Thing #10

It's truly amazing what people can design! It makes me wonder if my son will ever be able to write a program and profit from it.

Thing #8 & #9

RSS is a fun feature to play with. I made one with Google Reader and put it in a prominent spot on my personal Google page which I have had for several months. I put some fun sites like Onion and book reviews from the NYT. I also added Readers' Club Latest and Unshelved.
I can see how it would be fun to set an RSS up for various projects such as natural disasters and provide links to news services and science publications for the latest information.