As we come to the end of the semester I would like to in an un-organized quasi-list fashion go through what I have learned about emerging computer web technologies and I do think that this class was a real help to me. I now feel MUCH more comfortable in this ever changing environment and more than that, I am interested to continue to improve my knowledge in these areas and stay up with new advancements. Its kind of like now that I am aware all this is going on, I have to keep up. So lets see what I can list that have learned about or used this semester that I either had not attempted before or did not realize the value and possible library related applications of:
Of course Wikis, Blogging, Technocrati, Del.icio.us, widgets, flash, rss aggregators, Process maps, page organization, bubbleshare, tutorials, pod casting, photo share, music share, webcasts, page design, usability testing, PMBOK, API (still a little confused here), and how could I leave out bligits.
When I signed up for this class I did not know what to expect, but I was frustrated that there was all this buzz about web 2.0 applications and the term was just as elusive as it was frustrating. Now I still feel it is a bit elusive, but that does not frustrate me any more and I readily accept the fact that new technology will always be emerging and there will always be something new and exciting to learn. I think this will make me a better librarian and I can tell it already has.
Thanks to my classmates for all the neat things you shared in class and thanks to Dr. Ball for taking the plunge with all this technology and helping us all along.
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It is amazing to think about how many new technologies all of us have learned, mainly by sharing with one another throughout the semester. Glad you liked it. Keep up the good work and I think you owe me one more posting. :-)
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