Web 2.0 Kid Style

Web 2.0 Kid StyleWeb 2.0 Kid Style

Social Software and Public LibrariesSocial Software and Public Libraries

Andrea Mercado, Reading Public LibraryAndrea Mercado, Reading Public Library

MVLC Children & Teen Committees 5/22/2007MVLC Children & Teen Committees 5/22/2007

Andrea Mercado - [email protected]

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Social, Audio-Visual, InteractiveSocial, Audio-Visual, Interactive

Today’s sites are about offering connectivity Less about building, more about enhancing Caveat: application with purpose is *key*

Have a plan Consider what already exists

For Chelmsford: http://www.volunteersolutions.org/mass-service/volunteer/

http://www.volunteersolutions.org/mass-service/volunteer/




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Hot Options for Going Web 2.0Hot Options for Going Web 2.0

Web 2.0 ~ Human filtering = Tagging (folksonomy) Syndication (RSS, Push Technology) Social networking

Blog software as content management systems (CMS)

Social networking sites Podcasting, vidcasting, screencasting Wikis Social bookmarking Gaming


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Blogs are Still “In” for LibrariesBlogs are Still “In” for Libraries

Easier than XHTML/CSS for the non-techie External blogs a viable option

Blogger - http://www.blogger.com Blog software as CMS

WordPress - http://www.wordpress.com Plugins extend social networking and more Software install requires coordination with IT

http://www.blogger.com/

http://www.wordpress.com/


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Blog as CMS: WordPressBlog as CMS: WordPress


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Social NetworkingSocial Networking

Connecting people to people to people Blows the Yahoo! Group paradigm away Flexible customizations for privacy & filters Different “flavors” to choose from:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com WebKinz: http://www.webkinz.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

http://www.myspace.com/

http://www.facebook.com/



http://www.webkinz.com/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites






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RPL on MySpaceRPL on MySpacehttp://www.myspace.com/cosmiclibrarian

http://www.myspace.com/cosmiclibrarian





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Sharing the VisualsSharing the Visuals

YouTube - http://www.YouTube.com: video hosting (FREE) No age limit Flagged items ask for age confirmation Users can hide age in profile Community Guidelines keep “inappropriate” content

away from general public: http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines

Use tag searches to zero in on content: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=chinchillas

http://www.youtube.com/



http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines



http://youtube.com/results?search_query=chinchillas




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Sharing Video: YouTubeSharing Video: YouTubehttp://http://youtubeyoutube.com/watch?v=.com/watch?v=vrtYdFVvrtYdFV__EakEak

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vrtYdFV_Eak







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Sharing the VisualsSharing the Visuals

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com: image hosting (basic account free & robust, paid options) No age limit but filter options exist: http://flickr

.com/help/filters/#258 YouTube & Flickr both offer:

Storage Syndication and web page embedding Social qualities: bookmark, favorites, sharing, blogging,

grouping, playlists, comments, tagging, video responses, ratings

Not much coordination with IT required

http://www.flickr.com/



http://flickr.com/help/filters/#258




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http://www.http://www.flickrflickr.com/photos/.com/photos/readingplreadingpl//


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The Art of the ‘CastThe Art of the ‘Cast

*casting: syndicated content using RSS Feed generator to create

Blogger + FeedBurner - http://www.feedburner.com WordPress podPress plugin - http://www.podpress.org

Attaches link for file download Outside hosting/application services available Aggregator to “catch”

Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com: PC play iTunes - http://www.itunes.com: iPod Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net: non-iPod

Excellent for conference, classroom, illustrative, educational audio and video content

http://www.feedburner.com/



http://www.podpress.org/



http://www.bloglines.com/



http://www.itunes.com/



http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/






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PLA Blog occasional podcastPLA Blog occasional podcasthttp://tinyurl.com/2qk6cx


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Record &/or Use PodcastsRecord &/or Use Podcasts

“Podcasting 101 for K–12 Librarians” by Esther Kreider Eash http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml

Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/index.php

Just One More Book podcasthttp://www.justonemorebook.com

Storynory: Children's Audio Stories and Books For Free podcasthttp://storynory.com

http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml









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Wikis: Collaborative ContentWikis: Collaborative Content

Can be private or public Information power to the (or, specifically,

your) people Encyclopedic knowledge, collaborative

documentation creation and management Various user access levels available IT involvement varies


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Starting a WikiStarting a Wiki

MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org: wiki software (used by Wikipedia) installed on server, IT coordination a must

Externally hosted options: Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com PBWiki - http://www.pbwiki.com Free and pay account options Easy set up

http://www.mediawiki.org/



http://www.wikispaces.com/



http://www.pbwiki.com/




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Reading Public Library Wiki Reading Public Library Wiki


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Human Search EngineeringHuman Search Engineering

Emailing links is so passé Easily sharable, tagable, searchable Many free services to choose from Mainly a feature in blog software, but can be

applied to static pages Social Bookmark Link Creator http://www.

ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/ IT involvement varies

http://www.ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/




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Social Bookmarking: Social Bookmarking: Major PlayersMajor Players

del.ici.ous

http://del.icio.us

digg

http://www.digg.com

blinklist

http://www.blinklist.com

LookSmart’s Furl

http://www.furl.net

Reddit

http://www.reddit.com

Yahoo! My Web

http://myweb.yahoo.com

simpy

http://www.simpy.com

http://del.icio.us/

http://del.icio.us/

http://del.icio.us/

http://www.digg.com/



http://www.blinklist.com/

http://www.furl.net/

http://www.reddit.com/



http://myweb.yahoo.com/



http://www.simpy.com/




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http://del.http://del.icioicio.us/.us/rplknowitallsrplknowitalls


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GamingGaming

Online games provide social experiences Teen Second Life:

http://teen.secondlife.com/ Limited to age 13-17 As fully-featured as adult Second Life Teachers/educators vetted then allowed in All adults have the same last name Parents can request activity logs

http://teen.secondlife.com/


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Reading & Further ResourcesReading & Further Resources

SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Archive: Podcasting, wikis, and so much morehttp://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php

“The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and More” by Greg R. Notesshttp://tinyurl.com/2hue2y

Making Sense of Social Software in the Libraryhttp://tinyurl.com/yuoqc5

“Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software” by Michael Stephenshttp://tinyurl.com/manhb


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Reading & Further ResourcesReading & Further Resources

Stay Safe Online - An Educator, Parent, and Guardian’s Guide: How to Teach Young People Safe Online Practices http://tinyurl.com/2addj9

c|net News - Keeping kids safe on social siteshttp://tinyurl.com/2goenj

FTC - Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teenshttp://tinyurl.com/2z9got


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Contact InformationContact Information

Andrea Mercado

Reference & Techie Librarian

Reading Public Library, Reading, MA

781-944-0840

[email protected]

See also: http://www.LibraryTechtonics.info http://www.PLABlog.org http://www.slideshare.net/andreamercado

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.librarytechtonics.info/

http://www.plablog.org/

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