Trying to Participate in MLA Web 2.0 101 Course
Hi. I’m a part-time, semi-retired medical librarian who would like to get up to speed with Web 2.0. I attended the MLA broadcast on Web 2.0 last week, and was pleased to learn about the 8 week web-based MLA course, Web 2.0 101. I’m registered, but will I be able to finish the course? I can’t do the work at work because our computer network is restricted. And our computer at home uses DIAL-UP! I tried watching the U-tube presentation on RSS, but gave up after 40 minutes with just a few random words.
I was able to set up this Blog through Word Press, but could not post my message the first two times. At that point, I figured that I needed to save my text in word processing software, because not only was my Blog not posting, my draft message kept disappearing!
So, will I survive? Will I succeed? We’ll see.
MLA Web 2.0 101 Wk 2 - Wikis vs Blogs
This week in the MLA Web 2.0 course we learned about Wikis. I also learned that the Blog that I set up last week actually had no message. Apparently I did not hit the final post buttons.
I’m going to start by listing some of the ways that we could use RSS feeds in the library – which I thought I had posted last week, but apparently not successfully:
- subscribe to selected news feeds, feeds from other key organizations, to keep up with latest developments
- subscribe to select ToC – perhaps find a way to incorporate these into the manually produced list that I currently produce each week (there were hints on how to do this in the MLA Web 2.0 course)
- encourage other departmental staff to subscribe to RSS feeds
- encourage organization to develop its own RSS feeds, consider how our library could use them.
And, now, on to my assignment for this week – Wikis vs Blogs:
Blogs seem to be more personal, more off the cuff, more on what the individual is thinking. Wikis seem more formal, better for institutions, better for links, better for more complex information, and are much easier to use (for me at least). People can respond to and interact with both forms.
MLA Web 2.0 101 Wk 2 - Wikis vs Blogs « Pvanhine’s Weblog
MLA Web 2.0 101 Wk 2 - Wikis vs Blogs « Pvanhine’s Weblog
I hate blogging!
I don’t know how many times I THOUGHT I posted something on my blog, and it appears to be there, but when I check the next day or so, it’s gone. AGRRR! Anyhow, I’m trying again. I’m pasting in what I thought I had already posted on Wednesday…
Pam’s blog (again)
Somehow the original posting and my comment on it seemed to have gone missing. So I’m trying again. My first comment on blogs vs wikkis is that WIKKIS ARE MUCH EASIER!
Anyhow. This blog is for the MLA Web 2.0 101 course, and will contain some of my reactions to it (and for whatever is supposed to be added here).
Wish me luck! I’m trying to do this with a dial-up connection.
This week in the MLA Web 2.0 course we learned about Wikis. I also learned that the Blog that I set up last week actually had no message. Apparently I did not hit the final post buttons.
I’m going to start by listing some of the ways that we could use RSS feeds in the library – which I thought I had posted last week, but apparently not successfully:
- subscribe to selected news feeds, feeds from other key organizations, to keep up with latest developments
- subscribe to select ToC – perhaps find a way to incorporate these into the manually produced list that I currently produce each week (there were hints on how to do this in the MLA Web 2.0 course)
- encourage other departmental staff to subscribe to RSS feeds
- encourage organization to develop its own RSS feeds, consider how our library could use them.
And, now, on to my assignment for this week – Wikis vs Blogs:
Blogs seem to be more personal, more off the cuff, more on what the individual is thinking. Wikis seem more formal, better for institutions, better for links, better for more complex information, and are much easier to use (for me at least). Wikis are also collaborative efforts. People can respond to and interact with both forms.
http://pvanhine.wordpress.com/?p=6 (apparently not…)
Pam’s Blog and Wiki (just starting)
Link to Blog: http://pvanhine.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/hello-world/#comment-5
Link to Wiki: http://pammlaweb20wiki.wetpaint.com/
First successful blog (for MLA Web 2.0 101 course)
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Hi. I’m a part-time, semi-retired medical librarian who would like to get up to speed with Web 2.0. I attended the MLA broadcast on Web 2.0 last week, and was please to learn about the 8 week web-based MLA course, Web 2.0 101. I’m registered, but will I be able to finish the course? I can’t do the work at work because our computer network is restricted. And our computer at home uses DIAL-UP! I tried watching the U-tube presentation on RSS, but gave up after 40 minutes with just a few random words.
I was able to set up this Blog through Word Press, but could not post my message the first two times. At that point, I figured that I needed to save my text in word processing software, because not only was my Blog not posting, my draft message kept disappearing!
So, will I survive? Will I succeed? We’ll see.
