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Week 1: Life Long Learning
Thing #1: Read the information below and find out about the program.
Welcome to the the CML Learning 2.0 blog for the Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library at Oklahoma State University and our version of The 23 Things. The 23 Things is an online learning program that encourages educators, administrators, and librarians to learn more about emerging technologies on the web that are changing the way people, society, and even libraries access information and communicate with each other, as well as the changing options for students to create new products for assignments.
This project was modified from the original Learning 2.0 program designed by Helene Blowers, Technology Director, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County and is loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article, 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - February 2006) and the website 43 Things. It is also based heavily from the Learning 2.0 Through Play. The CML Learning 2.0 blog's version of The 23 Things program contains direct links and offers suggestions for ways to incorporate these tools into your curriculum, your classroom, and your collaborative efforts with other faculty and librarians on the OSU campus.
We will offer ideas to "jump start" your thinking and hope that you will share your ideas as you learn how to use web 2.0 tools. The design of this online program was completely built on Web 2.0 technologies that are freely available on the Internet. These sites include: Blogger, FlickrCC, TeacherTube, PBWiki & Google Reader, and others. Over the course of the next several weeks, this website will highlight "23 Things" and discovery exercises to help you become familiar with blogging, RSS feeds, tagging, wikis, podcasting, online applications, video and image hosting sites, and more.
To familiarize yourself with this project, be sure to read the Other Information page (which will be available by May 20, 2009). This page should answer most of your questions about this program. If not, then please add your question to any page as a comment. So fasten your seat belts, grab your mouse and get ready for a discovery adventure… and remember, it's OK to play in the classroom or library and have fun doing it~!
