Week One: Welcome to Learning 2.0 April 13-April 19
1. Read this blog and learn all about the New Canaan Learning 2.0 program.
Week Two: Get started with Blogging April 20-April 26
2. Set up your own blog and write your first post.
3. Email Maura your blog address to make sure you get credit for all the Things. Your blog will be added to a list of all participants.
deedy[dot]maura[at] gmail[dot]com
Week Three: RSS and Newsreaders April 27-May 3
4. Learn about RSS feeds and set up a feed reader account.
5. Locate some useful blogs or news feeds, and subscribe to them.
Week Four: Photos and Images May 4-May 10
6. Discover Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
7. Explore Flickr mashups and 3rd party sites
8. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week. (Perhaps something from one of your news feeds!)
Week Five: Podcasts, Downloadable Audio May 11-May 17
9. Take a look at our collection of audiobooks in NetLibrary, and learn how to download an audiobook.
10. Using some of the helpful search tools to locate podcasts.
11. Discover YouTube and other sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
Week Six: Play Week May 18- May 24
12. Create your own Twitter account.
13. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your own books.
14. Read about the impact of Web 2.0 on libraries and post a blog entry with your thoughts.
Week Seven: Wikis - June 15 - June 21
15. Explore wikis and discover some of the innovative ways libraries are using them.
16. Contribute to the New Canaan Learning 2.0 wiki.
Week Eight: Tagging and Folksonomies - June 22 - June 28
17. Explore delicious, and learn about tagging and social bookmarking.
18. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
Week Nine: Online Applications and Tools
19. Take a look at free online productivity tools.
20. Explore the Web 2.0 award winners, and write a blog post about your findings.
Week Ten: Social Networks and Gaming
21. Check out some social networking sites like Facebook or LinkedIn. Set up a profile, explore and blog about your thoughts.
22. Explore Second Life, and check out some of the organizations that are creating presences.
23. Summarize your thoughts and experiences with this program on your blog.
