Monday, April 21, 2008

Thing 10: Learning Objectives for Skype/Meebo

By the end of this lesson and set of exercises, you will be to:

  1. Differentiate between two online chatting options: Skype and Meebo.
  2. Navigate and use the Skype interface, including adding contacts and making calls.
  3. Use Meebo to chat with contacts in other instant messaging systems.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Thing 9: Learning Objectives for iGoogle

By the end of this lesson and set of exercises, you will be able to:
  1. Set up a Google account
  2. Personalize your own iGoogle home page
  3. Understand and define the term "widget"

Friday, January 18, 2008

Thing 7: Learning Objectives for Social Bookmarking

At the end of this activity, you will be able to:
  1. Describe “social bookmarking” and its related term “folksonomy”.
  2. Navigate and use del.icio.us, a social bookmarking system (including set up an account, bookmark a page, and search others’ networks).
  3. Demonstrate familiarity with one other social bookmarking system.
  4. Identify possible applications of social bookmarking in the library.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Thing 5: RSS Feeds and Readers

  • Be able to locate feeds and add them to a reader site.
  • Be able to locate and set up alerting systems for library databases.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Thing 2: Learning Objectives

Blogging (Parts 1 and 2)

At the end of this exercise, you will know how to:

  1. Create a blog account on Blogger
  2. Choose name for the blog
  3. Choose a design template
  4. Post an entry on the blog
  5. Edit the entry
  6. Add a link to the blog
  7. Change the template layout
  8. Login in to Blogger site and view blogs
  9. Leave a comment on another library blog or one of your colleagues’ blogs