Thing 13 confirmed that tag clouds are everywhere. They are artistic and just invite you to click. I believe there must be some financial incentives as larger clouds show popularity, thus more hits (thus more advertising, etc).
It took awhile to read the links for thing 15. As educators and ELIB students, we are confronted daily with the ever changing Future of libraries and Web 2.0 (with Web 3.0 on the horizon). Not only do we teach our students, much of the time, we teach the teachers. Noting OCLC’s Next Space Blog which stated “….remember your ABC’s – always be connecting” – it’s the nature (and future) of information specialists. And with cloud based technologies, the trend shifts from where information is stored to how it is accessed. The common idea across all readings was utilizing technologies to collaborate. Hmm, what we’ve always done, but now high tech.
The discovery exercises for thing 14 focused more about writing content (site optimization) in your blogs/websites that will draw readers to your site. Inspired by Dr. Farmer’s information about Tataouine (5/1 class), I decided to maneuver through Technorati to see what (and how) people were saying about the two holidays this week (Star Wars Day and Cinco de Mayo). I turned my findings into a lesson. At nutrition, I had the computer out, projector screen down and used the process to show students about blogs, tag clouds and what you can get from them. We also watched the movie trailer for Iron Man 2. Okay, so yes, the library can be a place to learn and have some fun!
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