Conclusion and feedback

I've have loved being introduced to Web 2.0 and feel so much more confident now. What I've learned is that it is not hard, it's doable, though sometimes very time consuming. I will definately set up a blog page for our school library and I'm really excited about it. Hopefully, we will soon have our own website and I'm looking forward to working on its layout.

Thanks for everything.

#13 and #14 MySpace and Facebook

Had a look at MySpace and thought in terms of communicating with an audience, MySpace was well suited to the job. Really liked the Yarra Plenty Page. Facebook was fun. I set up my own page and have now linked up with a few people, including my son who's away at university. I've enjoyed following him, he's very witty and it's another method of communicating with him. Have had lots of fun bickering with my daughter via Facebook too. I'm not the kind of person that want's to communicate with masses of people - I do that in my job, but I have appreciated being able to communicate with family and close friends - Facebook is complimentary to other methods of communication, it's a bonus. Had a look at Twitter too and I'm glad I did, but it's just to short and fast for me.

# 22 and 23

Personally, I prefer to use my eyes rather than my ears to read and so, alas, audio books are not for me. Even so, other people enjoy listening, especially while travelling. Then of course, there are those with reading difficulties or poor eyesight for whom audio books are wonderful.

E-books are a different story and there is a real market out there for those who prefer reading from an iPad or similar, and there are libraries that are catering for them. There was a good story on this issue on The 7.30 Report some weeks ago when the iPad was launched.

We all have to move with the times. On Librivox I found some audio poems which will be useful for an upcoming task our Year 8 students will be working on.

# 21 Online videos

Hope you enjoy this one

# 20 Podcasts

Some great podcasts out there. I'm interested in learning how to create them so thanks for the starting point. Would love to add podcasts on books and authors to our library website (when we get one up and running. So, I've added Radio National's Book Show to my blog page.

# 18 Wikis

Some great wikis to look at to give you ideas. Really liked some of those class room wikis on wetpaint and some of the others on your suggestion list. I see wikis a being useful tools in the sharing of information when working on tasks, as a research tools, and for lovers of reading. Have added many of your sites to our CURLS social bookmarking site.

Had a look at Rollyo and created my own searchscroll, but I don't seem to have fully succeeded.

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