Saw the woman of the moment Helene Blowers speak at the Libraries, Web 2.0, and other Internet stuff seminar. Energetic, natural speaker and amazing to think of the momentum the program she devised has gathered, the list of libraries taking it on forever growing.
I had to smile as some have moved beyond the 23 things, creating more...
Learning 2.1
See the mashup of world map showing sites of libraries around the world Learning 2.0ing.
What do we as a group think of the value of this program?
Has both our awareness of and skill with new internet technologies increased?
Are there direct applications to any of these tools which would assist and benefit our working lives or are they diversions for us and bread and circus tricks for users.
Similarly, just as we are coming to terms with Web 2.0 and Library 2.0, others have moved from this twilight zone to another. Read this about Web 3.0 and view a diagram showing the evolution of the web. I read this online newsletter occasionally having heard one of their web developer tribe (an engaging Canadian with the deliciously ironic surname of Yank) give a wonderfully clear explanation of Web 2.0 last year at a VALA meeting.
However if you are truly tired and suspicious that these terms are mere marketing ploys, you could read this quite gratifying article about Web 2.0 fluff.
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