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From Central Jersey Regional
Library Cooperative...
Ready to
go to the next level?
Step Up to CJRLC Tech Challenge 2!
Learn some more advanced Web 2.0 tools
to keep up with tech trends
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It is
not necessary to have completed Tech Challenge 1 to participate in this
Challenge where you'll learn about some additional, more-advanced 2.0
technologies. You can learn on your own and by attending CJRLC sponsored
workshops.
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The Challenge
Complete
all the items on the list below by December
19, 2007
(our Fall Membership meeting) and receive a prize!
Complete
any portion of the program and you'll still be recognized at the
meeting.
Who is eligible?
Anyone
who works in a CJRLC member library. It is not necessary to have
participated in last Spring's Tech Challenge, but a general familiarity
with blogs, rss and some 2.0 is assumed.
How do I track my
progress?
You
will need to set up a blog -- that's how you'll record your progress, as
last time.
Will there be any
training classes?
Yes;
CJRLC will schedule workshops to help you learn most of these
technologies, but this is a self-learning program and you can use online
materials which we will direct you to.
How do I get started?
Call
(732-409-6484) or email Amy at CJRLC and
let her know you want to get started. There's additional information on
the CJRLC website.
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The Challenge
1.
Register with Blogger (http://www.blogger.com),
another service, or WordPress (http://www.wordpress.com) and set up a blog, or use the
blog you created before.
For
help, see the presentation at http://www.cjrlc.org/Links/blogging&rss_CJRLC.ppt.
Post
about joining Tech Challenge 2 and post once a week (or more!) for
at least a month.
2.
Check out some photo-editing programs.
Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/)
and Fauxto (http://www.fauxto.com/)
are two good ones. Use one, or find your own, and edit some photos.
Link to
your photos or embed them on your blog, & blog your experience.
(Showing before and after photos might be cool!)
3.
Discover podcasting.
A Podcasting
101 workshop was held Nov. 1 at Princeton Public Library. If you need
help, contact Amy@cjrlc.org .
Create
and post a podcast of your own, or link to it from your blog - OR
- find some info on podcasting (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/start)
and post about what libraries are doing with it, or your own ideas.
4.
Learn about microblogging – There is a
workshop on this, Nov. 28, at Princeton Public Library with Nicole Engard,
4:30-5:40pm. See flyer.
Check out
Twitter (http://www.twitter.com)
and Jaiku (http://www.jaiku.com)
and blog.
5. Do
at least one of the following and share it with someone else:
Select
something from Web 2.0 Awards (http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0), explore & blog it.
Check
out YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/)
and find a video worth adding to your blog.
Mashups
(http://www.flickr.com/services/)
play with some and post on your blog.
Learn
about wikis (http://meredith.wolfwater.com/cil06/)
and blog about it.
6.
Step into Social Networking - There will be a workshop on this
– Dec. 5th – CJRLC Lab, 5:30-6:30, with Nicole Engard. See
flyer.
FAQs
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"What
if I've already done some of these things?"
That's
great -- you're part way there!
"How
will you know what I've done?"
You'll
post information and links on your blog and email Amy.
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This program is made possible by the NJ
State Library which is responsible for
the coordination, promotion and funding of the NJ Library Network.
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