The 23 Things

Welcome to Learning 2.0 Through Play!

Welcome to CFISD's Learning 2.0 Through Play program & blog.

Learning 2.0 Through Play is an online learning program that encourages CFISD librarians to learn more about emerging technologies on the web that are changing the way people, society, schools and libraries access information and communicate with each other.

Over the course of the next several weeks, this website will highlight "23 Things" and discovery exercises to help you become familiar with blogging, RSS news feeds, tagging, wikis, podcasting, online applications, and video and image hosting sites.

To familiarize yourself with this project, be sure to read the About page. The FAQs should answer most of your questions about this program. If not, then please add your question to the FAQ page as a comment.

So fasten your seat belts, grab your mouse and get ready for a discovery adventure… and remember, it's OK to play in school and have fun!

*23 Things (Be sure and click on the hot links. They tell you what to do!)

Life Long Learning
Thing #1: Read this blog and find out about the program.
Thing #2: Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process. You will write a post about this after creating your blog.

Blogging
Thing #3: Set up your own blog, create an avatar or Voki, and add a post about what you did.
Thing #4: Register your blog and begin your Library2Play journey. (To be officially registered you must have posts written for Thing 2 and Thing 3.)

Photos & Images
Thing #5: Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
Thing #6: Have some fun and discover some mashups and 3rd party sites.
Thing #7: Learn about all the cool tools that Google has to offer.

RSS & Newsreaders
Thing #8: Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own newsreader account.
Thing #9: Locate a few useful library-related blogs and/or news feeds.

Hodge-Podge
Thing #10: Play around with an online image generator.
Thing #11: Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your books.
Thing #12: Creating Community Through Commenting

Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
Thing #13: Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us, a social bookmarking site.
Thing #14: Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
Thing #15: Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the future of libraries.

Wikis & Rollyo
Thing #16: Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 Sandbox wiki.
Thing #17: Rollyo

Online Applications & Tools
Thing #18: Take a look at some online productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets).
Thing #19: Explore the Web 2.0 Awards List.

Videos, Podcasts, & Nings
Thing #20: Explore YouTube And TeacherTube and how to download and embed the videos.
Thing #21: Find, create, and use podcasts and audio books.
Thing #22: Explore Nings.
Thing #23: Summarize your thoughts about this program.