#11 - Online Applications & Tools
Learning Objectives
- Browse some online productivity tool (ex. word processing, spreadsheets, image editing, calendars, mapping, etc.).
- Explore the Web 2.0 Directory categories: Calendar Services, Note Taking Services, Office Services, Mapping Services & Photography Services.
- What's a "Web widget"?
Skills Practice
- Play with some of the productivity products listed on the Best of The Best Web 2.0 Web Sites.
- Create, save and edit a document using ThinkFree.
- Create, save and edit an image using FlashPAINT.
- Log in to Google Docs & Spreadsheets - how could you put this to good use?
- Find a widget that will work on your blog and add it.
Experience Sharing
- Share your experienc with the online tools that you used on the hcplc=Lib2.0 blog.
- Post the document and image that you created on your 2.0 Learning blog.
Resources
- Michelle Boule, "The Internet is for Use." ALA TechSource Blog.
- Richard MacManus, "Widgets are the New Black."
- The Unofficial Web Applications List.
- Check out Widgetbox.
- "Learning 2.0: Web-based Applications" by Helene Blowers
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