Tasty Tech Tidbits and Tools
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Pilot training program
A TASTE OF WEB 2.0 Ideas for what to call this series are welcome!
TAKE A BYTE OUT OF WEB 2.0!
Goals:
- HAVE FUN
- Raise awareness of web based tools in a fun, fast-paced, non-threatening environment
- Increase web 2.0 literacy across LIS
- Encourage innovation and fun in the workplace
- Welcome all LIS staff to present fun new tools they are using
- Foster a collaborative working environment
- Cross-departmental format
- Encourage use of tech tools to enhance efficiency
- Have fun and enjoy each other's company
- Encourage all LIS staff to present and/or attend
- Encourage playing with web tools
- Save money - many tools are in beta and are "free"
- Celebrate community and collaboration
- Enjoy a meal together; learn together outside usual workgroups; learn from each other
- Sandbox for staff to play with technologies and tools
- Tame technostress, technodivorce, technoshame, technophobia, technolust
- Did we mention...HAVE FUN!
Monthly lunch and dinner time presentations - cool and fun web tools
- Pilot project to begin Fall 08
- 1 hour each during mid-day and early evening
- Twice monthly; 2 in Oct; 2 in Nov; 1 in Dec
- Lunchtime program repeated at evening program - do we need the same person presenting at both sessions - even if the topic is the same - or do we want to be more fluid with topics and presenters?
- Raffle to encourage participation; all participants are eligible for the drawing at each session; all participants throughout the semester are eligible for the grand prize at the end of the semester
- Everyone brings their own bag meal
- Each presentation - 10 - 15 minutes long max for a total 30 - 40 min
- Time to share recent discoveries and new fun web tools at the end
- Create a blog to document training series - do we want/need this?
- Staff across LIS as presenters - starting with 3 presenters the first meeting:
Pending presenters accepting the invite!
- Request volunteers for future sessions
- and more!
- Bryan - Delicious
- Mary B. - GoodReads
Schedule:
Location Main Lib 105
10/9 12 - 1 pm : Mike Roy on Cha Cha, Jott, and Remember the Milk
10/23 6 - 7 pm
11/6 12 - 1 pm
11/20 6 - 7 pm
12/4 - last meeting of the semester - grand prize drawing
Possible topics - please add other wicked good web tools and ideas!
- Sign up for a feed reader/RSS
- Bloglines/Google Reader
- Delicious
- GoodReads
- Flickr
- LibraryThing
- iTunes U
- Download a Podcast
- Feedzie
- Mozio
- Hiogi
- Ning
- Youtube
- Comment on a blog
- Meebo
- Librivox
- Podcast Alley
- Gabcast
- Image generators - Imagechef, Add Letters, Dumpr,
- What will the prizes be?
- Small monthly prizes
- Coffee card
- Bookstore gift certificate
- Coffee/tea mug with coffee card
- Other ideas?
- Large prize at the last meeting of the semester
- iPod/iTouch
- Canon Flip camera - perfect for Youtube and Flickr
- Other fun tech toys?
- Small monthly prizes
- What will the prizes be?
- Encourage managers and supervisors
- To give release time
- Acknowledge participation in annual performance review
- Where and how to advertise and encourage other LIS staff to present and/or participate?
- LISt blog
- All LIS email from Mike
- Flyers in staff mailboxes
- Catch phrases - ideas welcome! Please!
- Take a bite out of web tech tools
- Wicked wonderful web tools
- Fun with Web 2.0
- Tricks, tips and tools
- Discover Web 2.0
Proposed text for the announcement: (Help please!)
- Save the date! Announcing an all LIS web2.opportunity!
- When:October 9th at 12 noon; with repeat session on 10/23 at 6 pm
- Where: Lib 105
- What: 1st in a series of brown bag mealtime sessions to discover and share cool new web 2.0 tools. Come and hear Mike, Mary and Bryan share some fun web tools they are using
- Get together with your coworkers across LIS to share fun web tools.
- How long: 1 hour max; 3 presentations - 10 minutes each; time at end to share the web tools you are using!
- Bring your own bag meal
- There will be prizes drawn at each session; everyone who attends will be eligible for the grand prize drawing in December.
- Looking for volunteers to present in November - please contact Elin Waagen or Bryan Carson.
Loosely based on the concept of 23 things - topics could be used as springboard to design first sessions
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