Thing 3. Set Up an RSS Account & Add Feeds
I had always heard about RSS and other feeds but never understood what the benefit was to me and our library. I was always afraid of virus etc. with feeds that would cripple our computers.
I was a little frustrated on the blogline site. It took two of us awhile to decide how this works and how to place it on our blogs. We really wanted the weather feed but could not find the RSS feed, so we both chose other feeds. Could someone help us with this?
I did like adding 23 friends blogs that I check everyday. Took some time to figure out what add page element it would works with and how to add other links to the links part and name the element. Nowhere does it say how to do this. Some other instructions are needed.
I would wholeheartly endorse and show the staff and patrons how to do these great features. I have added a lot of the features we are learning in the 23 things program to the library blog http://www.kassonpubliclibrary.blogspot.com/. I have talked to staff and patrons, and family about the 23 things website and even though they will not get rewarded like I will I thought they would enjoy the step-by-step process.
I am really having a great learning experience. The only thing I worry about is I might forget how it all works, so I downloaded the information to have as a reference for the future and to hand out to others. A big thank you from me on helping learn Web 2.0.
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I hope you keep practicing with these tools, Island Princess...I know, it is hard. I completely agree that you have such a wider variety in your day than I do. I miss having real materials to work with, you know? Anyway, I know you have much more to do than just work with the Library 2.0 tools. You and others are the bridge between Library 2.0 and Library 1.0.
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