Week 6 Discovery Exercise #14 Technorati

My search for "Learning 2.0" had these results: in Blog posts, 5,771 for all the words, 393 for exact phrase, 217,197 for at least one of the words, and 466 for the Tag search. It certainly pays to refine your search terms. In the Blog Directory I looked up "technology" and "web 2.0" which produced a large number of posts. I liked the thumbnails of the individual blogs. In popular searches I was at first suprised that the number one search was "taskbar," but I guess people who are using these tools are interested in the technical aspects. Technorati is an important tool: considering the large number of blogs, there's definitely a need for access to them by subject.

Del.icio.us Week 6 #13

This is a tool with tremendous potential for research. I was looking at photography and using both the related tags and also the other tags under each item. This can lead you in many unanticipated directions. This creates a web of references; you can follow individual strands and discover new aspects of the subject.

Add a Jaxcat Gadget Week 5 #12

Having a search box to the library's catalog outside of the library's webpage can be a reminder to check the library's resources. It also saves time to have this tool readily available. I added the search box to my blog for Week 5 #11 and also to my iGoogle page.

A Thing about Library Thing Week 5 #11

This is a great way to organize a library of your own favorites and to see the libraries of others. A site like this adds a greater social dimension to reading. Here's the link to my library: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/europe

Online Image Generators Week 5 #10

This was fun. The online image generators were interesting. They give you a chance to display your creativity. I chose comic strip generator, and I included the results. The link to comic strip generator is http://www.txt2pic.com/toons/