Friday, February 16, 2007

Challenge 12




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Challenge: Explore Rollyo and create an account for yourself. Create a search roll for any subject you like. Create a post in your blog about your experience and link to your search roll. Can you see a potential use for tools like this? OPTIONAL: Add your searchroll to your blog using the "Create a Searchbox" tool.

Rollyo was a new concept that took me a little while to wrap my head around. I understand the idea of limiting searches, but I guess I'm concerned I'd be limiting too much by only searching the websites that I'm familiar with.

The next challenge was that I had to think about the topic I wanted to create a search roll for.

I considered some library related topics, but then ultimately decided there were more wildlife conservation websites that I was familiar with.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Rollyo Experimentation

I listened to the podcast and tried out some of the Rollyo links.

I didn't exactly find what I was looking for in the Public Domain ebook search or the Rare Book Library search.

I had fun with the Free Photos searching mountain gorillas, I found this beautiful photo and thought I would share it before moving on to Challenge 12.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Challenge 11


Challenge: Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it, and write a blog post about your findings.

I went to the Web 2.0 site and clicked on "Philanthrophy" under the Awards Categories.

There weren't enough nominations to warrant a winner in the category, though it did list an Honorable Mention called http://givemeaning.com/

I felt that the website was a great way for people to set up fundraisers easily and get the word out fast. There were many sites for walking for AIDS or stairclimbing for cancer.

I sent the website address to a colleague, as she supervises zoo teens that are raising funds to purchase bulletproof/stabproof vests for police dogs as part of the vestadog project.

http://www.hhpz.org/supp/vols/vesta/vestadog.php