Late to the Party

This is my first wiki entry--I learned about their value at MLA this fall (2008), and I think they would be useful in many contexts.  I would like to know more about how the originators of wikis set up their "logo" or "branding" at the top of the wiki--presumably that is something that is not allowed to be edited?  Also, I assume that you might want to keep other things standard, like background color, to provide some consistency.  On a related note, when a new page is created by those organizing the categories on a wiki (some of whom are not the originators of the wiki), how do you get the logo and color scheme to remain consistent?  Finally, I would like to know what kind of time needs to be set aside to "babysit" the wiki--how much upkeep is required? (BTW, are the complaints about the "messyness" of the wiki a bit ironic?  'Cause people could have created new pages on which to organize sub-topics at any point, right?)  Keep up the good work, all of you lovely people!

Still yet another entry

You thought with the passing of the deadline there would be no further additions to this wiki? Re-think that.

Holstein cow   Holsteins are most quickly recognized by their distinctive color markings and outstanding milk production.   Holsteins are large, stylish animals with color patterns of black and white or red and white.   Top producing Holsteins milking twice a day have been known to produce up to 67,914 pounds of milk in 365 days.   If you don't believe me, just ask the friendly folks at the Holstein Association USA.   Herd of cows -- of course I've heard of cows!  A related wiki page to explore -- All things bovine.

Thing #10: Wikis

Looking at the video really helped to explain the whole wiki set-up, so that was helpful. We do use a wiki at my library to work on the policy and procedure manual, but it didn't seem that intuitive to me until the video.

Wikis in the library?

Who came up with the name Wiki?  I think it is a great tool!

According to Wikipedia, "Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is originally a Hawaiian word for "fast". Here is the link if you want to learn more than you probably need to know about a wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki. Happy Reading! LS

A Readers' Advisory Wiki?

I'm thinking about using the wiki format for a readers' advisory spot for students and parents.  Has anyone else ever done this?

New St. Cloud Public Library

The newest of the large Minnesota central libraries will have its grand opening celebration on September 20th. The community will celebrate this accomplishment together beginning at 10:00 AM.

Wikis are a wonderful tool for internal communication. We use them daily.

1st Day Of School

A Wiki will be a nice tool for us to use during our annual fundraiser.  It will help us coordinate our efforts so there isn't duplication of duties or miscommunication amongst the board members.

From a digital immigrant's perspective

A wiki is like a list-serv turned 180 degrees.  No longer do I have comments emailed to me--I'm the one who has to go to the wiki and see who has added.  Sure cuts down on email--(unless I check the 'update me' box).  My district has added Microsoft Sharepoint to our intranet--VERY much like a wiki, with a few more bells and whistles.   I might try to use a wiki to communicate with my teachers rather than a newsletter.  That will probably be easier than trying to teach them all how to use Sharepoint.  But there is one major question still out there--how many districts allow wiki's through their filters--either for staff OR for students?

One more wiki

School begins for many of us soon.  Will we be using wikis?  I am working with an art teacher who would like students to respond to artwork.  A wiki just might work!

Wikis in the library

The more I look at different wikis and see how they are used, the more I can see the advantages of using them.  It's true that, in some ways, traditional e-mail is cumbersome when you are working on a project with several people.  Wikis are a way for everyone to "be on the same page."

Thing 10...Wiki!

After just finishing Thing 9 and working with Google Docs I see many similarities with Wikis. The difference is with Google Docs you have to be invited to collaborate and with a Wiki you are just out there for anyone in the world to edit or add information. Exciting and scary at the same time.

Summer slowdown...

This is my first time working with a WIKI. It seems pretty easy, thanks to the Comon Craft Video. Once I SEE something being done, it is SO MUCH easier than just trying to read all the info to figure it out! 

Making edits to the wiki in September

This feels much like writing graffiti on the internet. ' I was here !! '  And someone else can cross it off, or erase it. Or most likely, completely ignore it. Such as it is.

More edits to the wiki in September

We use a wiki for our staff intranet.  Only a few people regularly make changes or add pages but more people can make changes because they don't have to know html.

Checking Out Wiki-mania:

Interesting. It figured out I'd finished the title and switched to a smaller font when I went to this line. Anyway, here I am, typing away on someone else's wiki. And now typing in a different color just because I can. :) Yes, this is pretty much like a word processor when you're in here typing. eot 8/15/08

Not So Sure...

I'm not entirely convinced that a Wiki is totally awesome....I guess I am definitely outnumbered...but right now I cannot think of what to use it for in my classroom (I am not a Librarian).  Maybe someone can give some suggestions. nhjo 8-12-08

Hello from SW Minnesota! 

OK, here goes........I am unfamiliar with this wiki stuff but plan to try anyway.  I think it might be a great tool for collaboration but I must admit that I'm not very comfortable with this.  I am certainly willing to try.  

I just finished reading a good book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.  It was suggested by another librarian and I really enjoyed it.  I tried inserting the YouTube video for the Jeannette Walls Glass Castle- Book Video but I couldn't get it to work.  Not sure where to find the embedded text.  Anyway, you can find the video yourself on YouTube and get  some information about the book.  Thanks for the suggestion, Marcia. Enjoy!  CH

This does seem pretty easy. The tools at the top look just like Word documents.  I think if I were to use a wiki from my library website, I'd want more pages linked so that everything's not all on the same page and easier to find.  LC 8/08

Hi from the Icebox of the Nation! 

  It isn't very cold here today. In fact, now that the sun is back out it is down right nice out.  I think wikis can help as libraries continue to increase our collaboration within our communities as well as within the library world.  I know that I will try and remember and then convince groups I am working with to consider using a wiki the next time we plan a project together.  Getting everyone together for planning meetings is so difficult and maybe if we are all contributing as we have time, we might even end up with a better project, because we would have come to the table with our abilities when we were ready.  Just an idea.  da 8-08-08

Hello, Icebox. Yes, a wiki and on-line collaborative stuff is handy for those of us in the sticks, considering hours on the road especially with the price of gas. Grew up in the Falls.  (DEB 9-7-08)

Hi from Duluth

Just the name is fun to say...wiki!  Does this look more organized with the font changed?  I suppose they do look cluttered.  There is just so much to look at.  I have spent the last hour looking at wikis, and it is a beautiful day out.  That is enough!  I'm going outside...

Wikis are fun.  I would like someone else to set one up for my school didstrict.  jt 8-5-08

Holy information overload Batman!!  There is so much wonderful stuff out there.  Some of it I already knew, but the amazing stuff I have been learning far outweighs my original knowledge base.  I have so many ideas on where to use all of this stuff, the problem is finding time to implement everything.  Diane 8-1-08

I agree...there is more information than I can process right now! Wikis do have numerous both serious and light applications. In my district we used a wiki to set up a shared lunch for a staff development day. It was very practical, just as the Common Craft example of campers assembling a "what to bring" list. Gary 7-30-08

What a boatload of information.  I have followed so many rabbit trails, they never end.  Once again I have ended up spending much more time exploring the wikis than I anticipated or could afford.  LB 7-30-08

We're getting a brand new web design for our entire district. As we design the high school media page, what would be more engaging for students: a wiki link or a blog space? I noticed that the Teen Links page for Hennepin County Library has plenty of opportunities for teens to interact: book recs, Quick Poll, and a Teens Speak blog, except no one is speaking to the blog topics (0 posts). Why? It seems like a great idea. I guess the big question for my media team is: How would students like to interact on our new web page? (Maybe we should ask them...there's a concept!) Victoria 7/30/08

Wikis are a great communication tool. We use them at school to let parents and students know about upcoming assignments, tests, or projects. We also use them to reflect on school events.

I wish there was some organization to adding these comments. I like all the talk, but this is not so attractive. Like many wiki pages, it is distracting confusing (nhjo) because it is so cluttered.

We've used wikis at work before, including one (by the principal) to allow parents to add comments and/or suggestions for open house improvements. Works real well. I also like the embedded videos-cute, timely and easy to understand. 8-20-2008 I've added a photo to the list also. It's of the old public library in my hometown of Troy, Ohio.

I liked the UTube video explaining wikis! Among other things, I've begun to find that uTube YouTube has some very good video clips for many subjects!

Done-I've now edited a wiki! :)Sorry to have edited your edited wiki entry. Just trying out the "Strike Through" feature

Yes - The YouTube videos by Common Craft have been excellent - the format is so simple and they are easy to understand. There are topics ranging from Google docs, to Social Media, to RSS to one that I want to watch soon - Illegal Downloading - I wonder if this one is showing how it's done, or how to do it without getting caught? SM 7/23

I think wikis are great. I especially enjoyed searching Minnewiki, the MPR wiki for the Fabulous Minnesota Barking Ducks.  Did not find them. Signed up and started creating a page about them, but realized it would take too long to do justice to an article on the group. Gave up and instead requested that someone write an article about the group. [KFT 8/1/08]

I'm excited to be learning about 23 things. There are more tools and toys on the web than I had imagined. An earlier writer refered to this wiki as a place to add comments. I agree, there are other wikis have more of the real wiki feel. There, I've edited my first wiki!

I think using wikis, as well as online doc writers would really be a benefit to creating a "Team Spirit" in the workplace. This is neat !!

This wiki has really turned into a place to place comments; not the real feel of a wiki. A template would have helped us organize our thoughts. It is good to read the comments though! Thanks for the pictures some of you provided. Many wikis lack visual appeal. This wiki is really more of a bulletin board.  (How true!!  DA 10-20-08)

This wiki is way too easy to add text to. [Two words added Karen 8/1/08] I especially liked the idea of having a wiki to support an event and get input from local people.Mystrylvr 7-12-09  spelling edited Sue 7/24/08

Inserting the picture was easy. What a great way to share information. 7/12/08

Thanks for the opportunity to do this. I had fun editing some classic literature titles, and adding a B movie to the list. Marianne 7/10/08

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Hello, I currently contribute to a wiki called Librarian Substitutes 2.0.  Although its primary audience is for substitute librarians in the Hennepin County Library system, you may find it of interest as we do discuss web 2.0 issues. The link is www.librariansubs.wetpaint.com

Although I've read some wikis regularly and grown to consider wikipedia a useful starting point for many questions, I have not contributed to or edited existing entries in a wiki before. The familiar look of the toolbar with its formatting options and tools for inserting images and files makes editing easy. So easy, in fact, that I inadvertently deleted the URL for the Librarian Substitutes 2.0 wiki. Not to worry, I noticed the error and replaced it. mb 7/9/08

I see I am not the only one that who is quite confused. How are wikis different than google do wikis differ from Google docs,etc? [comment edited by KFT, 8/1/08] They all allow more than one person to edit a document...which might be handy at times, but is there significant benefit of one over the other? If so, I haven't discovered what it is. I found the wikis that I looked at not very straightforward and of not much interest to me...sorry to say. I have found the other tools we've used so far to be of more interest and value to me. NC 7/8/08

My first wiki entry! Of all the library related links included in the 23 things backgrounder on this topic, I found the MN 150 wiki done by the Historical Society the most impressive and a truly effective use of the Wiki. Bravo. Miss Millie 7-06-08

Thing #10....wiki's. they are handy for collaboration and keeping your inbox empty.

Here I am "Thing #10"... playing around with WIKI. I am enjoying learning all the new sources available through the "THINGS" but to remember it all ?? some days I feel like I am going in circles. But I have learned some new things and hope I can pass it on to our patrons. Happy 4th, a day of rest tomorrow.

Shirley 7-03-08

Well, I'm completely confused now. I thought I added a page but now I haven't a clue what has happened to it. I was going on about not really trusting wikis because anybody could pretend to be an authority while also saying that it is fun to pretend I have authority and actually understand what is going on. If any of you find my suppposed page, enjoy it! Carol Christine 7/2/2008

I agree with Sandra that this looks like a good place for a Kilroy Was Here. For those readers too young to have heard of Kilroy, see http://www.kilroywashere.org/001-Pages/01-0KilroyLegends.html. There is, of course, also an entry in Wikipedia, but you can look that up.

Anna 6/30/2008

As a Round 2er, I am glad to say that I have gotten this far. I enjoyed the wiki video and found a podcast video from the same site that I would like to show to my multimedia class this year before we start our podcasting unit. I have started writing down the ideas that I have as I work through the 23 things, because I know I will forget them otherwise. I am pretty sure that if I have time to finetune 2 or 3 ideas, it will be as much as I can handle. Someone earlier referred to this as a kind of "stream-of-consciousness" wiki; I think it's sort of like a "Kilroy-was-here-type- graffiti wall. I enjoyed all of the comments that I read, but have to keep movin' on.

Sandra 6/26/2008

When it comes to contributing, I've no experience with wikis at all. But, I do like to read them. As a Teen librarian, I'm freshly interested in Steampunk. Here is a good Wiki listing some titles: http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Steampunk_and_Neo-Victorian Donell 6/24/2008

June 22nd - So, here I am editing a wiki. I will admit, my only previous experience with this "genre" has been taking 4th and 5th graders onto Wikipedia to find some quick info. I, too, am fairly (and pleasantly) surprised at how easy it is to edit on here. I am tempted to write something "blasphemous" to see if someone will change it - but my creativity escapes me at this time. 10 down, 13 to go!!!!!!!!

-Dante

I think much of the Web 2.0 stuff is pretty cool. I occassionally teach on many aspects of wikis and other social software at the academic library where I work. This coming school year I hope to use wikis and/or blogs as discussion tools for an environmental book the whole campus is going to read as well as for a theatre trip my wife and I are leading to Dublin this May. I've always been amazed at the amount and intensity of the debate surrounding Wikipedia, especially as it pertains to its use as a reference tool. C'mon people, reference sources are meant to be background material, not actual research content. At least not at the college level where I work currently. Personally, I use Wikipedia quite a bit as a starting point if I'm researching a topic, or to see a list of other sources. It's interesting that Wikipedia is considering adding a new feature that would allow articles to be frozen by experts.

Today is my last day at work until early June. My wife and I are going to London and Scotland. The highlight for both us is a day at Wimbledon! Here's a picture for any tennis fans out there.

-Peter

I love Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes. I thought this comic wrapped up what I am doing for 23 Things On a Stick. JUST KIDDING!!! I am using Wikis a lot. I used them professionally with my third grade team to help organize grade level groups, created a fun Wiki for staff to relax with about movies, made a Wiki for my girlfriend's family to use scheduling in time to take care of their father after his back surgery, and I have a Wiki that I use with my girlfriend to schedule our activities together.

-Jon Zetah 6/19/08

Wow--this IS easy. I lurked through the first round, and registered for round 2 to help keep me motivated. Obviously I agree with PPs that this wiki should be better organized, but as a tool to introduce people to the concept, I think it works fine. And I'm going to refrain from the temptation to add an ironic image of a librarian. --Rudyinparis 6/16

I am also continuing the second round of 23 Things. I was out of the loop for awhile - having many changes taking place in the public library where I work. Some of the earlier 23 things were a bit confusing, but this Wiki stuff looks fun -- and easy. I hope to revist and post here often. Lois 6/14/08

I am continuing from Round 1 to Round 2 of the 23 Things. This is very easy to take part in, and I wish that all Things were this way. Very interesting comments and photos. Gail 6/13/08

Presente! SL, Duluth MN 06/09/08

Working on 23 Things Round 2.

Here is my changes on the MN 150 site, adding my photo of the capitol on the Cass Gilbert page. M. Walker 06/09/08

Thanks for adding the photo!  I recently finished the Minnesota 150 book, and really enjoyed it.  It was fun to read after visiting the exhibit at the Minnesota History Center.  Have you seen that yet? MGJ  7/30/08

Back from a Custer State Park (SD) vacation and plugging away at "23 Things." BTW-Here for your amusement is a picture of buffalo calf courtesy of the South Dakota Office of Tourism. -The Digitalibrarian 6/9/08

I'm working on Round 2 now. I resent the comment further down about the "losers" who didn't finish Round 1. Susie 6/5/08

Working on the second round of 23 Things. Above is a nice photo of Prince Randian and Johnny Eckhardt. Enjoy. SL 6/4/08.

Ok, let's see if we can get this wiki thing learned before I set one up for our summer reading program which starts in just 2 days... I can do it, right?

-Ingvild 6/3/08

This Wiki IS a mess! I can see how useful a wiki can be, but I can also see how one can get out of control! I like how easy it is to use and edit this wiki. We need some organization people! ~Jennifer 6.03.08

Agreed, this is a crazy Wiki at this point but it's still quite fun and amazing to think what a group of people could put together if they were trying to create something rather than make a huge, random collaborative mess - Amanda 6/30/08

Oh, man! This Wiki is a mess - how can people who work in libraries stand it? Shudder. :-) We could put all the quotes in one section, all of the pet pictures and comments in another. Have a third for sports... we could go on, and on. Who volunteers to clean it up? Laura 6/3/08.

May 30th- I am working away on Round 2 of 23 Things on a Stick. Making good progress. I moved Bonnie's picture down under her text. ohlgrend

Just logged onto this site and downloaded a picture of pelicans from South Padre island Tx that I took in Feb of 2008. This was a great exercise. Thanks. Bonnie Adams 6/30/08.

hey. just started this 23 things. enjoying the tasks so far. excited for more. wikis are fun!.....js

Hi! Wikis are great...but the information on them is only as good as the posters...so you have to learn how to be discerning. - Michelle

Well - this is fun. I am looking forward to taking part in creating a wiki for a work project. This seems to be a good tool for small libraries to create a presence on the web.

Yes, very easy to edit this page. I hear they are doing round two of 23 Things ... so those of us losers that didn't finish last month can now try and finish by the fall and WIN PRIZES! Librarians are not losers...we are hard working multitaskers that weren't given enough time to complete the task along with our normal duties!!

May 4th and I'm still working on 23 Things.

pril 30th 10:00 a.m. It is very, very easy to edit this pages.

28 April - I'm experimenting with this. Wikis can be fun but how can you ever trust the "information" you find on them????

You can't. If you want to be assured of quality, accurate information, you have to corroborate what you read on a wiki with a definitive factual source.

I am way over the deadline but I am going to push on and finish.

Not going to make the deadline, I'm afraid, but will still finish the 23 Things! This is fun!

Just checking this out... fun stuff! =)

April 16th, 3:33pm, I would agree, I'm hoping to make the deadline as well.

April 16th, 2:30pm I'm really running out of time too!!! I'm pushing to make the midnight deadline.

April 16th 9:30 a.m. really running out of time!!!

April 16th 3:36 a.m. And I am still working. I am dedicated!!!

April 15, 2008....The race is on to finish in time.

April 15, 2008... only on Thing 10 and running out of time.

April 15, 2008. Tax day. Someone else was editing this for over 5 minutes. I hope I didn't bump them out. Didn't let me in until 5 minutes was up. Said something about stealing to get in -- I hope I was not being wicked on the wiki by clicking that!

April 14, 2008. So many comments here! I wish I had checked this out before now.

April 14, 2008 Thank you for putting together the 23 things curriculum :)

April 14, 2008 It's Beautiful outside and I'm stuck on the Computer. 2 more days!!

14 April 2008 The race is on to make it through the rest of the Things before the deadline. I'm not sure, what with donor relations, taxes, etc. still hanging fire, that I'll be able to make it, but we'll soldier on and see. Added to all of this, the weather has finally turned nice and the outdoors are beckoning. Onward and upward!

4-14-208 I'm doing my 23 Things all out of order! I created an account on pbwiki about a year ago, and I can't for the life of me remember what the page or account was! I was just testing it to see if some javascript widgets were working, and how they looked. kph

4-1408--Working on my 23 things:-) It has been fun to learn new and find out that I actually have done some of the "things" already which means I am not as out of date as I thought. It is sunny and bright outside today. Finally!! Any more snow--and I think we will need to re-evaluate that groundhog!!

4-13-08 -

Oh Boy! I can tell my kids in college that I contributed to a Wiki! They will be so proud!I like the video of planning the camping trip by using a Wiki. I go to the Boundary Waters every summer with a group of 6 women, and I think using a wiki could possibly make it simpler for us. Robin Suhsen

This is easy to edit - once you get the password correct.

April 13, 2008 Catching up on my 23 things also :) Loved the kitty picture below.

13 April 2008 - Sunny Sunday here in Mankato. I'm catching up on all my 23 things this weekend. Wiki's are great for group sharing. We use a wiki in our library. The only problem is to keep people using it. Once they are used to one method of file sharing, it is tough to get them to try something new.

12 April 2008 ~ Snowy again. Starting to feel a big ole case of information overload coming on. Just gonna keep plugging away at this. I'm not sure I'll know til it's all over what is going to be useful/manageable on a daily basis and what was just fun to learn.

April 11, 2008: How fun to be a part of the 23 Things. I never ever thought I could do a WiKi. Time is running out, I better move on to another THING. Thank you very much. pro

April 11, 08: I too am enjoying working on 23 things and not sure if I will finish on time. I thought a wiki would be great addition to our library webpage for book reviews.

April 11, 08: I am enjoying working on "23 things", not sure if I will finish but I will try. As I watched the video about wikis, I thought creating a wiki as part of my final project for MN Vol. Certification would be a great for receiving input and collaboration from others. LK

4-11-08 Like the last post, I am also spending a very snowy day trying to catch up on my 23 things. I had to get a new computer last week and am really struggling with all of the new features. Glad to know that so many are still on Thing 10 too. JKH

4-11-08 I am spending my snow day at home on the computer working on 23thingsonastick. Hopefully the electricity doesn't go out. I have enjoyed working on all the projects, but the problem is finding the time. The wiki could be a useful tool at school for projects that need to be worked on by several staff. The wiki seems quite easy to use. Northcountrystick

4.10.08 I write this while sitting in my room at Ruttgers Resort. The drive here was challenging but I am sure that it will be worse tomorrow! This year Spotlight promises to be stellar! Jim Trelease and DJ Machale! I can hardly wait, but while I am waiting, I will work on my 23 Things! BAB

4.10.08 I am glad to see others have just finished #10. I hope that I can finish on time. AJB

4/10/08 Thanks so much 23 things for all this education! I probably won't finish the 23 things on time but am glad it will be available after 4/16. BJH

4/10/08 We have a Wiki as our library's internal "Staff Net" page. When we switched to this format (rather than HTML) it became so much easier for all staff to participate in keeping the content current and relevant. KE

4/9/08 Working on thing 10. Looking forward to trying out a wiki in our library. je

4/09/08 -- Learning about wikis, thing 10 on our list. I attended a workshop at MLA last year about wikis & learned so much, this "refresher" course is great, too. What a wonderful way for much input from so many people! This is my first time adding to a wiki & I was glad to see that there is some accountability, with signing in--I would hope it would help with the accuracy of information being submitted. I think this is a very useful thing! jms

4/9/08 - Using a Wiki is somewhat of a new experience for me. I can see how useful a Wiki could be in a Library setting. cw

4/8/08 - LOL yes it's a busy day on the Wiki, for all of us working through the series before next week. Anyway, I enjoy wikis, and having to log on for permission to edit handles one of my wiki-related hesitations nicely: the ability for anyone to alter pages without authority. Thing #10 off and away. SS

4-8-08 That was easy enough. Thing 10 check. MA

4-8-08 My wiki-experiences have been good as both auser and creator. TIES Conference had a wikispace that was great for presenters and participants alike. I was able to virtually attend a few seminars by checking out their wikispace and passing the information along to others and since I presented I felt like having my wiki gave my presentation a bigger audience too. LL MediaBreath

4-7-08 I'm so happy I'm not the only one on Thing 10. The video was good. It finallyThing 10So far, so good!The "23 things" is a great exposure to so many web tools that I had not known or tried. Isn't it great, though, that the main subject of this Wiki of late is still "all about the books" and how we can best promote them through these tools? (DaMeMu)If the idea behind a wiki is the communal sharing of knowledge, let's share some knowledge! How about everyone shares their best idea for marketing books - to the audience you specialize in? For example, a "staff top ten/five star" table in our Media Center has morphed in to many "favorite" tables around our Media Center. The kids wanted to get involved, so we had them submit book reviews (we came up with a form that we printed on neon colored cardstock) and invited kids to review books they had read. We put their reviews in the book they read and now have them displayed on tables with signs like, "CPHS Students Give These Books Five Stars!" These tables are the first place students go when they come into the Media Center to look for a book!In honor of Nancy Pearl's upcoming visit to Minnesota, I would love to hear the ideas of my colleagues for "selling" books to their patrons! trainingwheels. At ERHS we are placing cards with short "enticing" statements about the book sitting above it. I saw it in a bookstore once and thought it was a great idea. I have tried to get the students to do a podcast about their books - have had little success. I like the idea about tables with top ten books. We are going to try that. Wikis are a great resource when people contribute. (runawaytrain)**

4-7-08. Again with the signing in. Can somebody please invent a one-stop shop for passwords/accounts? THAT would be valuable to me... hh

4-7-08 im in ur wicki editn ur page... thing 10 finito... mm

4-70-08 I'm workin' on Wiki today thanks to a 15" snow day! Thanks 23 things! pmk

4-7-08 This is a useful tool for communication. I can see how useful it could be for planning among group members who are a distance apart and no travel budget. MS

4-7-08 Amazing how easy a wiki can be! -JB

4-7-08 This was easier than I thought, and now Thing #10 is done. JZ

4-7-08 Thing #10 - complete! Vicky

4-6-08 My brother uses a wiki with his colleagues to put up, share and edit support materials for his job. He has found it to be very helpful in kepping everyone up to date on changes and updates to policies and issues that affect their patrons. I can see that something similar would work well in our library. As a place to maintain procedures or common problems that need to be passed from person to person expecially between shifts.

4-6-08 Our school used a wiki to discuss the shift in our student population towards poverty. It was effective in inviting those who might not speak up verbally to have a voice. Of course, this wikidemonstrates the negative aspects of an unedited wiki, too. How is this helpful to anyone? It feels like stream-of-conscious thoughts -- the voices of many people standing in a room talking to no one in particular. Naomi

4-6-08 My son, a college senior, was working on a wiki assignment for his Japanese language class this afternoon. His assignment was to post three photos and describe a travel experience (in Japanese). lynn

4-5-08 Wikis are great because they allow for such simple collaboration. I appreciated the CommonCraft video once again. The students at my middle school think Wikipedia is the greatest thing, and I would agree. We have discussed the difference between a wiki and a website. Teachers are beginning to caution students on the reliability of Wikipedia, and that is good. My son's college librarian says Wikipedia is prohibited from college-level research. Somewhere in the learning process there's lots of information to evaluate.... For now, though, Wikis are growing like crazy. (rockyb.)

4-3-08 MAW Here again. Had signed up to get this wiki's notifications and my first notice made it look like someone deleted the whole

thing! But I see that it is all back. So either the person figured out how to get the page back OR someone else came in and put it all to rights.

The idea of setting up a wiki so that our library users could list items that they would like us to get (not that we have the funds for acquisiton...another story) is something we are going to give some thought to. No idea that this was so straightforward. I can see other uses for wikis outside of the library too, in other collaborative areas of life!!!

(4/3/08, Fire/EMS/Safety Library)

Just dropping in to say hi and make sure I can edit. I'm going to by much more enthusiastic about the unused wiki on our staff web now that I know how they could be used.

How nice that I can edit this Wiki without studying the Wiki formatting. Thank you, 23 Things!

I tried to insert an image (jpg) but it displayed at a gigantic size...don't know how to shrink the image here, so no picture of the cardinal in my pine tree. So many more Things...so little time. (4/1/08 bjw)

Wow, editing a wiki is extremely easy. (4/1/08 LAS)

Ok, this was pretty easy. I've used pbwiki in my personal and work life, so nothing new here. Love it though! --sw 4-5-08

A quick entry: What I think is great about Wikis is that they can be a wonderful way to collaborate, as demonstrated by a few of the examples linked to the "23 Things" site. I was sorry to see that the Best Practices site was no longer active! My most recent strategies for promoting fiction-reading among high school students are:

- heavy weeding in the fiction collection --- I LOVE THIS! I'm doing some major weeding right now, too -- HUGE believer in making the shelves inviting vs. just full!! (4/1/08 - pjs)

- replacement of unattractive editions of "classics" with PRETTY new copies (even though classics shouldn't be judged by their covers, young people do it all the time!)

- lots of books on display

- lots of conversations with students about what they like to read

- going to a bookstore the same day a student requests a title, buying it and processing it immediately, checking it out to the student the very next day

- hosting a drawing for student READ posters (using the ALA software)--students fill out a form telling about a favorite book, and they win a poster of themselves holding that book, which I post in the front window of the Media Center.

Fiction circulation has more than doubled since I took the steps listed above! (4/1/08 dkadams)

Thank goodness for a snow day! It gave me some time to work on my 23 things. I had a snow day, too. That meant a library full of kids who weren't in school. My favorite promotion idea after browsing through some of the library wikis is to start a library blog and ask the students what they like to read and what they want me to order. A wiki would allow them to add directly on to the site. Kris 4/2/08 Another idea I came back with from a workshop - a librarian left a pile of books on a table that needed to be shelved. The students came in and asked if they could check them out. After that, she has permanently left a pile of "ready to be shelved" books on a table! (3/31/08 Jean Haberman) |

Just a quick note to check out the ease of adding/editing information to a wiki for . It sounds like we are going to get another helping of Spring snow...stay warm and drive safe. The students here at ERHS are already doing their "2-Hour Late Start Dance", wishing for tomorrow! (3/31/08, SZSRocks, Zoma.Olson@elkriver.k12.mn.us)

I love this photo. So Minnesotan! Is no one taking credit for it?

Celebrating storybook characters in some way tied to a project is always fun. Here's the birthday cake my husband bought for me a couple days ago. It would be great for a storyhour or end of reading program event. 3/31/08 Linda/nclc23@gmail.com

04/08/08 Hi Linda -- What a great cake from a thoughtful husband. Was the cake chocolate too... Gasp! I have a Curious George collection and my name is Linda too! End of doppelganger though since we have different birthdays.

My idea for marketing books this past week was to center it on the baseball theme since it is the MN Twins opener Monday. Abner and Me by Dan Gutman (Baseball Card Adventure series) and Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote were a couple of the books that I promoted. Swindle by Gordon Korman was new at the book fair and sold out. I'm just starting the book, but the plot is about a boy who is swindled out of a million dollar baseball card. I can't wait to see how the adventure unfolds. Grade levels: 4-6 (3-31-08 Media Talk 23) I like the baseball theme. Another one to try is Heat by Mike Lupica. Here is a picture of me and my cousin at the Twins game. (4/3/08 Tracy's 23 Things)

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Gosh, one could really mess with someone else's notes here! I don't really feel brave enough to EDIT someone else's words, but that was my impression of the wiki concept prior to this exercies; sort of the collective wisdom of many people about a topic, idea, thing, issue, experience etc... I will however, make a background color change. Here goes. Yellow. Interesting. This page took an incredible amount of time to load with dial-up. MAW

I appreciate your ideas for marketing books. I have also tried scanning a book cover and putting it on the morning video announcements. This has brought in quite a few students to checkout the books we have. Debbie

Reader participation is key to the "marketing" of books at the public library. I would love to see reader reviews linked up to the online catalog. Libraries like Ann Arbor have patron tagging on their catalog. I think that the Hot Reads/Cold Nights program elicited a lot of feedback from patrons as to the books that they read, and these were very passionate readers. It would be great to get that feedback to the library as a whole. Karen O. (Library Ratatouille, 3/27/08)

Here I am--edting a wiki. Can you believe it? I love this 23 things program. There is so much to learn and not enough time by April 16. I hope they leave the 23things site up for a couple months after so we can continue to explore. Some of these "things" need a lot more time to explore. Just thought I'd share a picture with you! Alice

I agree with you. Time is a big issue. I am going to take a graduate class on 2.0 things this summer, so I hope that will reinforce what we have been doing here. Debbie

 

 

...Hi Alice...hate to crash your entry here (but that's what a wiki is all about, isn't it??) Just want to suggest that you edit your paragraph to tell everyone something more about this picture--such as what is it showing??...a gym or something? In a high school ? Or someplace else?? And where is it located?...or is this just a generic picture found on the net that you just put up here to see if you can? Please tell....your library friend, Shocker boy

 

6/2/09 This photo is from the main hall at Ellis Island.  I took the photo on a visit there in fall of 2007.  Alice

 

 

Just poking around here and noting the similarities between this and the HTML editor features of our web site software and Desire2Learn. Transferable skills and an important tool as we continue to learn new stuff! The photo looks like a "Union Station" someplace! MA

 

Time is moving fast and I only have a couple more weeks left to get 13 more things done before April16. So I will make this edit short.

(Lynette the Library Lady)

 

 

Just a quick line to let you know I was here. Need to keep going to get 23 Things done. 1123onstick

 

Yes Spring is officially here but I'm not planting my potatoes yet. Jan the trackstar

It's a good thing that winter has extended it's stay in northern Minnesota, because I was afraid spring would arrive and I would not have yet finished the 23 Things. Seems like this Easter weekend has given me a little reprieve. Once the snow is gone and the earth dries up, I won't be spending any extra time in front of my computer! There are too many things (gardens, puppy, horses, lakes) that will swallow up all those free minutes!! That means I better get moving from this Wiki, update my blog and get on with Thing 11!

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I was surprised how easy it is to edit a wiki,

Happy Easter! from Frenzied Media

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This is my first sentence of a wiki. Sounded brilliant, didn't it. Well off to make my own wiki for a class at school perhaps. Thanks for 23 Things! Happy Spring! (soon?)

Whee, I am in! This is pretty cool. I am wondering what the difference between something like GoogleDocs and this is; maybe it's the same as Coke and Pepsi...? (librarygoddess--23Things)

Yipee - I'm in! I was having trouble with thing #9, so skipped to #10 for now. I seen some pretty interesting things in the various wikis I've looked at tonight. And this isn't hard - I like that! P. Andersen

My first time...ever... in editing a wiki. Painless and easy. HAPPY EASTER!!

Me, too, doing Thing 10. I have a wiki myself, but haven't done much with it when I couldn't talk my sister into collaborating with me on a writing project. District policy against student accounts (!) so far has limited my use with students. This too must change! Ann P.

Hi There....this is kind of fun. I think this is an incredible tool that we all should be using. I am learning so much in the 23 things! I best keep working and learning.

thecrazylibrarylady was here and has nothing to say! but she was here, that's what counts...I'm feeling pressed for time to get done so I must move on...hope to come back to wikis soon and work with this...seems like a productive idea!

PG WAS HERE! I'M HAVING FUN WITH STICKS BUT HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. I'M ON 10 AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO 23! THE END SEEMS SO CLOSE YET SO FAR! (My very sad attempt at poetry:))

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I have never done anything like this and have trouble finding the time to stay with any of the THINGS for very long. I agree that it seems like it goes on forever. This looks like it could really be alot of fun and I am looking forward to coming back to wikis in the near future. Will I ever get to 23??????.....Onidakitchen

What a fun way to link up with other people that are working on the same project. Thank you to "23 Things on a Stick" for all these great learning things!

I am doing this for Thing #10. I've enjoyed working on the Things & even tho it's taken lots of time, I'm glad I did it. I know this entry is boring, but it's hard to think between helping 10 patrons at once! Susan

23 things on a stick are fun... I also like Ice cream on a stick.

Stacey

I was here!--This is my efolio--just a start.efolio attempt--not done!

The soon to be extinct Britannicas. Do you remember the last time you opened one?

Yes, just the other day ( this is great).  I just can't part with ours at the library.  Sometimes the internet is just toooooo much information and people like to open the Britannica and read.  --jazzyreader.

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Our Britannicas are used as weights more than encyclpedias. Does that count as a marketing technique? Not!

It was very interesting reading people's ideas of how to highlight books in the library, I wish I had more time to make really nice displays. It was really easy to do. Kathy

There is nothing so wonderful as reading a good mystery book with a purring cat on your lap. I am not really a dog person.

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A Library Learning 2.0 ProgramCreation date, November 19, 2007NTN's crowned fashionista was here. ;) Meeting NotesColdSpring**

"JESSI IS THE BEST"

-Jessi Ann Schulte, 2008

Miss Turrey leaves her sticki wiki footprint.

I'll leave a few Haiku's I have been adding to our libraries blog.

Cars that will not start

It even hurts to breath in

How long until spring

Roses are reddish

Violets are kinda pink

Yet spring is far off

See you later, Chris from "My 23 Things on a Stick Blog"

My suggestion for marketing books: I have the kids do the work. In the fall I modeled booktalking with the 12 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award. and then I've had students carry on. Every class I ask for three volunteers to booktalk a book they have read that they think others would like too.

My 2 cents - Jackie

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DCTC on a Stick was here! :)

AIG5 was here! VERY interesting!

The-Library-Ninja was here.

23 Lyssa Things leaves her print on this lovely wiki. :o)

Librarian with Ink was here. Wishing for Summer~

PLO moving on to number 11. can'

Shhhhhhhhh! MEANS Shhhhhhhhhh!

Blonde Librarian was here. Hi!

Elementary, my dear media folkse

BKMN was here!

Bev - Wormhole - 23 Things on a Stick - was here!!!

23 Things Rocks!

(To whomever added the cartoon below -- I laughed 'til I snorted. Thanks.  -eb)

miss banana pancakes. oh snapizzle.

Wikis are cool, we could definitely use these in our library!

DogMom Librarian leaves her mark.

Electro-Librarian was here (http://electro-librarian.blogspot.com/)

Roasted Marshmallow finishes Thing #10! Whoo Hoo!

10 down--13 to go! Catablogger was here--now it's off to the blog!

Almost half-way done, and finally discovering very cool Things I will actually use!

Fun! I think this is the way to go forsharing information.

BB was here

I'm trying to hide in wiki-world. Kilroy was here.

Blond Librarian #2 was here...See ya!

This is the same type Wiki we developed for our library as a way to communicate among staff. MS

"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." -- Mae West

Well, I'm not saying a wiki is evil but I've certainly never tried one before. SerenaLeigh

Check out the B Movie List! Add your favorite.

"Minds are like parachutes -- they only function when open." -- Lord Thomas Robert Dewar

One of Rabbit's tracks for life, the universe and 23 Things on a Stick.

I enjoyed looking at the MN 150 wiki. Feels a little safer to add something on this wiki for a start. E.B.

Stick to It almost got stuck!

momlaz finally figured this out! wahoo!!

"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." Catherine Aird

Finally done with #10. Now I just need to go back to my blog and write about all this. I am amazed at all that is available!!

Headfones survived and is moving on.

Thankfully pbwiki doesn't insist that you create in html format. Is there a wiki about wikis?

Howdee from way out in the sticks. Look me up when you are down South in Blue Earth! CoriatLib

Mrs. Hermann was here. I'm digging the wiki world. I still won't allow wikis as a reliable source for research papers though.

Bluecat

CadetReader salutes wikis--and understands them better after reading this.

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Ok, there are too many cat lovers out there is looks like. My little 2 1/2 pound dog likes to sit and read mysteries on my lap. I thought that making changes on modifications to a wiki is a lot easier than using google docs. Unfortunately the only picture I have of my dog on my new computer is our christmas picture. Have a great day everyone!

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I think 23 Things on a Stick should be offered to all teachers. I am having fun with all of these web 2.0 tools and hope to gain access at school too. dk@ marshall, mn

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Just stopping by to check out the wiki! It's been great fun playing with the various tools, and now it is on to Thing #11! M. Lynn

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YAAAYYY!! I like this Thing. It's so easy! I like your idea about the student book reviews. ♥Freezapop signing off :)

I am excited about the wiki. I can think of many uses, but the one foremost in my mind is a book review wiki. That way students can comment on my reviews and add their own. I like the idea of seeing the edits, so that I can monitor the entries. --gjc

Coming as part of 23Things. We're using a wiki at work to document things that some of us do regularly, and some of us don't. (I run many stat calculations that the Middle and Lower Schools do less often, for example.) - Jen Arnott (modernhypatia)

I'm only on Thing 10 with April just around the corner...better move on to the next task! MS, 3-30-08

Well this is the first time something has worked for me since Thing 5. I want to get to the end of 23 so this will my only entry.

kathyonastick

I am also only on Thing #10 and its the 2nd of April. I have enjoyed doing all of the 23 Things on a Stick. I just need to make sure that I do at least 2 of them every night. I have to say that I have learned alot of good stuff. I hope all of the links stay active because I want to spend more time this summer "redoing" all of the 23 things.

This was a great idea. (TL)

This is my first entry on a wiki. Hopefully, it won't be my last. This has been a great learning experience (although very frustrating at times!). Maybe our library needs a wiki as an anonymous suggestion box for ideas on ways the library could improve its materials and services. lutefisk 23 4-2-08

Grace checking out the wiki...

This is a very LONG wiki. Nothing quick about getting to the end if you want to read everything. Never know when there will be some useful nugget...

This page is sort of like the internet in microcosm: typos, pictures of pets nobody but their owner cares about, time sucker, etc. -nathan hall 4-10-08

Well I am glad that they decided to give the 23 stick things a second chance. I just didn't have time to work on it. But I do now. I don't know that I would totally trust a wiki (like in Wikipedia Brown) but I can see where they are useful. Sarah 5/22

I am surprised at how easy it is to edit a wiki. Is that a good thing?? Maybe not but its fun.

Remember this people "Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock." Hannah Montana

Cher 06/10/2008

Let's try some older wisdom, too. "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon. BP 7/12/08

Katie Russell was here - 6-14-08

Check out my Twin City Sushi database! Just try it, you might like it!

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p.s. anyone else find scrolling through the enormous pet pictures a little disturbing?

Point of etiquette: does one place an edit at the beginning or at the end of the page? In the case of an actual wiki article, one assumes there would be a logical organizational outline that would dictate exactly where one would stick in one's oar, as it were. In this case, Miss Shelved has to agree with MysteryLvr (SEE above) that this particular page is less a wiki than a practice page with no real organization to the contributor's comments.

As to the utility of wikis in general, there are situations in which the sharing of knowledge among peers and/or practitioners is pure gold: educational best practices, etymological research, folklore, pop culture, technological troubleshooting, for example. In other cases, say medical research, one might need to be rather more careful in checking the antecedents of shared information. Wikipedia, one gathers, relies on a dedicated cadre of self-appointed citizen editors who work arond the clock to keep the site cleared of misinformation, at least some of which is supplied by well-meaning librarians (a few well-known to Miss Shelved!) who plant articles to prove to their students the unreliability of the source. As in any social network, the key is getting a quorum of authentic contributors and keeping the riff-raff out. (Miss Shelved 7-16-08)

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    I'm impressed at how easy it is to edit a wiki.  What little I knew about wikis before this session told me that it's easy to add information, correct or bogus, to any wiki.  From this I've learned that images, files, etc. can also be added, so I've provided a picture of my new manx cat named Lucy.  I'm not sure how a wiki could be used in our law library, but I'm certainly going to give it some thought...to keep in touch with our young computer savvy students. 

23 Things on a Stick reminds me of the State Fair but the treats are not corndogs - but ideas.  And like the State Fair, there can be too many treats.  They all taste good at the time, but you go home stuffed.  It's worth the ride.  Sue 7/24/08

Just needed to try this! Here's a picture from 23 things. It's been fun so far.

Hi from St. Olaf College. We have a wiki for our staff documents which is working well for me, at least!  The 23 Things wiki is not really functioning in a wiki sort of way, but this is just practice for all of us.  OK, done! kb

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Oh, boy!  I'm like late.  I can't say I've read all of this wiki, but I've read a lot of it and I must admit it's a bit...ecclectic!  Wow!  Get a bunch of librarians together in a room and see what happens.  Cheers!  and for any futurer readers heres a few images for your viewing pleasure....

 9/8/08  Better late than never says I.  We use wikis both for our staff intranet and for a secure IT intranet.  It keeps lots of information in good order and gives everyone a chance to keep it uptodate.

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Here is a picture I think you will enjoy.