ZIP! And I am finished...

Status: 12% zombie, 88% perk

Well here we are at last. The end of the line for the Web 2.0 expedition - there were moments when I wasn't sure I was going to make it! Not for it being difficult, but just for the mere fact that work is incredibly busy this time of year.

My overall feelings about this program are positive. It was fun to play around with some familiar things, and learn about some new things as well. There are so many different things available on the "interwebs" that it can seem overwhelming to keep up! This allowed me to sample a couple of things I might not otherwise - Second Life, for instance.

I only have so much time in a day - both at home and at work - so I pick and choose carefully what I spend my time on. Ultimately, I don't think I'll be adding much of anything new to my entourage of online favorites like Flickr and LastFm. I suppose I might spend a little time with Google Earth and Google Documents now and then, but other than that...

I do like meebo, and think it will come in handy later on, especially if I end up doing more online reference. I'd like to be able to have it available at certain times for local teens to contact me through the library website. We'll see...

I think I would enjoy another exploration program such as this one - but I do have one BIG recommendation.

DO NOT COINCIDE WITH SUMMER READING!

Keep it in the dead of winter, please.

I think a lot of people, not just myself, felt that even one hour a week was difficult to fit in while trying to juggle all of the other things we do.

I would have liked more interaction from coworkers on my blog posts - I know somebody was reading them, but with so few comments I wasn't sure who. Of course, with the time crunch I wasn't able to read everyone else's and leave comments - so it goes both ways!

Finally, I think in the future it would be nice to look a little more deeply into the applications we explore. An hour per lesson to look, learn, and write about what we're doing is just not enough to gain any particularly meaningful experience in most cases.

Just scratching the surface...