The end of the beginning

I've enjoyed reading all of the summations on my colleagues' (classmates') blogs, and I wanted to do something spectacular for refdeskpaul to celebrate the end of the semester. But this is not the end, merely the beginning, for refdeskpaul, and it seems kind of silly to list each of the 23 things and what I learned from each of them during the past 16 weeks.
I am, however, so very glad that I have learned the hands-on basics for web 2.0 by actually doing each of the 23 things: I learned the theory of web 2.0 in other classes, but this has been an exceptional learning experience because I have had to actually apply what I have learned. Being a Piagetian constructionist at heart, I firmly believe we learn best by coordinating sequences of neuronal firings in multiple parts of the brain simultaneously--employing motor neurons in hand-eye coordination, exercising verbal (and actual speech) neurons in constructing letters and symbols and words, neurons in the corpus callosum that coordinate the two hemispheres of the brain and allow cross-talk to happen between the left and right brains, etc. That happened in this class because of the "realness" of blogging for each other in real time. We all had to use parts of our brains in new ways. Now that we know how to do all of these things (way more than 23 things), we'll continue to build new learning on top of the base we constructed in this class. So I intend to continue blogging on RefdeskPaul. This is only the beginning....

We're everywhere!

I just googled (TM) "refdeskpaul" and found links to my blog on all of the other blogs created by students in Charlet's Reference (LIS 635) class at UW Madison. If you linked to this blog as part of the 23 things assignment, you'll find your blog listed in google searches for refdeskpaul. Here's the first page from teh Google search:

mean: refdesk paul
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refdeskpaul
refdeskpaul. Friday, November 7, 2008. The Invisible Web ... Subscribe To refdeskpaul. Posts. Atom. Posts. All Comments. Atom. All Comments. Followers (2) ...refdeskpaul.blogspot.com/ - 60k - Cached - Similar pages -
refdeskpaul: Flickr photos
I have created a new Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/refdeskpaul/ . You can see a couple of my photos by clicking on the link. ...refdeskpaul.blogspot.com/2008/10/flickr-photos.html - 64k - Cached - Similar pages -More results from refdeskpaul.blogspot.com »
Flickr: ahappiercamper's Photostream
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, ...www.flickr.com/photos/refdeskpaul/ - 28k - Cached - Similar pages -
Untitled RSS
Today I went to downtown Chicago (the Loop, man!) and attended a workshop on Information Commons/Library as personal space. Powered by Tumblr.refdeskpaul.tumblr.com/ - 15k - Cached - Similar pages -
Rollyo: Paul Anderson
About refdeskpaul. refdeskpaul: refdeskpaul: First Name: Paul: Last Name: Anderson: Homepage: refdeskpaul.blogspot.com ...rollyo.com/refdeskpaul/ - 5k - Cached - Similar pages -
23 Things Search Engine
23 Things Search Engine. Discover, browse and search 23 Things sites. A custom search engine featuring hand-selected 23 Things resources, created by Paul ...rollyo.com/refdeskpaul/23_things/ - 7k - Cached - Similar pages -
twenty3things: My daughter in 15 years
Paul Anderson said... Cute. Doesn't look anything like you. Sure it's your daughter? Are you really sure? refdeskpaul. September 24, 2008 7:47 AM ...twenty3things-emily.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-daughter-in-15-years.html - 46k - Cached - Similar pages -
Reference This!: #10 Play Around with Image Generators
1 week ago. Exile On Main Street · RSS, Part Next. 2 weeks ago. Shookspear's Circle of Learning · #13. 2 weeks ago. refdeskpaul · Library Thing. 2 weeks ago ...uwmlibrarystudent.blogspot.com/2008/10/10-play-around-with-image-generators.html - 97k - Cached - Similar pages -
Much Ado About Twenty-Three Things: Activity # 23: Summarize thoughts
1 week ago. refdeskpaul · Library Thing. 1 week ago. David's Reference Thoughts · Roll, Roll, Rollyo search engine. 2 weeks ago ...lis635.blogspot.com/2008/10/activity-23-summarize-thoughts.html - 77k - Cached - Similar pages -
Blogapalooza: Thing #7: Post on anything technology related that ...
2 days ago. refdeskpaul · OCLC and WorldCat Flap. 3 days ago. Gwen 23(things) skidoo · "thing" no. 15: perspectives about Web 2.0. 3 days ago ...brownbethsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/thing-7-post-on-anything-technology.html - 83k -

Refdesk.com is Wonderful!

I love http://www.refdesk.com. It has everything you need for ready reference. I have it open at my desk while I'm doing virtual reference or telephone reference, and I go there often when students ask research questions. I wish Rockford Public Library would add a link to www.refdesk.com on the RPL web site. It would be so easy to do, and I'd be happy to show admin how to do it.

Now that I've been playing around with 23 Things, I feel really technosavy!