The
Generator Blog is a pretty cool website, however I had a few issues making some of the things. It appears that the code for these generators have certain rules that you need to trial and error before it works. For example: I tried to upload an image on the button maker, and it didn't work, and when I tried to get my Chinese name, it only works if you put one name in (I tried this just for laughs- seeing as I already have a Chinese name, I wanted to see if it was the same, but sadly, it didn't recognise my Chinese name!)
I can see a lot of applications for making cool e-cards/presents for friends and family, but what of library applications? Can anyone think of any applications for their use in the library? They seem like a fun thing to play around with, but not necessarily something that we could apply to an academic library....
Has anyone come across any online image generations on library websites?
Anyway, check out my license plate:
3 comments:
At a quick first glance through this particular list, it's easy to see why one would have reservations as to applications in an academic environment ... fun games, great time wasters... but to train students towards higher degree research aspirations??
Possible applications perhaps, in something like iResearch?
Back to the old adage, Medium or Message?
Yeah I was struggling to find applications for these fun gadgets in an academic environment- but if I can insinuate your meaning, you are absolutely correct in that the Web2.0 arena may be one way in which libraries can "get with the times" and attract/retain young people (including tertiary students) who are becoming increasingly tech-savvy.
I always thought Web2.0 apps could be a good way to encourage wider patronship amongst youth in public library settings, but we need to expand our thinking to catering for academic clientele in the future and near-future, who are currently the 'tech-savvy' pre-teens and teens of today. The "school-leaver" student population (that is, students who go to uni straight after school) will soon (in the next few years) consist of people who have grown up as the "digitally @home" (a term coined by educational literary experts Knoel and Lankshear). In order to remain relevant, libraries must innovate, as we are already doing,( yay Sydney Uni library!) with initiatives such as iresearch (which by the way are very fun, and serve an academic purpose!)
So this rather long-winded comment was just a way for me to say that I was totally not thinking outside the square regarding the different applications that Web2.0 can bring to a library setting. Phew.
There might be uses in marketing or presentational terms, perhaps? I've used the Einstein generator (http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php) to create a flyer for a database class. He's saying "imagine what I could have achieved with online databases". I had to stop when it was pointed out that I was wildly violating library policy...
Tom
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