Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Web Awards

The Web Awards offers users a tool to find some interesting and often unusual "things to do" online. Many of the "23 Things" are also listed. I looked at several sites.

1. Comiqs (Beta) -- I can see that this site could offer excellent programming opportunties. Users can create comics. Unfortunately the site does not appear to do a very good job of explaining what photos can be leagally used. The site is limited, but fun.

2. Lulu -- This site offers opportunities to self-publish. Membership is free, and it appears that users can work on projects without paying any fees. This site reminds me a bit of an online Kinko's. I could imagine several programming possibilities. For example, we could do a cooking class and then publish a cookbook designed by the class. I coudl have a child's photography class and then make calendars from the photos produced.

3. Biblio.com -- This site offers librarians and others free accounts to search for rare books. This site is very easy to use. I often look for storytime books that are no longer in print. This would be another excellent source for obtaining those materials. Most of the materials that I found were at incredibly low prices. The main drawback that I saw was that often large lists of items are not available. For example, I clicked on a link to graphic novels and almost none of the long list were available.


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