My Response: My experience with Web 2.0 tools includes Facebook and now LibraryThing. I am not an avid Facebook user and only felt compelled to create an account because of my job. While Facebook is popular in schools as well as in homes, it is not something that all people feel comfortable in using. I do support using Facebook for an office or school because it has benefits.
I think the idea of LibraryThing is great. It has moved from just an organizational tool for books in 2005 to including a social component in 2007. I do think that LibraryThing can be great for classrooms. Teachers and students can input their books and comment on them. They can make wish lists for the teachers to see. I think it is a great way of having students explore the world of books and reading on a metacognitive level, that is thinking about how we think about books.
The article below gives a good overview of LibraryThing and its evolution.
LibraryThing: Cataloguing for the (Social) Mass. Full Tex Available By: O'Neill, Jill. Information Today, Sep2007, Vol. 24 Issue 8, p. 23.
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