Saturday, February 23, 2008

Thing # 14

Wow-you can spend hours in Technorati. I could never get the first video to come up. However, I managed to forge on.
It was fun to explore, but after seeing the word "F******" under More Rising News Stories, I know I wouldn't use this for students. I'm not a prude by any means, but I find foul language so tacky and juvenile. Tags make looking for things easy. It helps get you organized, something I am trying to do with my life. I chose not to claim my blog.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Thing #13

Well after much procrastination, I finally completed this assignment. I first went to this Thing about tagging and Del.cio.us at school, and found many of my favorites were on my home computer. So darn! Didn’t want to start something I couldn’t finish.
After coming home, I watched the Common Craft guys clip. Very well done!
Finally after putting my daughter to bed, I decided to give it a try. I tried to do only school related favorites this time. It took awhile. I didn’t realize everything I had saved. At least I got to weed out some sites and just add the ones I really use.
I love it. I want to go back and add some hobbies next.
I will be using this since now I can get my bookmarks at school and home. Yeah!

Thing # 12

Rollyo was interesting to say the least. At first I was totally confused, then I got into it. I don't know how often I will really use this. I am going to be optimistic and say I'll come back for more. I do know that I ended up finding a lot of information on the subject I was looking for.

I went back to Rollyo and did more exploring. I don't like leaving a stone unturned. I didn't realize that I could search through only a selected number of my favorite sites. Neat! It has its advantages over Google and Yahoo.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Thing # 11-Library Thing

Well-I'm not sure I can remember how many things I have signed up for as of now. I enjoyed LibraryThing though. I added just one author that I have in my collection (27 books). I searched for others that read her books also. I then found many similarities in the reading material the others and I have. When I get some free time I will add more. This seems like a good way to see if other people with similar interests recommend a certain book.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Thing # 10



This assignment was fun! I enjoyed exploring each link. I found Comic Strip Generator simple.

I also had fun with the trading card maker. As I posted in Thing #6-I think using this for GLAD strategies is ideal. I got my trading card to finally downnload. It is at the top of this post.

# 9 Finding Feeds

GoogleReader is my choice of searching for feeds. It is the easiest for me to navigate. I have become aware of sites I often visit now with that little orange box. I only added one blog while doing this assignment, and I had to copy and paste the web address to GoogleReader. This was not enjoyable for me. It was too overwhelming.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Thing # 8

I have to say I was intimidated by this thing # 8. I had never heard about RSS feeds. I had avoided doing it, but when I finally got in and learned what it was, it was simple. I have set up a GoogleReader account and subscribed to several blogs, both personally and professionally. I couldn’t believe how much information comes daily. I hope that I can keep up with it. My husband was interested in learning about RSS and now he has an account also. This should make our lives easier.