Things 12, 13, 14: Del.icio.us and Technorati

What a great answer to "where was that web address?" Wow! I could have really used this when I was getting my Master's Degree a few years ago. I had so many web sites saved in MY FAVORITES on my home computer, but then I had to keep a list of websites for the times that I was not working on my home computer. Del.icio.us is a valuable tool for school students to use!

Technorati is blocked here at school, so I'll have to work with this from my home computer...

I discovered Mashable when I was exploring Technorati tonight. It is described as the "leading tech blog focused on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news." This site will be helpful in keeping me up-to-date with the latest Web 2.0 tools.

Thing 11: Glogster!

I wasn't sure I saw any benefit to this application until I found this which gave me lots of ideas -- Revolutionary War

Possibilities are endless -- I'm going to revamp one of the assignments for my graduate students (Alvernia University) and require them to use Glogster for their Career Exploration unit.

Thing 10: Rollyo

Rollyo is a great way to assemble websites for my students to use. I am going to put one together that my law students can use to get dependable information (summer project?)!

For now, I made this Rollyo search engine:
http://rollyo.com/evieg78/the_business_of_education/

Posting a link to Bloglines?

I'm trying to post a link to my bloglines. Not sure if this is correct. Would someone let me know?

http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=EvieG78

I love hearing this devotional every morning on the way to school!

http://www.listenersbible.com/devotionals/todays_devotional

Thing 9: Marabelle, The Christmas Cat

Believe it or not, the antlers are tied on the cat like a hat! This is typical behavior for her, which makes her so much fun. The family's favorite poses of Marabelle include bunny ears at Easter, riding in a doll carriage, and curled up for a long nap in a basket.

I created the "frosted glass" at bighugelabs.com

Things 7 and 8: RSS stands for Really Simple Stuff

Thing 7: I like using the BlogLine' RSS feeds as opposed to getting them in my email, as I do for some educational organizations. Using BlogLines keeps all the feeds isolated, away from my email inbox, which is a very good thing. I can control when I read them, or not. There is great potential as a teacher to set up a BlogLines site for the subjects that I teach (law and accounting) and allow students to use them for acquiring knowledge.

I'm looking forward to spending more time on this Web 2.0 tool. Can't wait to show it to my husband because he has his favorite sites that he likes to visit, too.

Thing 8: I put the 23 Things RSS feed on my blog, but I'm not sure why it doesn't show the most recent feeds. I also put a feed for the library's events.

Things 4, 5, 6: Hummingbird found on Flickr

Hummingbird, originally uploaded by _Maji_.

Hummingbirds are such fascinating birds. We get so excited when they visit our backyard pond and garden.

I use Snapfish to share photos with my family, but I can put them on Flickr just as well and then upload them to Snapfish. I've had lots of fun playing with Flickr!!

Early Morning Visitors

We were so surprised to see these three visitors last year in our back yard. Since that time, we have noticed their tracks in the snow several times -- always heading in the same direction -- from the front of our property to the back. This must be part of their early morning walking trail.

Need a Graphic Organizer

I've been working with computers since 1983 and have learned multiple versions of Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Quattro, PowerPoint, etc. This Web 2.0 stuff, though is hard for me to catch on because it isn't WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). For example, when I go to my blog through the 23 Things website, I can't do anything with it except read it. This is the part that was confusing to me, at first. Since it's my blog, why do I have to go to a different-looking format to enter information (i.e. this screen)?

I need a graphic organizer! That's IT! I'm too sequential to make sense of this virtual technology.

Over the weekend I signed up to Twitter. That was confusing to me at first, too. When I saw my Twitter site on someone else's "following" list, I could only read it, not edit without logging in first. Oh well, I'll get used to it. After all, I am a DIGITAL IMMIGRANT, so don't laugh at me too much!