Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Thing #19

Ya know, I've found several sites (mostly spam removers) that have this "ribbon" or award and now I know what it's all about!!!

It's a great place to go to see what's new and "approved" out there. I love it!

Thing #18

Now I'm a HUGE fan of Microsoft Office, so free options instead make me a little wary. Well, here goes!

Oh, no. It makes me download something which I will not do on my personal computer, so I'll have to try it when I return to school. :-(

Thing #17

I'm trying and trying to add a comment to the sandbox but I don't know how!!!

Thing #16

I love this video http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b7a75a3ce09d40b497f6 It's sooo easy to understand.

I'm planning a baby shower for my very best friend and sent an e-mail out to the other 4 people that want to co-host the shower with me just this very morning. In the first few frames of the video above, it shows what a mess it will become with e-mails flying around to all of us. I'm going to set up a wiki to use with the other co-hostesses. Awesome!!!

As far as use in a school, the science SISs can totally set up and use wikis to communicate about upcoming SIS meetings (agendas) and upcoming workshops (again, agendas). I'm so excited! :-)

Thing #15

In Away from the “icebergs”, Rick makes a statement about libraries being "poorly equipped and insufficiently staffed for teaching" though he's talking about a college library, I agree on the elementary level. Not by fault of the librarian, but by the school district. Libraries need to have the latest technology, the latest publications, and the best lighting/environment. School districts just can't keep up.

Thing #14

Technorati's site works very slowly - is anyone else experiencing that?

I've claimed my 2 blogs on Technorati - too cool. I've got one blog for 23 Things and one for my baby-that's-on-the-way. We'll have to see what happens. :-)

Anyway, when I did a keyword search for "school library learning 2.0" I found a posting about school libraries: Building 21st century librarians AND libraries. Neat!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Thing #13

For this discovery exercise, you are asked to take a look at Del.icio.us and a couple of other social bookmarking sites to see how this tool could be used in your school.

I have to be honest about this one. I registered but when it got to the point to add buttons to my toolbar, I stopped, I don't want to install anything onto my personal computer. I'll try this one at school and add my comments later. :-)

Thank you to Maria Cigala that shared her science sites! http://del.icio.us/for/cigalam However, when I try to view them, it says I have to logged in as her to view them. :o(