Thing 9

Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? If I knew it about what I wanted to find then Blogline or Google Blog was very easy to use. If I didn't REALLY know what I was looking for then it was a lot of hunting and checking.

Which Search tool was the easiest for you? I thought the easiest to use was Edublog because the topics were listed and the ones voted "best" had been identified.

Which was more confusing? Syndic8 was more confusing and since it was towards the end I spent the least amount of time on it.

What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Or what kind of unusual ones did you find?

Thing 8

After setting up my Google Reader here are the answers to the 3 questions we were asked to ponder...

I like how the information in RSS and newsreaders come to the user instead of the user looking through different bookmarked or favorite sites to see what others are "up to."

The uses of this technology in school or personal life are endless, but will take a bit of adjusting of habits. I immediately went to adding subscriptions to people's blogs that I regularly check and a couple of websites I regularly check. I even went to a musician's site that I haven't seen in awhile but want to and added that site. Now I hope I use it regularly to keep up with everything.

Libraries can take advantage of this new technology by used it to keep current of the changes in the field of information science services, curriculum changes, educational law and in educating the library's users in how to have a newsreader help them in their daily life.

Thing 7

Google is amazing in the way that it has linked and helped people around the world. I spent time with Google Doc creating a new business card for my new job. Google Docs could have saved me a great amount of headaches had I only known about it last year. I can imagine using that a lot in collaboration with other teachers and librarians. I created the beginnings of a calendar to integrate my personal life with my school life - I am already pretty good at keeping two calendars but sometimes it helps if I can see the big picture. Then I spent WAY too much time playing with iGoogle.

Thing 6

It amazes me how smart and creative people can be. I like the idea of trading cards or personalized name tags. Very cute and creative. I selected one of the authors on the Bluebonnet list but after searching a good 30 minutes (I gave myself a time limit) I couldn't locate a picture of her. I used a book cover instead.

Thing 5

Flickr is a wonderful way to waste time just browsing. I use it best when I have a goal in mind. I am still unsure how to give credit to the photographer. Do we post a website where we copied the picture? I selected an image of improperly shelved books.

Thing 4

Thanks to the kickball captain for the email entering me into the 23 Things group. Thanks for the extra days. Let's see how long it takes me to finish!

Thing # 3

Creating my avatar was a lot of fun! I didn't know whether to go with the real me... or... the fantasy me! Notice my new school's mascot? Go Bulldogs!

Thing # 2

After viewing 7 1/2 Habits, I would have to say that habits 2 and 3 are the easiest for me. I have always enjoyed being responsible for my own learning. I have a natural tendency to NOT look before I leap so I have had to adopt the idea that problems are just another thing to overcome. The hardest habits for me would be habits 1/2 playing and 4 involving confidence. I tend to be pretty serious about most things although I have a well developed sense of humor, but I must remind myself to find the fun or play in life. The lack of confidence tends to make me work a little longer and harder than I usually need to, but throughout life that has served me well, so far!