Thing #16

I like using Library Thing because each book you add to your library connects you to other people. It was easy to explore the site and I didn't feel stumped like some of the other sites we have played with. There was a new adventure in literature around every click. I think there are a lot of uses for librarything. You can get a lot of info. on books before you actually make the effort to purchase or check out the book. I can see that as a teacher this site would be great for research projects and English classes!!! I can also see that in my profession it would be a great site to check out resources for teachers to help students learn.

Thing #15

I have to be honest I am not a fan of delicious. I found it hard to use and don't really see the point unless you have so many favorites you can't remember them all. My site http://delicious/dapjkzd was fun to tag interesting sites, but I just don't see using it much. I guess in the classroom students can use it when working on research projects during the coming and going to the computer lab.

Thing #7b

I like the Google Reader especially Cooking for Engineers I have learned more than new recipes. I have also found it fun to check my horoscope each day on Astrology.com. I always thought it was weird that my husband always gets his info./news from the Internet, but using Google Reader you never need NBC5. :)

Thing #14

I can't believe there is so much!!! I won't get to the next thing if I keep playing around in thing 14. I love the calendar link and can see how great this could be at work. For all those staff members I don't want to share my Outlook calendar I can used this. I also love the writeboard what a great way to share results from my testing with teachers and principals! There was just so much and some was harder to use, but after many hours of "playing" I got it. FUN!

Thing #13

my boys are so important to me. Both are so different. I liked doing the mash-up and used flickr:photostream to make my boys come alive. I tried the mappr, but I thought is was hard to use. I also liked Trading Card Maker and had fun with that site. I think this is a cool way to share stuff with family and friends far away. If I was still in the classroom I can see how fun lessons would be, no more power point...

Thing #12

I had so much fun with this "thing". I wish I had picked more pictures and will most likely do another one when I have more time. rockeryou I can't figure out yet how to embed the thing, but will keep trying. For know here is the link.

Thing #9

My Sandbox was very fun. I was frustrated at first when I couldn't figure out how to do the table of contents, but once I figured it out if was fun. However adding stuff to it is making it a little silly. I also had a hard time figuring out how to read people's posts about my question. I did however figure that out and it is cool. I would actually enjoy making a sandbox that our school could use to communicate things and show others stuff going on within the district. NEAT-