Christmas Activity -

Thing 17

Good to see bubbl.us. It was simple and I quickly created a number of webs. I found Webspiration was a bit more comprehensive but I suspect that it will require a "for fee" subscription in the near future being associated with the Inspiration/Kidspiration application.

The librarian at my schools uses the LibraryThing for her personal reading (along with her husbands library). I personally use Swaptree.com because I try not to keep my books. They accumulate. With Swaptree.com I can trade books, CDs and DVDs with others. It's an efficient system and works well for me. At the cost of postage, I can trade for more books I want to read.

Thing 14 Delicious Bookmarking

I have used Delicious for just over a year. It's a great tool and I find the Delicious Toolbar very helpful. The idea of tagging my bookmarked sites is a great help when I go back to look for a site that I saved earlier. The tagging also helps me find my treasures that I've forgotten.

I have found one difficulty. On occassion I need to uninstall the toolbar and then reinstall it because it stops working correctly. I don't know the reason for it. However, I like the convenience of the correctly operating toolbar that I take the time to reinstall it. If any one knows the reason for this or can share your knowledge to stop it from happening, I'd certainly appreciate hearing of it.

Thing 13 - tagging

I've used online bookmarking for many years. I moved to Delicious last year and find the toolbar extremely helpful and convenient. It's so simple to add a site to my online bookmarking. Tags are absolutely super. Before tagging, I collected so many sites that I found worthy of saving but then I couldn't find them when I neeedd them. Tagging allows me to categorize the sites in a manner that will help me find them when I need them. And, unlike the favorites on my hard drive, Delicious can be accessed anywhere I can access the internet. This is a great resouce tool.

Thing 12 widget - avitar

Mrs. S. speaks - attempting my first avitar



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Thing 11 - Connecting through Comments

Comments do strike the emotional sting. Positive and encouraging messages boost my confidence and lead me on to doing more. I'm no different than a child in that regard. Posting negative statements are troublesome and should be made very infrequently. They produce little in the area of results.

I received a comment regarding a picture from Flickr and the words I associated with it. My heart increase a small bit with the kind words. Yes, there is a real draw to communicating with others even when I don't know them nor will ever see.

When I have students post their works on a site such as ToonDoo, I'm concerned that they will receive a negative comment. Children have tender feelings and don't receive hostility will. While positive comments feed their spirits and spur them on to do more. I'm like that too.