Thing 5-my own personal BLOGS

Who would have thought that someday in my lifetime I would be using terms such as "Blog", "Wiki", "Twitter"....Well, as to blogging, I found it easiest to use the button the I attached to my toolbar to save feeds. I did have some problem with feeds that I attached last year. Now, some of them have a red exclamation mark next to them. When clicked on they state "feed error". I can still get the feed, so I haven't really explored editing them, removing them and relinking the feed. I suppose this is as easy to do as my having explained the dilemma. I have already spent hours exploring blogs and connecting feeds. Here's to the time I hope bloglines saves me in scanning these sites on a regular basis. Perhaps we have opened Pandora's box?

Thing 3 & 4 -RSS!

Wow! Re-learning, remembering, trying to assimilate all of this very helpful, handy information! While I am sometimes a techno neophyte (and even a neophobe at times...) I can see how helpful Bloglines will be if I can remember to open the site, and not depend on my overwhelming, exhaustive semi-organized bookmarks -which change depending on the computer I am using ! RSS are also so helpful in that I have let many magazine and newspaper subscriptions lapse due to guilt over time, economy, going green....I can easily scan each feed and feel connected, tuned in and informed. My difficulties are: 1. Remember where I've bookmarked by bloglines 2. Remember my login! 3. Stay organized! 4. Read my feeds and get rid of the ones I continue to scan and never delve into! Time to evolve! I really enjoyed looking over the 100 inspirational-websites for teachers. Just seeing how educators are using blogs to share their growth, to teach, to journal....I was very inspired, entertained and motivated! Now, if I can just get outdoors for at least one day this summer....

Trying this all over again! Thing 1 and Thing 2

Ok! I've started 23 things a year ago, last spring, and due to a very sick daughter, I never finished. So...I am back again, rejuvenated, daughter is much better, my head is up above the clouds-here I go! Having had a year to reflect, I am all the more excited to revisit, learn and reflect on all of the great 2.o tools we will be learning about and using. An English teacher in my building had each of his students create a blog. What do you know-they did so much writing, reading and ENJOYING the written word that they hardly knew they were busy composing and learning. As an Art teacher, I had thought of using a blog strictly from my perspective, a dissemination of material....BUT hold on...how about my students creating their own blog so that they can talk about art, share their perspectives, discoveries....Oh! I am so excited, I may just wish my summer away! EEK! (Did everyone else immediately think of Dr. Seuss when reading your posting's title?) And finally, I do have to realize that what is written is read by public, that a posting is not a private thought or personal letter heading out to one....Hence the reason I also have trouble understanding Facebook.