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Why RSS?

July 25, 2008 @ 10:12 pm · Filed under technology, thing 2

I was just reading Will Richardson’s blog post on “Controlled Connectedness” which is something I need to work on given my previous post.  I noticed that he also had a link titled “RSS Guide” and found it to be very concise and helpful in explaining what RSS is as well as ways that RSS can really be useful in the classroom. For those of you who may be grappling with these issues, you might find this guide helpful.  I have to admit that Will Richardson spoke at our local BOCES conference last fall, but it still took me until now to really start to get the hang of this.  

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Addicted?

July 25, 2008 @ 8:57 pm · Filed under technology, thing 2

I started wondering if I had a problem earlier this week when I was sorely tempted to log on at 3:00 AM after giving my daughter her meds, but it was confirmed today. You know you have a problem when you start dreaming about the computer. No kidding, I woke up to images of my monitor this AM! Therefore, I have made a real effort to stay away from the this thing today. We have a huge festival going on in town and my garden has been badly neglected due to a combination of wet weather and my new addiction, so there has been plenty to do.

Thing 2 in the SLJ ATN project was to set up an RSS reader using Google Reader or NetVibes.  Since I had already set up a Google Reader Account, I thought I’d experiment with NetVibes to compare the two.  The rest of the family is getting a little grumpy about my computer time, so I haven’t gotten as far as actually trying NetVibes, but I did come across an excellent blog that compares the two.  It is written much better than I could have done, so I’ll just share the link. Thank you Mermaid Librarian!

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Learning how to migrate

July 22, 2008 @ 8:23 am · Filed under Thing 1, technology

As part of an exercise for School Library Journal’s All Together Now Project, I had to migrate my blog over to edublogs.  It wasn’t so hard.  I’m still working on migrating my blogroll, though.

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Web 2.0 – I’m drowning

July 13, 2008 @ 11:25 am · Filed under technology, web 2.0

How do people stay on top of all of the emerging technologies??? I’ve spent over 4 hours in front of the computer today and I’ve only barely scratched the surface. 


I’m trying to understand how Twitter might by useful.  I’m msmolly27 on Twitter if you are interested in joining me there. I’ve been on Twitter for a couple of months, but I’m still not sure how it will be professionally useful.  The people I follow do post some good links, but I also read many of their blogs where they also share that information. Do I need to follow them on Twitter, too?

I’ve heard a lot about the potential value of Second Life to educators, so I joined that today. I am Martha227 Bookmite in Second Life, but so far I can only run across water. :-) If you can find me there and help this poor lost soul, it would be appreciated. I tried to teleport to Kathy Schrock’s community, but didn’t get there.  I don’t know if it’s my computer (a mac) or what.

At any rate, my teenagers are getting really annoyed by the amount of time I’ve spent on the computer today.  I would be giving them grief for spending four consecutive hours here, yet, I feel I have so much more to do. How do people like Will Richardson and Kathy Schrock manage to have regular lives while staying on top of technology?

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