http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:54:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Del.icio.us is 'delicious' - a great way to organize all the favourites from all my computers (2) & access these. It's fantastic to network with others & see what they've found. However putting it onto my blog in the side page has been a trial - obviously I'm missing some ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/06/17/16-delicious/ From Carole Bird's website I found a great link to explain tags/categories in an Edulogger. http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/06/05/tagscategories/ Here is my immediate family: David, Hannah, Paul, Joel, 'the crew' together (a few years ago now), my husband & myself. I thought this page needed a picture or two... :) http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/06/04/my-family/ I have a 'book account' in igoogle, see My Library where I have placed one of my favourite books. This book search is fantastic for: students wanting a book in their genre - to search at school/home senior school students needing more information on their literature, & connects with other resources/links teachers to see ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/06/04/14-google-book-search/ I have been exploring Google this week & in previous weeks. So far I've tried & managed: Google Docs - tried to use 'powerpoint'/presentation (I'll need to down load smaller pictures &/or down size them in Picasa) Google Maps - I found my house & school, & fiddled with the 'buttons' Google Calendar ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/06/02/121315-google-stuff/ The work computer is very slow & faulty on Explorer, but I have registered & have started to work on my site & find friends - especially my colleagues. It seems that it is more secure then My Space, with less 'needless, useless stuff'. I still perfer this blogging system ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/28/11-facebook/ The tutorial series from the resource list is wonderful: How to use Facebook/ExpertVillage Videos I've tried registering onto Facebook several times today - but with no success, so I'll try again tomorrow. I have however managed to register onto My Space, the network my own kids are on. At home I'll continue ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/27/facebook/ I've looked at several My Space pages from libraries listed in the resources & can see the amazing way that there a 'buzz' of communication with the library & it's users - public / school patrons. There are so many options to choose from - 'the sky is the limit'. ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/26/my-space/ Well I've done it - this machine managed to read the google reader & give me a chance to subscribe to various feeds. :) I looked at activities for kids & various lifestyle interests (health & diet). I can see the advantage of a subscription (when you can find one ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/22/google-reader/ I was reading Scan magazine (Vol 27 No 2 May 2008) & became excited with the article on: Happily blogging @ Belmore South by Kim Pericles. Here a school is 'using blogs as an engaging teaching and learning tool with her students' (p.4) For anyone interested in reading my site, ... http://marrie.globalteacher.org.au/2008/05/21/teaching-blogging/