I browed through the other sites suggested by Library2Play, but I didn't find much that interested me. Technorati sounds fun, but I am not sure how much time I will devote to reading other people's blogs, and I am a little too private to want to post mine there. I didn't find much in the other sites that interested me. Right now I have books to make available to my students who want to read background on a writer or poet, for instance, so I am not sure how I would use Atomic Learning, but I am open to discover.
I read the CoolCat teacher's blog, but it didn't seem to go in depth--maybe I am not getting into the links, but when I clicked, I just got titles and a little information. I wanted to see the class Wiki to see how that is used, but wasn't able to figure out how to read it. So this is the one that confused me.
I just went back to Thing 9 and realized I am supposed to put feeds into five blogs on my reader; I found one on Murakami and thought I posted it on my blog but cannot find it. I will try doing it on the reader. I do think I can use this in my classroom to help the students learn to discriminate between different news sources. I do a project in which I ask them to evaluate the way a story is handled in two different mediums or sources. I can ask them to work on this all the time now to be able to engage in more careful analysis and argument about new topics.
Okay--I am now back from my travels in Germany and France--and am getting back to work on my blog. I went into my Igoogle account and added three additional blogs--on travel in France and Germany and one more--will have to check it--
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Hey there, Daydreams! I absolutely agree w/ your comments about the value of Technorati, reading others' posts, etc.
By the way, have you read the article about creating your own circle of the wise? I think it speaks to some of the concerns we have about credibility as students go searching about the web.
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-create-your-circle-of-wise-how.html
I did read through it but will go back--that activity was my least favorite of the ones we have done!
Definitely the least favorite!
Send me an e-mail w/ your travel dates so that we can plan an outing...
BTW, weren't you absolutely gratified by the end of Top Chef? I got a sick thrill by seeing Richard so completely flat-footed at the judges' comments! And Lisa, well, we all know she was just plain lucky! Go Stephanie!
Also, I watched An Ideal Husband last night - lovely! I do love Minnie Driver and wonder how she manages those comic expressions.
I thought that picking sites to make reading and researching was the most valuable thing for me.
I do not necessarily enjoy posting on other blogs and reading all the contents.
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