week 5, thing #12, rollyo

A time saver! I added Rollyo to my blog and will definitely add it to my bookmark bar. I just need to be cautious in not overloading my searchrolls with too many sites. It would defeat the purpose.

week 5, thing #11, web 2.0

Again, I am astounded by the infinite number of web tools. My cyber "tool belt" is boundless. After viewing the Web 2.0 Awards winners, I added a few sites at my reach to further look into. These are definitely worthy of my time if it means saving time in the long run. Zimdesk is one that has piqued my curiosity. I sometimes find myself at my home computer wishing I had my classroom computer's desktop or just the opposite. With a virtual desktop, I will have access anywhere. Is it possible? Yes! How about allowable, BISD allowable? Allowable at home would be from the food category. What a neat tool!
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An entire site dedicated to food, Im Cooked lets members share recipes, make friends, watch cooking videos and learn more about culinary arts without the frills that often come with gourmet food television shows and websites.

week 5, thing #10, play week

I present to you Thing 10, created on this day, the fourth of July. He is a product of Comic Strip Generator. I recently viewed, scratch, played with software listed on the Blog Generator and found this one to be a snap.

week 4, thing #9, locate...feeds

I didn't know it, but while I was on thing #8, I ended up doing thing #9. What a laugh I had. I am hoping to get more acquainted with terminology, add more to my RSS feeds list, and perhaps have my list posted soon on my blog. I just don't know whether to keep my list personal, professional, or both. Should I add RSS feeds such as the ones about cooking along with education RSS feeds? Crisis? By far!

week 4, thing #8, rss & newsreaders

It's just me trying something new. I get easily distracted (if there is an item to click on, I end up doing just that, clicking), but here's hoping I'm doing this one thing right. RSS feeds led me to this. I blame RSS feeds. Technorati Profile

week #3, thing #7, technology

Unbelievable! If I stop at thing #7, I would be content. I just can't imagine what things #8-#23 are going to make me. All giddy! Browsing Infodoodads, I came across digg lab, dipity, and whatbird.com. I just get lost in this black hole of information: it's just endless. I picked three. One for myself, for school and just for fun. I listed them in that order. I sandwiched school. You just have to even if it's forced. "Put the red pen down," often says the right to the left. Just think it's like the day. Home, school, home. Perhaps, I'll find a digg story before leaving the house. At school, I can incorportate dipity timelines when studying a particular era in lit, for an author bio, or have students chart/plot out the events from a selection. Back home, start up birding using whatbird.com...Technology rocks. Let's all give fist pounds.

week #3, thing #6, flickr, mashups...

Flickr was fun. Mashups I found to be challenging. Sooo, I took the path of the least resistance. I thought to myself it was a lame thing to do, but when you start thinking the challenge a crisis, then it's time to take that path. Then, I read how that particular path is not viewed to be all that negative. Here we go, my first trading card. I wonder what it will be worth in twenty years.

















Senlin once wrote:
"Water takes the path of least resistance as it is pulled downhill by gravity. No one would suggest that this is the 'wrong' path, it is just the path that is determined by the laws of nature. Because water always takes the same least resistant course, it carves out its path. You could say that the grand canyon is a result of eons of water traveling along the path of least resistance. Yet, when the concept is applied to human behaviour, it somehow connotes laziness or lack of ambition. The least resistant path does not have to be an easy one. Is there merit in struggling, just for the sake of the struggle? If two paths lead us to the same place, is it not wiser to take the least resistant way? I'm not sure, but I do think that we could all benefit from being more like water. We're mostly made of it, after all - maybe we shouldn't be fighting our basic essence."