Thing #12 - What I Think I Write....

Two of my favorite points are be polite and (I'm going to pull several together) be interactive.

Being polite enhances the entire Internet community, I feel that it also will get you more traction with the initial blogger than flaming them. Intelligent discussion will always prevail over ranting and raving. 

Being interactive (Asking questions, responding when people comment, being open ended) helps bring more people into the discussion. These tips really helped me to think more about new techniques to use when blogging. : ) What do you think?  : )

After posting on the five players on our team I went searching for two others. I found a really awesome poem on the split finger fastball and the knuckle ball. I also found a great blog from the Highline Community College Library that had a great deal of Astronomy information for August. It was really cool finding this information when I was actually looking for something different. : ) Has that ever happened to you???

Thing #11 - Warped Library

I'm in the process of reading a book called "Warped Passages Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions" and it was so cool to find 7 groups reading the same book. I also enjoyed searching for some math related books. I think this would be a good exercise for my students to find that there are math books "out there" that are not "mathy". I would help to break down the poor attitudes that some students have about this subject.

Thing #10 - Eye Get It!

Fun with Image Generators!!!

Thing #9 - Lost and Found

Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?

It is easiest for me to "Google", I use Google so much that I have grown very comfortable with that type of search.

Which Search tool was the easiest for you?
I really liked Google and Topix. They seemed very user friendly, simply formatted, and clear.

Which was more confusing?
Syndic8 was by far the most confusing to me. I believe that it was simply a layout problem. The information was good but the layout did not flow very well for me.

What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Or what kind of unusual ones did you find?
Best librarian / library blog
A Library By Any Other Name, Vaughn Branom (Blogger)

This is the most exciting find during this lesson!!! Way to go Vaughn!!!

What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?

The Heart of a Teacher is a blog by my mentor and Mother. She is a retired teacher and one of the most inspirational people that I know. I have learned so much from her about being an educator that I wanted her to share her wisdom. She is very new to blogging, but I look forward to being moved by her experience, stories, and advice. Thank you!!!!!