Thing 25: Bloggers' toolkit

Today I added a mini search engine widget, a visual dictionary, places to see before you die (It will motivate ME to come back ;-), and a Ben Franklin quote widget. I already spend too much time on Facebook and am not interested in creating another social networking piece here so I skipped many of the friend/networking widgets. I am intrigued by the photo idea and would love to do this for book covers, but am a little stymied as to a dependably appropriate source of pictures. I spent well over an hour experimenting with this (it was fun -- no complaints!)

Thing 24: About bloggin'

I haven't really blogged since finishing with 23 Things on a Stick, in part because I have many other things I'd rather do. In part because I know no one reads my blog and it feels like it "doesn't matter". However, I have truly shared web 2.0 tools with my colleagues and students and grew tremendously through the process of participating in 23 Things, so much so that I'm back! As an introvert, I enjoy the opportunity to reflect and post commentary in my own pacing and from my own perspective. I do occasionally read others' blogs, but almost exclusively when they've been referred to in another source. In other words, I don't seek them out. When I hear reference to a blog and am curious, I seek it out. I have commented on others' blogs, but infrequently.

More 23 Things

After working so hard last spring to learn all 23 Things, I am ready to learn more! I have worked hard within my school system to make del.icio.us available as a staff tool and have delved into working with Moodle. Since the only "drawback" to participating last time was an insane addiction to Facebook (sometimes it is wasted time), let's get going!
As I've been working with students this year on web safety and website evaluation, they were excited to hear that I have a blog and requested to see it. This is difficult since my blog is blocked at school, but I also want to meet students' genuine interest.