Thing #9 - Useful Blogs and Feeds

This thing #9 learning task was educational for me. I opened Technorati and saw a picture of a seal that was a video link; when I clicked on it I was surprised to have it open in Spanish. I didn't realize that it was an international site. It is great to have a place to search for videos easily. The only one I was previously familiar with was Atomic Learning, which my school subscribes to.

I appreciated reading the Circle of the Wise article in the Cool Cat Blog. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-create-your-circle-of-wise-how.html
It helped me organize my thinking on how best to use blogs and RSS feeds. I can see how you can easily go into information overload with too much data to manage.

I enjoted reading some of the school library blogs on suprglu, but found it to be time-consuming. Perhaps in the summer, when my resources aren't stretched so thin, I will revisit the site.

I found that the easiest method of finding data was to use the Bloglines Search Tool. http://www.bloglines.com/search

The most confusing site I investigated was Syndic8.com. It was so large and eclectic that I found it difficult to locate specific information in it. http://www.syndic8.com/

There is so much information available electronically that I am overwhelmed right now. It will be this summer before I have time to revisit thisthing #9 and master what I need to know. I think it will be worth it, but it is time-consuming and confusing right now.

I enjoyed Topix because it was news feed and seemed very professional and reliable. It was easy to use, and i immediately found lots of information about autism. http://www.topix.net/

I think reading the Blog Awards is a great way to find new sites, but still somewhat haphazard. There are so many out there it is difficult to sift the wheat from the chaff. Time.Time. There's never enough time to investigate all I would like to.