Thing 16 - Google Docs

I still find all of this technology stuff to be a little scary. Putting thing on the web makes me a bit nervous. I liked google docs and how you were the only one that had access to your documents unless you specifically gave them permission by putting in their e-mail address. I particularly like this site becauce it shows the revisions that have been made. I often work with graduate interns who are required to write reports for me. We do a lot of e-mailing with attachment, printing it off, writing in corrections, then e-amiling again. We try to take good notes, but it is often tricky to remember which was the first draft vs th 4th draft. It gets very confusing. This would be PERFECT to use.

I did not have a problem uploading or creating a new doc. Actually uploading was a lot easier then I thought it was going to be. I DID have problem with adding my information/details to the "23Things Learners" spreadsheets though, as I could not locate it. I looked and looked with no success. I though it would be under the area that said "collections shared with me" but it was not there.....where else might I find it?
What issues come to mind about using this tool with students (ie, they need email addresses to log-in)?
Well of cource the e-mail address thing could be a problem. I work with younger one so them not having the keyboarding skills needed could also be a problem.

Thing 15 - RSS Revisited

Things are beginning to get easier. I like how this assignment made you go back and practice the things you already learned. It took me a while to figure things out. I don't know why, but subscribing to the tag feed was the most difficult. I kept trying to do it over and over again, but found out that I had aleady done it correctly. I just couldn't find it because my subscriptions were't organized very well.

I have not really been checking my news feeds regularly. I thought (and still think) that the google reader page can be a bit busy and overwhelming.
I was able to organize it a bit better by putting things into different folders. Looking through it was fun. I began to see again why I had chosen the blogs that I did. I am hoping that it does become a habit. I think I can learn a lot from others.

Thing 14 - Bookmarking with Delicious

My Delicious username is syversonl. I think that using a social bookmarking wesite,such as Delecious, will be very helpful. I do a lot of consulting with staff and often do research on my computer. This will help me locate good websites quicker and will save me a lot of time. I love how it gets loaded onto your browser. It makes bookmarking sites so easy. I think I will be using this daily.

Thing 13 - Social Bookmarking and Tagging

The two articles about tagging and using social networking sites were interesting and made it seem like a easy task.
Tagging seems to be a very useful tool. I find a LOT of great website, articles, blogs, etc. on the internet and often want to somehow save them so that I can find them later. Currently I add them to my favorites, but that list is getting VERY long and confusing. Many of the articles or websites fit into the same category. I have to give them different and often creative names that are similar, but they are still hard to find since they are not linked together in any particular fashion. This might just be the answer. I also like how it is connected to the internet so that you can access it from any computer.

Possible disadvantages: It seems like you need to make sure that you "tag" it correctly, and remember the tag(s) so that you can find it at a later time. I am also a little bit leary of having sign up for another thing on the internet. There are so many things/site to remember. Plus I still feel a little bit uncomfortable with the social networking "sharing" part. I like to keep my things private. I am interested in learning more.

Thing 12 - Blog Widgets

I though that this was one of the more frusturating assigments. I took me a while to make sense of things. There are so many different widget/gadgets. It took me a while to figure out how to format it on my page. I can't say that I am completely comforable with embedding codes, but it is getting easier.

Yes, I do belong to other online communities. I use facebook and speaking of speech often. I do not think that the relationships are as good as face to face, but it is a great way to keep in contact. That way when you do have time to meet face to face you know more about that persons daily activities. Many of my conversations are started by commenting on something I have seen other individuals  post online.

I think that social networking on the computer is a very dangerous thing for kids. I have some preteen nieces and nephews that go on facebook (etc) and have some seem some inappropriate things being said by both them and their friends. It almost seems like they feel safer saying things through the computer rather them face to face. It also seems to be a popularity thing....Who can get the most "friends" .But it appears that kids and technology just go together. Parent and teachers need to make sure that they are monitored closely.