Thing #14 Technorati and How Tags Work

Technorati is a search engine for blogs, tags, and sites. When I typed in School Library Learning 2.0 in the keyboard, a list of different blogs came up. I opened SLU’s Learning 2.0 Program which it did not give me much to work with. I puzzled for a while because I did not know what to look for. But Reactions to story from Teacher Librarian was more explanatory, it gave me a quick brief about school library learning 2.0 and how it’s being use in schools. Now I am pretty sure that technorati main focus are blogs. I found out things that I did not even know. I registered and claimed my blog in Technorati. I learned more about tags and now I understand what I'm working with.

Thing #13 Tagging and Discover Del.icio.us

It is so amazing that you can tag so many websites. WOW! Del.icio.us can do that and much more good stuff. This tool is a big yes on my count. From a different computer, I can have access to websites that I’ll need for my assignments without having to send them to my email. That sounds exciting! Del.icio.us can also help librarians and teachers prepare themselves for more productive lessons. Del.icio.us just reminded me of an incident that I had with a website I was working on with my computer. When I tried to open this website from a different computer, it did not come up! Now I know why tagging is so important.

Thing #12 Creating a Community Through Commenting

I agree with all the 10 commandment for commenting, and I think that everyone should take a look at them. I am not a very outspoken person so thing # 12 sure drove me off the wall. Two important points about commenting are that you have to be friendly with others, and you also need to comment ONLY if you are interested in their post. How to comment like a king or queen gave me a few pointers on how to leave comments and look at posts that I would have in common with. I took a look at other people's post and commented a few of them. Using http://www.googleblogsearch.com/, I found a site called Idaho Falls Today. Which interested me of what people have to say about our candidates and high gas prices. What drew my attention to this site was the state high gas price which is a big issue now in days. I also found another blog that read Earthquake hits California: where was superman? It drew my attention because my family lives in California. I wanted to learn a little more about it.

Thing #11 Library Thing

I am not very organized, but library thing will sure get me started. Library thing has given me a good view of how to organize all my favorite books. I can arrange my books any way I want, with the help of library thing! I can also learn more about authors and books by reading other people’s comments. Wow! How much better can this get? I can even chat with others about my college books. I am interested in creating a catalog of my books to get a better idea of what I have read. I can even write a short brief about each book I’ve read in my catalog. This will make reading more fun, and my daughters will enjoy it too!

Thing #10 Image Generators

I viewed all the image generators and proceeded to download pictures from my files, which I enjoyed displaying on my blog. My favorite part was visiting http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/ and http://www.imagechef.com/ . The comic strips and image chef can definitely make you laugh, which I think the libraries and classrooms need one once in a while.

Thing #9 Useful Library-Related Blogs and News Feeds

I had so much fun with thing #9. I am pretty sure I opened all of the search sites. From all of them, my preference were Google blog search ,Technorati , and topix.net . All three will help me explore websites more efficiently. On the other hand, I found syndic8.com a little more challenging. I would have to play with it a little more to get the hang of it. Blogging will make it easier for me to communicate with my loved ones more often.

Thing #8 RSS Feeds and Readers

I am happy that I finally found a tool that is easy, fast, and informative. That’s what RSS is all about! I can have a better way to get information that will benefit me for my college classes without opening sites that have nothing to do with my search. Also, Google Reader feeds will save me a lot of time. My research papers can go more smoothly without having to break my head. It’s so cool that this tool allows me to categorize the sites by titles or any other topic. Libraries can perform better when they have an easy access to the files by tagging them. It allows librarians to have a more productive way to share lessons and stories with others. It will be a lot more fun to explore the web sites by keeping it’s viewer up to date with content.