Thing #12 - Rollyo oh Rollyo

Okay. I must be very dense! I can use Rollyo to do a search, but I'm not sure how I can save the "search" or add Rollyo to the toolbar. So, my question is ... is Rollyo any more efficient than googling for the same thing?

I did a search for organizing and also for PCOS (a women's health issue). When the search came up it was interesting. I gave me a list of places it searched then links to go to several places to go read about my topic.

Perhaps I can get a colleague to help me out. For some reason I just cannot wrap my brain around this one. But then, maybe I just need to keep plugging away at it. I guess that's what the weekends are for. LOL.

If anyone has any helpful hints, go ahead and give a shout out. =)

Thing #11 LibraryThing

This is a neat website. I am obsessed with books. I have stacks and stacks at school and stacks and stacks at home. I love reading and a good book is sometimes the best friend.

I would love to take the time to add my favorite books. I added about 10 so far.
I also joined two groups: mathematics and hogwarts express.

I wonder if there is a similar website to this one for movies? I have tons of those too.

Thing #10 Comic Strip Generator

This was way too fun! I can just see myself creating a ton of these... sending them to friends, colleagues, putting them on my website, etc.

What a great way to add humor to daily living. :)

The smiley-face generator is fun too. This is a fun and cool way to make announcements. I can't wait to add each of these types of things to my normal math website.

Thing #9 Blogs & News Feeds

I liked the Google Blog Search the best and I think the Edublog's website has promise.
There is a lot of info to go through when you are searching for feeds. I like to use key words such as math class or math for my professional searches and I use hobby keywords like scrapbooking or professional organizing for my personal searches. I guess that sounds like a weird search, but I hope to be a professional organizer when I retire someday. :)

Depending on the search tool and key words you use, you could spend HOURS looking up things.
I did add some of the ones that I want to "read" more in depth to my RSS reader.

Thing #8 - RSS Feeds & Readers

I use Google Reader already and have several blogs attached to it.

What I like best is that you don't have to go to each site individually each day. You can just open your reader! It's like having someone go through the paper and cut out just the important stories you are interested in. I think it also works similar to a catalog of blogs with tags on your favorite pages.

I'd like to organize my reader to have personal sites that help me be more efficient in daily living and then professional sites that link me to other teachers for sharing ideas, etc. I have limited time, so really the best advantage for me is "one-stop reading".

I have added a few user blogs and the main library2play blog to my reader. Then I don't have to search for my favorites.

Thing #7 Google

Yes. I am a "googler"! I google everything.... from personal stuff that helps me with running a house, to researching info with my child (I used an encyclopedia when I was a child), to looking up cool stuff I can incorporate into the classroom.

I currently use iGoogle as my home page on my personal pc and love all the different gadgets you can add to your page. You can even have a multiple-page iGoogle homepage.

The calendar has been a neat tool. My husband and friends can post events to a shared calendar. That makes it very cool to know who's doing what and when or planning events for us all.

I have NOT converted to Picasa. I have too many years worth of photos on another internet photo site. I do have friends that use Picasa and share their web albums with me.

Thing #6 Mashups

My favorite thing on the Mashups was the trading card makers. I created a nice saying about 'Sisters' and included a pic w/ my sisters and me. It was so much fun. Plus, they enjoyed receiving it.

I really liked the BigHugeLabs website. What a cool website! There is so much to do and create. The mappr feature is neat too. I also did a "letter from Santa" on there from my son.

I hope to have more time to play with it. Being on the internet and playing with virtual "toys" is a lot of fun. :)