My goal when I get online is often to find what I am looking for as fast as possible. Bookmarks are great for easy access to my commonly visited sites like gmail, facebook, etc...and also great for those times I stumble upon something interesting I want to find easily later to go back to. I had never heard of Delicious Bookmarks until today, but I went ahead and registered and explored it a bit. Though there are lots of alternative way to bookmark pages, Delicious is great for the social bookmarking it allows. I can save my bookmarks (which I can see no matter what computer I am on!), and share them with others. I can also see what others are bookmarking. I like seeing the most popularly bookmarked pages, because I assume other people have figured those neat things that I don't have time to discover for myself! You can also make folders for your bookmarks, which can be helpful if you have several sites.
I then tried out Google Reader to realize that I am already subscribed to 15 blogs! Several of my friends have blogs and I have subscribed to them, not even knowing that I could easily view them all from Google Reader. ...I feel very silly for not knowing this. I also just subscribed to BBC Middle East news and put in a folder I titled "News", because that's a site I try to keep up with regularly as well. I think Google Reader will be a very useful as a teacher because you can find helpful blogs or sites with interesting lessons plans to stay current with. Yay!
LibraryThing is another resource I had no clue about until today. I like that I can read the book reviews and discussions for both books that I have read and books that i am thinking about reading. I think my favorite part about LibraryThing is that is makes reading recommendations based off the books you add and like. You can also see other people who like the same books as you and get recommendations from their libraries! This can be a great way for a teacher to network with other teachers and see what books they have found interesting for themselves or for their students.
Thank you,
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