Stop doing this for a couple a days and you can forget about picking up where you left off! I needed to reacquaint myself with all I had done . . . . .and not done.
I was able to add blogs to the folders created by 2 of the 3 methods. I didn't have Mozilla Firefox, so I downloaded it, but was unable to find the icon in the address bar. It was difficult to hear the voice on the youtube video as well. Do I need speakers? Then I realized that it was our very own, very talented MH! So I take back what I just said!
With so much going on in the news, I added a PBS blog in my News folder. Now when they say, "Follow our blog at . . . . ." I can say "OK!"
I find the blog formats of some of the design sites fresher and just more enjoyable to visit though. It's understandable, considering it's the nature of their business. Take a look at this clean, crisp format: http://www.desiretoinspire.net/
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Google Reader
Wow. I wasn't going to stop until I finished Thing 4. It is so easy to get caught up in this stuff! I thought when I added a couple of feeds they would be in my google reader so I had to keep referring to the video to figure out that I needed to add them directly to the google reader. Even before that I wanted to have my folders ready so I tried to create them without anything to put in them and it was impossible. I also copied and pasted some things that didn't take. They were just web pages. It took me a while to figure out that that was why. I did the same ones a couple of times, feeling as if I was loosing my mind. I did use the add subscription button to search for topics, which was pretty neat. From there I could automatically add it to the appropriate (already created!) folder. It took me way to long to find Manage Subscriptions. But once I did, things were easy.
So . . . . . . I went from lots of icons on my laptop so I would look cool, to moving stuff into My Favorites, and now, I have ever-updated information in my google reader. I'm looking forward to being a more current learner in the areas of: News, 23 Things (though I'm thinking my version may be 4 Things) Gardening and Health! So now when I wake up in the morning I'll check my email(s), skim NYTimes online, read my reader updates . . . . .will I ever make it to Thing 5?
And why is it so hard for me to go back to publish post from preview post? Is it because I am left-handed?
So . . . . . . I went from lots of icons on my laptop so I would look cool, to moving stuff into My Favorites, and now, I have ever-updated information in my google reader. I'm looking forward to being a more current learner in the areas of: News, 23 Things (though I'm thinking my version may be 4 Things) Gardening and Health! So now when I wake up in the morning I'll check my email(s), skim NYTimes online, read my reader updates . . . . .will I ever make it to Thing 5?
And why is it so hard for me to go back to publish post from preview post? Is it because I am left-handed?
Monday, July 18, 2011
Thing 3
I have done so much today! The most rewarding activity was finding a blog of a kindergarten teacher with some great links to check out. It took a lot of weeding through, but well worth it.The site is: http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/ and the name of the blog is Chalk Talk. Now how cute is that? She should win an award for that name! I am amazed at the wealth of information shared, solely for the sake of sharing. (Of course you run into the sites with pop-ups, adds and services to sell as well.)
Now, two questions. I am having trouble finding other people in this program to comment to. I looked on the right of the blog and didn't see any members. Help. And sometimes when I write a comment and need to select something from a drop down message there isn't anything aplicable. What am I missing?
Now, two questions. I am having trouble finding other people in this program to comment to. I looked on the right of the blog and didn't see any members. Help. And sometimes when I write a comment and need to select something from a drop down message there isn't anything aplicable. What am I missing?
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thing 1 and Thing 2
So far, I am doing everything wrong. I'll be surprised if I finish this course. It was hard for me to even figure out how to get to the blog I set up! let along figure out how to post something. But maybe that's why I'm taking this class. and Yes. I'm thinking differently now about what and how I write. Usually I don't bother with capital letters and apostrophe's in my emails to friends. (Work, of course, is a different story.) I am also used to writing off the top of my head, without censoring, because I am writing to a friend. Knowing this is a blog, and it is being monitored by Skip and Matt, I need to be much more professional! I was planning on doing this first thing in the morning, but then I got lazy, and would garden, read The New Yorker, go for a walk . . .things I enjoy so much more than this. To be honest, even when I was supposed to be working on this I would check my email and read the New York Times online. But I'll give it a try.
So far, I am doing everything wrong. I'll be surprised if I finish this course. It was hard for me to even figure out how to get to the blog I set up! let along figure out how to post something. But maybe that's why I'm taking this class. and Yes. I'm thinking differently now about what and how I write. Usually I don't bother with capital letters and apostrophe's in my emails to friends. (Work, of course, is a different story.) I am also used to writing off the top of my head, without censoring, because I am writing to a friend. Knowing this is a blog, and it is being monitored by Skip and Matt, I need to be much more professional! I was planning on doing this first thing in the morning, but then I got lazy, and would garden, read The New Yorker, go for a walk . . .things I enjoy so much more than this. To be honest, even when I was supposed to be working on this I would check my email and read the New York Times online. But I'll give it a try.
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