I am finally coming back to work on the Things...I have not been on vacation, just catching up and continuing to learn techy stuff but neglected to keep up here. I'm hittin' it hard now though, I want to be complete by the end of July (before really). So here goes. I had taken classes on blogging back in 2006 and set up a Bloglines account. Hardly ever consulted it or kept up. Then a few years ago I took a class offered in my district called "All Things Google" and at that point set up an iGoogle page along with a Google Reader account. Again, rarely visited it and although I set up some feeds I just didn't quite get it. But...NOW...I get it. Guess I took the slow-burn route on this one. I viewed the Common Craft videos on both RSS and Google Reader and saved the website Newbies Guide to Google Reader and then I actually opened it and played and explored and consulted the "guide" and I really do get it now. I will use this professionally and personally on a much more consistent basis. I've been advised to make my iGoogle page my home page so that I actually SEE the reader list everytime I launch the internet. The saying "So many books, so little time" hardly begins to cover it these days!
I attended a Kathy Schrock workshop at NECC about tips for handling information overload so I will definitely consult my notes from that before I grow to my laptop! Next quest...move wanted subscriptions from Bloglines and keep only Google Reader -- but I gotta get up and move for a while!
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Enjoyed reading about your NECC presentation and hope you get lots done in the next few days. I am also trying to finish in July. I think the hardest part is that I keep following links when I see something interesting and then I forget exactly what I was working on. But I am learning just the same.
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