Aug 27 2009
Thing 21 Pageflakes-another concept I had never heard of before!
It took a while to get started on Thing 21, because two days in a row when I tried to access the teacher edition of pageflakes it was down when I had my window of opportunity/free time. But, I finally got signed in and got to explore.
Wow! What a neat concept-being able to put so many different web 2.0 tools on one page! I was able to add some of my favorite blogs to my custom start page, as well as an RSS Feed to the Jerusalem Post newspaper. I also imported my bookmarks from Delicious. I did a Wikipedia search with the link from Shelley, but could not figure out how to clear the search once I was done with it. There was no clear key to clear the search like in the dictionary. I put some items on the to-do list and added a message to the message board. I also put a few notes on the notepad. So, I got to try out a lot of the gadgets and added a few of my own. I also dragged and dropped and rearranged things on the page.
I came up with a few ideas for new pages to add. I might want to do a page with all of the resources that I use related to Jewish and adult books-websites, podcasts, blogs, etc. for my own professional use. I also think it would be neat to make a custom research/reference portal on Israel, and perhaps a page for the Jewish holidays with links to informational websites, games, photos from Flickr, etc. Now I just have to find the time to do this!
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