On My Own- Thing 17

Oooh! A shopping list of sites! Being the shopper that I am, I tried all of them! Here are my notes and concerns about each one:

Bubbl.us: I could definately use this in my drama and science classes. This provided easy access to a webbing tool. Recently we have had issues with "Inspiration" being installed correctly at school and this will eliminate my need for it AND be available for students at home. I need to play around with the site a little more. I am not sure on how to use the webbing tool correctly yet.

ZohoShow: This site is eerily similar to Google. It looks like Google in its design and the applications it presents. I do not see using this as I have google.

Remember the Milk and 30 boxes: Another organization tool. Again, the gmail calendar that I have in google does the same thing.

Library Thing: I put this on my Delicious account. I haven't figured out how to use this in my science classes or drama classes yet, but I can see telling my language arts colleagues about this site. I am also working on the library at a local private school and I was able to get onto the discussion boards with librarians around the country, so this is a possible resource for me.

TrailFire: What????

Knowtes: Really cool looking site; but I had a heck of a time trying to figure it out. Not very "newbie" friendly. I did send them a comment about this. I thought that this would be the one site that I could really get into, so was disappointed to find out my techno-challenged brain couldn't follow along.

I was excited to read a comment on the Thing 17 board about WordLearner. This is one site I will definately use with my classes. It was so easy to use and set up. I can make flashcards, puzzles and other games. I am really excited about the possibilities of this one!

Well, checking out these sites is like going clothes shopping. You try a lot on, but come home with just one or two pieces. This is perfectly fine and I am excited about "wearing" my new sites!