It's been awhile
It's been almost a month since I posted in here. I just discovered the coolest thing ever! Something my English major friends might especially enjoy!!! This website (www.dailylit.com) is so neat! They have a whole bunch of books, mostly classics, and you can sign up to have a small portion of it sent to you through e-mail or RSS feed every day. What a great way to read books for people who are too busy to find time! And you can read it quicker than what they e-mail them to you by requesting the next entry right away. I am going to read Emma first; I've always wanted to read that :)
And on that note, if you are a fan of RSS feeds, which I've never used before, I discovered Google Reader today. So cool! I love everything google and I'm subscribed to a Google Educator discussion group and they have tons of ideas for ways to use Google Reader, Google Notebook, etc in the classroom. Granted, this is assuming your classroom has technology, which I know is rare, but I really find their ideas fascinating. Anyways, Google Reader lets you keep track of a bunch of RSS Feeds in one program that you can view from any computer and it will show you what you have/haven't read and it updates automatically. And if you download Google Gears, you can view Google Reader offline, so you can read through them all on your own time, even if offline.
Ok, enough on all the new technology things I've discovered, I was just so excited. In other news, I got a new phone because I lost my old one (and everyone's phone numbers too, so please give me yours!!). I got one of the new version Chocolates, for free because I was eligible for the New Every Two thing. I like it a lot. I found a program that lets me sync my Google Calendar to my phone so I have my calendar with me all the time, which I love. Crap, I got back to talking about technology stuff again, lol.
I finished my Education classes for the summer; I really liked them a lot. I start full time on August 20; way too early for classes in my opinion. I'm excited to get started, but also wish I had more of a break from school over the summer. Oh well, I'll be done soon enough!!!
And on that note, if you are a fan of RSS feeds, which I've never used before, I discovered Google Reader today. So cool! I love everything google and I'm subscribed to a Google Educator discussion group and they have tons of ideas for ways to use Google Reader, Google Notebook, etc in the classroom. Granted, this is assuming your classroom has technology, which I know is rare, but I really find their ideas fascinating. Anyways, Google Reader lets you keep track of a bunch of RSS Feeds in one program that you can view from any computer and it will show you what you have/haven't read and it updates automatically. And if you download Google Gears, you can view Google Reader offline, so you can read through them all on your own time, even if offline.
Ok, enough on all the new technology things I've discovered, I was just so excited. In other news, I got a new phone because I lost my old one (and everyone's phone numbers too, so please give me yours!!). I got one of the new version Chocolates, for free because I was eligible for the New Every Two thing. I like it a lot. I found a program that lets me sync my Google Calendar to my phone so I have my calendar with me all the time, which I love. Crap, I got back to talking about technology stuff again, lol.
I finished my Education classes for the summer; I really liked them a lot. I start full time on August 20; way too early for classes in my opinion. I'm excited to get started, but also wish I had more of a break from school over the summer. Oh well, I'll be done soon enough!!!