Week 4: #9 Finding Feeds

This assignment I went to the Topix site where I read more information about the RSS feeds and subscribed to Houston News. I also went to NYTimes.com and subscribed to NYT > Sunday Book Review. Both of there were very easy. In my estimation, Topix was the easiest.

Week 4: # 8 Make life "Really Simple" with RSS & a newsreader

This was really fun! I found some really interesting sites to check on. I have 7 feeds:
*A Phrase A Week
*Bloglines / News
*NYT Book Review
*The Shifted Librarian
*USA TODAY.com Books Top Stories
*Washington Post Book Reviews
*Yarn Tomato: Crochet Blog

I can learn a little, read a little, and crochet a little. And I do mean a little! But, I can make lists and set these aside for that "some day" when I will have more time on my hands than money.

Week 3: #7 Photo Editing Tools

I played around with the Pixer editor. All of the editing tools were not available. I did crop my picture though.

Week 3: #6 More Flickr Fun

I explored some fun things to do with Flickr. I created a trading card using one of my puppy-dog pictures. I think it would be fun to create trading cards for some of the children's favorite authors. Then trading cards would have biographical info and lists of their works. The children would select one author, read some of his/her material, then post their opinions about that author.

Week 3: #5 Discover Flickr

I have added pictures to my Flickr account of My Favorite People.........who just happen to be my pets. They are warm and cuddly, always glad to see me, and never argue back. I have to wonder what life.........NO! I'm not going there. I hope you enjoy my pix.

Moth

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Originally uploaded by luv2lern71

Don Overhouse brought this beautiful moth to the library for the children to see.

Week 2 #4 Online Safety and Sharing

We can watch the news daily and hear of some unsuspecting soul who has wondered into a hornet's nest on the Internet. We, as adults, must be ever vigilent to keep watchful eyes on children and where they go. The big rule when I was growing up was, "Look both ways before you cross the street." Our rule for the day now needs to be "Look at what your children are doing ALL the time on the Net. You can never be too careful."