Google Docs

Thank the good Lord, that this was a fairly easy assignment. I'm in class this week and am exhausted!
I like this, I really do. I said that I may try it to help get some supplies for when I do cooking with my class each Friday. Of course, as I think about this the same problem could occur where the same families help me out and that is not always fair. But, I would like to give it a try.
Google Reader has been fun. I deleted one sight because it was not what I expected and want to find some more food sites.
I have two dedicated to kindergarten and I really enjoy those. Through blogs I found a few more web sites that I have enjoyed.
Oh, you can get addicted to this internet!!!

Social Bookmarking

Okay, I truly do like this idea, but once again it was alot harder then I thought it would be. Kathy, you must think I am a total ditz!
I got the delicious account, I feel it will be a great and very useful tool and can't wait to add more to it but I have homework tonight!!!!

My delicious account is
delicious.com/mobbyrne

Not much there now at all - I just wanted to make sure I did not go crazy. I will add more sites to it soon.

Creating a podcast!

WOW!
Well, it took what feels like everyone I know, but really only the help of my daughter, Mary and my dear friend, Barb to help me get this thing on!
My first problem, having enough time to record the story I wanted to read. Barb helped me figure that out and then I could record the entire story. My sweet Mary helped me get it onto the podbean site because some of the wording was just not there!
Oh my, what an experience!

Podcasting

Listening to some podcasts makes me think about the old days of radio - what it must have been like to sit and just listen. I admit I can find myself drifting a little bit if I do not have a visual in front of me.
I listened to some fun, different podcasts. The ones recommended by Kathy - our Media Goddess - and some I found on Google.
One of my favorite sites is www.podbean.com/podcasts.
This had all kinds of podcasts to listen to.

If I use this medium in my web page next school year, the one thing I feel I need to do is keep it short. My goal is always to get parents and family members to come on the website and read it, so a shorter podcast may get better results for me. I'm interested in doing some "readers theatre" with my kindergarten students next year, and this will probably be the place to start. Before they get comfortable "reading" we will probably just do some acting out of a story they know well.

I'm excited, one more thing to try - I need more hours in the day!!!!