Session 3 comments

Found this session very interesting, and again helpful in that it makes us jump in and just start using these new tools. I joined del.icio.us and cal tell that this will be quite helpful. I started copying over bookmarks from my (personal)browser and categorizing them. It will be great to set up an account for school and marking websites for each grade level, then further categorizing by subject:
math, social studies, science, etc.

I also set up a bloglines account. One of the sites I had marked doesn't seem to have provided an RSS feed, so unless that is something I could do myself, doesn't look like that particular one will be able to send updates through bloglines..

I left some comments on a couple of classmates blogs, just for practice (dummy comments, really)-
one of them sent the comment to me- not sure if that is just a copy, or if I messed something up..not quite sure.

Also wondering why my blog name on the left margin of the class blog is called "unnamed"- I'd like to modify that choice-not sure how. Feeling like a rookie., but then, I am!

"Deliverable #1": First Blog Entry

This is my first entry in this new blog, which is created for my class, but also with an eye toward creating a blog for my school in the near future- a spot where kids can respond to literature (4th Grade Battle of the Books list) and the R.I. Children's Book Award list. I'm very glad of this opportunity to do this with some guidance, taking small steps as we go along. I'd also like to create a spot where grade-level teachers can post writing samples of students for comparison, to establish benchmarks for student work. I'm a little unclear as to whether or not all these things can or should exist on one blog, particularly because some of it should be open to the world, but the teacher part should be accessible only to the teachers...this may need to be a separate blog- I'm sure I'll figure this out soon.