Things #8 and #9

Who knew there were such things out there?
I'm so glad we are having this experience to learn----I am amazed!

RSS---reminds me of KISS--and it is even easier! The idea that I can get
the information I want to come directly to me. . .it is absolutely mind-boggling.
This is the coolest thing I've seen yet!

#6 Mashups and 3rd party sites

Now you're talking! What a blast for English classes. . .I love all those ideas. This is a far cry from your basic "illustration" of a poem, story or such. Of course, I do sense a bit of a problem--would my students try to use all the on line resources and never use their imaginations?

I want them to interact with the literature they read---sometimes I think we make it too easy for them to just download and re use what is already out there. Keeping them from just doing that would be my job as the teacher, right?

I can tell I'm having a "moral dilemma" ~ which I'll just have to get over. . .

#5--Flickr Exploration

This is a cool website--with some of the most fantastic pictures I have ever seen.

I'm in the beginning stages of exploring--but I really like the idea of "tags" on pictures so you can retrieve them when you want them. Who wants pictures randomly stuck all over the computer with no organization?
One question I do have--can you accidentally come across pornographic pictures? Is there any kind of "filter" on this website? Are there any kinds of rules about the kinds of pictures you can put in here? These are a few of the questions I have as I look around.