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Notes & links from Session One Workshop with Will Richardson

google accounts: create a google account google docs google reader: [|google.com/reader] to create an account for rss feeds/subscriptions to blogs

allows you to follow multiple blogs and sends you the latest updates on the blogs to which you subscribe.

search for self - "reputation management" - any time you are mentioned in a blog - something that should be taught to students. create searches for particular terms for updates - wr example 'network literacy'

learning networks in the contexts of what you are interested; not necessarily in the contexts of your classrooms

[|blogsearch.google.com] - find people as opposed to topics

some tips in evaluating a blog of interest who is the author? comments? - is there a community links? are they using links

to add to rss feed: take address (copy); go into google reader and click add the subscription box - copy and paste to unsubscribe: go to feed settings - unsubscribe

in quotes "type your search" in blog search. take the address of the search. copy; go into google reader; add subscription

darren kurapatwa - class blog for math

advanced news search - to further specify

from people from searches

social bookmarking:

old way - bookmarks - only on one machine. now: [|delicious.com]

highlight salient info saves url, title, highlighted info into notes box


 * lcsd09** - bookmark for this conference (and participants) on delicious!

[|delicious.com/willrich]

can take a search in delicious

[|diigo.com]

annotated text; sticky notes; can be public or private.

can create groups. comment. only memebers of group gets to see them. creat classroom groups without emails. start account. diigo education classroom groups create logins for students private groups

has to be webpage that is open - publish onto blog, wiki to access.

[|lulu.com] - to print hardcopy; self-publishing [|classroom20.com] - good source; a ning site

[|twitter.com] @willrich45

[|search.twitter.com] - subject search on twitter

[|nambu.com]