thursday 9/23 at the ctl (rainy day!)

Today I worked on learning Diigo a bit--it's a bookmarking system that people can use online.  Apparently it has classroom applications, too, but I need to learn more about these.  I applied for "educator status" for using Diigo; we shall see if they give it to me.

I also worked with Lynda today on my Group Technology Project assignment.  She give me some very helpful suggestions.  These included narrowing the purpose of the topic for students a bit---for example, don't just have them write on Lady Gaga, but on something controversial Lady Gaga did within the last week or so.  She also suggested that I refine by text and e-mail assignments a bit to make them not so much about the technologies themselves.  I can see this point.  But then again, it's difficult because the books that I've been reading don't offer that many suggestions about how texting and e-mail can be used in writing classrooms.  Lynda also suggested that I clarify my purpose of the assignment; I think this well help. 

I will be in Monday of next week, but not Thursday--I will be going to TYCA then.  I plan to explore Diigo more, Delicious, RSS, and Google stuff in the near future.