Well, I have completed my homework for the week. Did have some trouble finding websites that I could find an rss on but when I used the search tool on bloglines had more success. I did find this exercise a little challenging but it may be useful to place reader advisories, book reviews and author sites in one spot so don't have to search each time for the site. Bloglines may help me to become a little more organized.

Well, I have added a few of you to my bloglines account. Took a little doing but did have success. Finding that the course is taking more then an hour a week especially since it is all new to me and there are so many things to try. Have to say I am learning alot and hope that these tools will help me down the road. Too bad the chores aren't getting done but we are becoming lifelong learners right. Not too much you can learn from sweeping a floor.

After several attempts I finally figured out how to add a badge to my website-with a little help from my daughter.
I did take a chance and looked at the montager. Interesting but not too sure it will have much value in our organization. Found the mappr intersting and put some of my pictures on the map in Algonquin Park.
Have yet to have the time to look around the web to find some other sites that uses mashups and other tools that may benefit us.

www.flickr.com

This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from rjsarah. Make your own badge here.

Boy, there is so much to figure out in flickr. Had to change to my daughter's computer as mine would not let me download flashplayer. Still have not figured out how to upload pictures to my blog from flickr. Uploading from my computer is pretty straightforward. Of course using my daughter's computer I have to be careful what I upload.
Have edited some of my pictures with picknic -I think that is what it is called. Have looked at mappr. Found it a little confusing. Will have to play with it a little more. I am a little concerned about trying Montager as it uses a lot of Cpu and can crash the browser. Did look at Color Peckr but am not sure how useful it will be unless I am planning on decorating.
Anyway, there is lots to do and at times, very confusing but fun to try new things.
I gather that from the definition of mashups, various resources are integrated into a website to make more information available on one website.
Anyway, after a few hours of playing, guess I should get back to my chores.
I am sure some of these tools will be useful - possibly in making reader advisories, book reviews with a display of the author and cover of book etc.

My first time blogging

Well, this took quite awhile to set up. For some reason, I kept being kicked off the blog sight when I was setting up the blog. Finally made it though and hope whoever wishes to can find my blog.
With this course I am hoping to become more familiar with the various technologies that are available on the internet such as blogging. Hopefully, it will help to communicate with others who have similar ideas and we can exchange information.
Most of the areas that this course is covering I have no knowledge about and so am kind of excited about learning about these new areas. I am familiar with facebook but sure don't know a whole lot of the tools offered on that site. Seems everytime I go on facebook there is something different. Possibly the one thing that I am kind of nervous about is the security of these websites and how I can protect myself from hackers etc.