Hmmm; well, I think I've started on this Thing two or three times now and still haven't blogged about it. I liked what I saw in the tutorial, but that didn't really seem to be what I found on the site. Maybe I need to claim my blog in order to get the "discover" view? I'm not sure.
In any case, I like ability to do "advanced searches," though I'd be happier without all the ads;-) I looked at some of the popular blogs and did some tag searching. I'm not clear on the sorting of results/hits that goes on.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Search Rolls for Education
Please try some searches using the search rolls below. Use the dropdown menu to select any of the following search rolls:
"Gen. Ref. for Education" which searches: Ask an Expert, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Internet Quick Reference Shelf, Educator's Reference Desk, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, National Library of Education, and Your Dictionary.
"Educ. Data Search" which searches: Condition of Education, Digest of Educational Statistics, Kids Count Data Book, National Archives and Records Administration, National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), and NCES School District Data Book.
"Cert. & Standards" which searches: Certification Requirements for the 50 States, Nations Report Card, and National and State Educational Standards.
"Education in Indiana" which searches: ASAP (Indiana Accountability System for Academic Progress), IDEANet (Indiana Dept. of Education Access Network), and Indiana Academic Standards.
"Educ. & Fed. Gov." which searches: Federal Education Laws, FedWorld Information Network, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. Department of Education Technology Initiatives.
"Rankings & Tests" which searches: Peterson's Education Center, Princeton Review Online, Test Locator, and U.S. News Online Education Rankings.
"Gen. Ref. for Education" which searches: Ask an Expert, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Internet Quick Reference Shelf, Educator's Reference Desk, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, National Library of Education, and Your Dictionary.
"Educ. Data Search" which searches: Condition of Education, Digest of Educational Statistics, Kids Count Data Book, National Archives and Records Administration, National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), and NCES School District Data Book.
"Cert. & Standards" which searches: Certification Requirements for the 50 States, Nations Report Card, and National and State Educational Standards.
"Education in Indiana" which searches: ASAP (Indiana Accountability System for Academic Progress), IDEANet (Indiana Dept. of Education Access Network), and Indiana Academic Standards.
"Educ. & Fed. Gov." which searches: Federal Education Laws, FedWorld Information Network, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. Department of Education Technology Initiatives.
"Rankings & Tests" which searches: Peterson's Education Center, Princeton Review Online, Test Locator, and U.S. News Online Education Rankings.
Thing #9
So, I realized that I posted an entry about Bloglines here, but never said anything about the tools used to select the feeds! Here we go then: I wasn't happy with Feedster, because I couldn't get the page to load. I think I like Technorati the best as far as searching and just the layout in general, though I did use Topix.net to find the news feed for my hometown. I used Syndic8.com, too, but didn't like it quite as much as Technorati.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Third Party Flickr Apps
Again, I must have gotten sidetracked in the midst of this Thing. I found the Yahoo! Travel Trip Planner, told my boyfriend's mother about it (because she loves planning vacations), and then promptly moved on to something else! You can get tips from other travelers about places, look up all kinds of information about things to do, places to stay, how to get around and keep it all in a nice tidy package - which you can keep to yourself, share with others who have Yahoo! accounts, or share with the public at large. Pretty nifty!
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