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#12 Flickr

This was quite easy to set up

#11 LibraryThing

#11 LibraryThing

Having just looked at (and created an account in) Librarything it seems like a useful and interesting site. I uploaded some of my books and it will be interesting to see how many people have similar interests to me.

As a tool for school, I could see it being used in conjunction with the Premiers Reading Challenge with students able to share their opinions and recommendations about books on the list. Not sure about the practicalities yet, but it is something to think about.

#9 Virtually Online

Virtual worlds such as Second Life or World of Warcraft seem so foreign to me. I get the impression they are for people with WAY too much time on their hands. As a primary school teacher I would hope that my students (Year 3's) would not yet be interested in this sort of technology and would be concerned if they had detailed knowledge about it. I am sure there are people who believe in the benefits of existing in a virtual world but it is the balance between the virtual and real worlds that needs to be kept (although this could all be hypocritical from me as I have a farm on Facebook!).

The sites 'custom sign generator' and 'image chef' were interesting for adding text to a whole range of pictures. I only looked at the basics but they seem really good.

Web addresses:

http://www.imagechef.com/

http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/

Link to comic strip generator site

#8 iGoogle

#8 iGoogle

I have used iGoogle a bit before, so it is not totally new to me but I had never looked at all the extra gadgets. When I added a few of the gadgets some of them didn't load properly onto the page but that may be more to do with my internet connection than iGoogle. Google looks like a pretty interesting place to work. I like that they value employee input so much, it relates well to my teaching and the way I try to engender self-management and responsibility in my students.