Thing # 14 - Technorati

Okay, this was fun! I had played around in Technorati before and had even add a page element, but this time I went in and added a couple more Technorati widgets. I have played with widgets before, but this was way more fun than I had before using widgets. The widgets in Technorati that I used were the "Tag Cloud Favorites" and "Technorati Link Counts" these both keep you updated on the tags used in your blog, The "Technorati Link Counts" will display in REAL TIME the number of links from your blog (not that I expect many of those :). Anyway, it was a lot of fun using the widgets but it's even more fun learning about tagging and using tags to identify things on the Web. I knew about tagging before I did this blog, but I have since had to learn to use them with my work. Before I just thought of tags as a way to identify material for my searches, or identifiers to use when searching, now I have to "tag" my self and that's a whole new ballgame! So happy tagging everyone!



Liz's Bytes

Tag and YOU ARE it!

Okay, this "thing" is about tagging and del.icio.us I downloaded the del.icio.us link and bookmarking tag on my computer, but unfortunately the laptop is fried! My biggest problem now is finding a way to load it on to the laptop I am using. This is a problem for me, I love the idea of saving all of my bookmarks in one place and being able to access them by logging into del.icio.us, but I would LOVE to have it on all the computers I use!!!
Anyway, I am a big fan of tagging and I really have gotten a lot out of del.icio.us and the concept of tagging. I can see a real usage for schools in that if you tagged and created your list of bookmarks then you could use it in a classroom to direct students to specific sites for research. One thing I really LOVED about this exercise is discovering and using tag clouds! Tag clouds are awesome!!! I love the idea of teaching students to use tag clouds to help them narrow down and zero in on the specifics of a topic or to help them find the "heart" of what they want to their report on. I can really see some practical uses for this "thing"!

Thing # 11 - And the THING is Library Thing!

What fun! I put in just a smattering of some of my favorite books into LibraryThing and it was so much fun!!! I put a widget on my blog that shows some of the books I read along with pictures. It was so easy and fun! What a great site for librarians to play with.