Teachers. Technology. Transformation.

I have been using Diigo for my social bookmarking site for over a year now and am still discovering great features. I was scanning some of my bookmarks when I saw the link to "My Lists". My Lists allows me to create a specific collection of bookmarks on a particular topic. After I have added some of my bookmarks to My List, I can drag and drop bookmarks to arrange the order of the list. Very cool. But more exiting to me was the next feature - I can present My List as a slide show! Courtesy of WebSlide, My Lists can be shared and viewed by others. Very, very cool.

I just upgraded to Firefox 3 and have been pleased with the browser so far. But there has been one thing that really bothered me - the Send Link... command didn't work!

Since I share a lot of web resources with others, the ability to quickly send a web site is essential. Fortunately, I found a post by Mark Russell on a Firefox Google Group with directions for fixing this problem:

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A colleague of mine sent me this Wordle tip the other day.

If you want a line of text to stay together when creating a word cloud, place the ~ symbol between the words.

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I was working with a small group of teachers recently when the topic of F Keys came up. Since I like to play, I spent some time testing the F Keys in Firefox to see what they would do. Here is what I discovered...

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Yes, it's that time of year when most people spend some time reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. As I look back at this site, I am proud of what I have done but recognize that I have not posted as often as I would have liked.

Therefore, I resolve this year to post more frequently to this site.

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