Ok...So I am finally getting around to thing 5. All I have to say is...I wish I hadn't waited so long to find flip board...I love it.
I am going to start with Delicious. I love Delicious and have been a user for years. I provided my school colleagues with an inservice on this awesome tool several years ago and I am still getting requests for the directions, or my colleagues will add me to their contacts. I use this tool a lot-both professionally, and for my other passions. The convenience of always having your bookmarks is super important. It also solves my problem that I use at least three different computers each day. My biggest problem with delicious is that I am sometimes inconsistent with my tagging. However, I have found this with any site that allows tagging--I have trouble with consistency. Whatever strikes my fancy one day to describe a site might not be what I come up with another day to tag a similar site. Use with students--I can definitely see potential for use with students for collaboration on group projects, finding better websites for topics they are interested in-students are often not motivated enough to think about their search or delve too deeply into Google- creating a delicious page for a class section even.
erinjankowski is my delicious id...feel free to add me as a contact.
FlipBoard Vs. Paper.li--I tried both. I loved FlipBoard, most likely because it was very much like Pinterest. It was nice to be able to literally flip through articles and posts as if it were a magazine. Moreover, the iPad's great graphics make it look much cooler than Paper.li. For students it would be nice to customize what appears to create a reading list for a class. In my Mom's school they have a current events class (hs level) This would be a great tool for that class. The class texts are all on a Kindle Fire which students sign out for the year if they do not have one. If there was a similar app for that this could really work for them.
I didn't love Paper.li. The layout and interface were not nearly as user friendly. I set up a paper and when I wanted to make changes after to the name and such it did not allow me to go back. Moreover, the layout is not nearly as pleasing as FlipBoard. Best for high school students and professional resources. It seemed like an added step as opposed to just going to twitter.
Pinterest-Love it, in fact I had a whole blog post about it. I don't need to add any more to that!
When I am finally allowed to make a Facebook account for my LMC, I will also create a pinterest account...Kids love visuals...yes, they judge books by there cover, and if they can see it, they might actually read it.
