Week 6 #13

I am attempting to set up an account in del.icio.us and have run into problems with the e-mail account as it logged in only under my husband's name and did not provide me with a way to log in as myself. The computer only recognizes my husband and now Verizon no longer supports Windows98 which is my computer's operating system. Did I say I was slightly behind the time? I of course was not showing any sense of humor when I woke my husband up to find out what he had done to get the computer to only recognize him. He was not a happy camper.

Del.icio.us is a great way to add links and RSS feeds to one account. I believe that while I'd use Rollyo to engage students in evaluating and collecting quality websites, I would encourage staff to explore del.icio.us and take advantage of the linking system, comments from other users and the RSS feeds to gather their own collection of quality websites.

The other parts of del.icio.us I found to be interesting is the bar on the right that provides many links to other related topics. Within each of these links are many other detailed links to help support research that a user is trying to complete. As with the last three lessons I find it takes time to work your way through all the advantages the website has to offer. Interesting you can add any of the links necessary for your research without having to add the whole folder. Each of the sites becomes your own personal connection. Students would also love to play with this, but the user policy of being 18 or older limits what I'd be able to do in the middle school.

I will continue my attempt to activiate my account with del.icio.us and update you when I have or don't have success. I am confident that I will succeed, I'm too tenacious not to and cranky enough to pull off the job.