Google Reader - nice site, fairly easy to use with a few distractors. Bloglines is better for the basic user -easy to find tabs, radio buttons that are easy to understand and locate, and only a quarter-page of graphics to have to look at on the home page - no sensory overload here. Contrast that with Superglu and Topix.net and the tons of verbiage and graphics you see upon first entering the site and you'll see why a lot of viewers might quickly leave these sites without giving them a second glance. They do have valuable information for many, but do you have the right shovel to dig out the desired search?
An extremely useful blog site for SBISD teachers is the Promethean Planet Forums. There are answers to almost any question you have about Activstudio or Activboards. I frequent this site regularly to get new ideas. If you can't find an answer, pose your question and you'll get a lot of valuable advise. I searched a multitude of blogs, but unusual blogs didn't appear. At least, not any that are visited very often. One that does have a creative author with some interesting reads is the Good Word of Sprout blogspot.
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how about giving us hot links to those sites you appreciate so much...a strength of blogging...instant access!
ReplyDeleteYou can go in to edit mode of your post, highlight the words of importance, use the little chain icon on the blog post toolbar and paste the url. Be sure and republish your post.
Very cool tip. Done and thanks!
ReplyDeleteOf course you would push the Promethean Planet sites! I like them too.
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