#10 - The Thing is Ning!

Hello -

I'm ning-ing as Jen Waldock at jwaldock.ning.com. I'm a little overwhelmed with the set-up because I'm so used to the way Facebook looks but I'm up for something new! I don't think I'll use Ning for educational purposes this year but I suppose there is some value to it. I like what RB16 is doing - great job, you guys! If I ran a club or organization I might set up a Ning account to manage my students.

Thing 11

I love that this "thing" is something I've already been doing on my own for a few months. I joined Shelfari first, but then a friend said she liked "Goodreads" better, so I'm a member of both but have been updating Goodreads more. I am "jennifer" at jwaldock@gmail.com on Goodreads. Find me!

Thing 7 - Google Reader

Ooh! I've been using Google Reader for over a year so I'm excited to see that it made it onto the list of '17 things!' I quickly added my colleagues' blogs to the list even before I knew that this was going to be one of the assignments. In addition to following my fellow 17 Thing-ers, I follow some of my college friends' blogs, a sort of celebrity fashion/gossip blog, and a daily recipe blog. I never considered Google Reader to have any influence on my profession or career but I will definitely add some of those educational news feeds to my list. Thanks!

Thing 6 - Weebly Website

Hooray - I published a website! You can see my website at:

http://waldock.weebly.com/index.html

I had fun messing around with the different designs and layouts. What I have up there currently only took a few minutes to set up. I may change the layout later but for now it seems easy to navigate and read. I plan on using it to post announcements and information for my classes.

Thing 4

I added to the 17 Things Google doc. Waiting for Google calendar invite. I've been using Google docs for a few year for personal things. Perhaps SEE Team will introduce it to our students to alleviate the heavy use of paper handouts. Exciting!

Thing 5 - Twitter

Twitter name - 'jwaldock.' Search for me!

Thing 9 -making my blog more snazzy

I added a slide show gadget (still trying to connect it to Flickr...will figure that out soon!), a picture of a zebra, a welcome text box, a list of my current 'must' items that will be updated periodically, and a cloud list of my tags. Fun! My blog looks better already!