Thing#13- Tagging and Discovering del.icio.us

I had never heard of del.icio.us or any similar bookmarking site before this assignment. This is a very cool tool that could be extremely beneficial to those that know about it.
I can imagine this being helpful during research. There is no longer an issue of trying to remember where it was you saw that fantastic resource. With the aid of a bookmarking site, you can save and recall your information from any computer. How cool is that!! The aspect of the easy access from any computer with an Internet connection is amazing.
I believe this idea of tagging could be very useful for both classroom teachers and school librarians. This is a great system to foster collaboration between school colleagues.

Thing#12- Creating Community Through Commenting

*I found the ProBlogger comments helpful. I liked the idea of inviting comments and asking questions that would in turn invite comments.
Additionally, from the Information Wants to be Free blog, I liked the concept of sharing as related to blogging.
I am not an active blogger nor actively commenting, but with my new knowledge, I intend to get more involved in the world of blogging.
**From time to time I have been peeking at others' blogs from our class, but today was the first time I actually commented on a couple. I can see how comments can validate one's work. I like this notion.
***Hands-down, my favorite genre to read is mystery. I thoroughly enjoy reading Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and Fern Michaels' Sisterhood series, just to name a few. So, my blog search led me on a little searching about these two authors. I found blogs about a few of their recent books and shared my two cents. The two blogs I found for this purpose are:
Will Work For Books and The Mystery Gazette