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  • Kim Hays (momsatwork) · 1 year ago
    I love this post! I'm trying to myself caught up technologically. And this is supercool!
  • Louise Maine · 1 year ago
    Happy Birthday, Vicki! Thanks for the great list that people can find something new in!
  • Pam Thompson · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the 'gifts' Vicki. But now I'll be on the computer even longer (and I should be marking). A belated Happy Birthday to you too.
  • tom · 1 year ago
    Vicki, Happy birthday and thanks for all your hard work on this. Can't wait to see what you'll do for your 50th! btw the link for #5 is misdirected.
  • Mark · 1 year ago
    How very "hobbit-ish" for you to give us presents for your birthday! Thanks!
  • Robin · 1 year ago
    There are some excellent resources in your article. Some I've used and loved and others I'm looking forward to exploring! Thank you :)
  • Britt · 1 year ago
    What a delightful surprise for the rest of us...though the precedent is a little scary since I turn 58 this summer!!!

    : - )

  • Bookminder · 1 year ago
    Happy Birthday and thanks for introducing me to Zoho. Seeing how your students use it is particularly helpful.
  • Kristi · 1 year ago
    thank you, thank you, thank you!!! some fabulous sites I cannpt wait to check out! I appreciate all the time you put into this!
  • Rick · 1 year ago
    Happy birthday! Nice list of apps here. A few comments about them:

    Diigo: I just don't get it, but it sure seems to be popular among educators. Just seems like a little too much social bookmarking to me. I'll stay with del.icio.us (for now).

    Twitter: Rocks

    GMail: Ditto, especially when synced up via IMAP to Thunderbird.

    Google Forms: I LOVE this. We use it to do quick surveys at my school.







  • IMC Guy · 1 year ago
    Thanks Vicki! Now I have to find time to check out some of these tools. I want to try Google Forms to survey my staff about my library.
  • jules · 1 year ago
    Hi vicki! Belated happy birthday! And thanks for the gifts!
  • Brad Neuberg · 1 year ago
    Hi Cool Cat Teacher, I work for Google on Gears so thanks for having Gears and Reader on your list. BTW, Google Docs is rolling out with Gears support as well, so you can use Google Docs offline. My birthday was also just on April 28th, so happy birthday to both of us :) What grade and subjects to do you teach? Feel free to ping me if you have any questions or feedback on Gears.

    Best,
    Brad Neuberg
    Google Gears
    http://codinginparadise.org




  • mmw · 1 year ago
    Thanks for sharing these tools. We've been doing a web 2.0 initiative with our librarians this year, so I am familiar with a lot of them, but you also have some new ones that I can't wait to try out. Happy birthday to you and happy learning to me!
  • Techyturner · 1 year ago
    Oh my, what tools you have! Thank you for sharing. I really like twitter (have heard alot about it), hulu.com, and use firefox. The best one though is 4info.net. I immediately sign up and created several text messages for my phone. BTW, you share b-day with my wife! Happy Birthday and keep up the wonderful posts.
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    Thanks for all of the work that you put into making this post invaluable for everyone! Happy Birthday!
  • Allymac · 1 year ago
    Happy Belated Birthday.
    Thank your mother for giving the world such a wonderful and God giving person. I accept your gifts on behalf of my students.
  • Hampers · 7 months ago
    A great gift indeed. Your list although quite some time is still very usable especially to those whose knowledge is still at its "preparatory phase".