Search engines I've collected:
http://www.delicious.com/scrible77/search

The search engines I use & like:
Bing.com
Mashpedia.com
Qwiki.com
Blekko.com
Sortfix.com
Sweetsearch.com
www.twurdy.com
www.questia.com

A meeting, a weigh-in, and then another meeting. Then some grading - a.k.a. assessment. As in, let's catch up and some stuff. I have to finish up the Fake Assignments in my 3pm English 110 (which aren't due back to them until tomorrow I realize) and then tackle the online English 120 assignments from last week. When all is "said and done," I'll go home to a crockpot of Italian yummy-ness. True story.

Everything here (text and images) is from freetech4teachers.com.
---"One of the reasons that I like to do both text and live interviews is that it gives me the opportunity to reflect on my practices both as a blogger and as a teacher. I was thinking about this this morning when it hit me, "more teachers should interview each other."
"Teachers interviewing teachers would provide a forum that stimulates reflection on our classroom practices. This could be done as an exercise in a staff meeting or department meeting. Develop a set a interview questions, but feel free to go off-script as necessary, and have teachers actually conduct interviews with each other. The interview doesn't necessarily have to appear on the web to be a meaningful exercise. In fact, in some cases it might be best to not have it appear on the web because some teachers may be reluctant to share their true thoughts on the web."
---Maybe we should invite our online students to campus for a f2f meeting about online courses
---https://sites.google.com/site/richardbyrnepdsite/home
---http://thinktutorial.com/

I just tagged a whole lot of stuff from this site in my Delicious account. Whew!

Two Days Late and Half Off.
[our trivia name last night]
The bf gave me The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night as my Valentine's gift (among chocolates, etc.)...
that got us/me thinking of other "classics" I'd like to read:
The Grapes of Wrath
A Wrinkle in Time
Lord of the Flies
War of the Worlds
Slaughterhouse 5
Him = The 3rd Policeman

I told him that I'll start on Hitchhiker's once I wrap up David's book.
Then I may have to read Klosterman's other fictional piece - Eating the Dinosaur.
p.s. We talked about the TV show Lost and how they used a lot of stuff from Alice In Wonderland; that got me thinking = what if I assigned that book in English 110. Students could dig into the pop culture pieces that use that book?

From RowdyKittens, again. Don't get upset; that blog is awesome sauce, man:
So what’s real life? Real life is shivering by the campfire, eating marsh-mellows and drinking beer; Real life is saying thank you to your spouse for cooking up dinner on the camp stove; Real life is feeling your legs burn, as you pedal your bike slowly, up a very big hill; Real life is all about opening yourself up and being vulnerable.

"We’re all striving to be real, authentic people and one way to do that is by learning to be a little more vulnerable.
Cultivating vulnerability in your life doesn’t have to be so difficult."

1. Be yourself.
2. Remember you are worthy of love, affection, and belonging.
3. Lean into the discomfort of life.
4. Connection is why we are here.
5. Everyone experiences shame and fear.
6. Let yourself be seen.
7. It’s okay to be imperfect.
8. Let go of who you think you “should be.”
9. It’s okay to take risks.
10. Stop trying to control and predict everything.
11. Practice gratitude and joy.
12. Embrace vulnerability.

"...you can’t numb out all the hard feelings because in the process you numb joy and happiness too."

List Idea from galadarling.com.
2010, What I Did:
Turned 33 on a very blizzardy day /// Attempted to by a house /// Put my feet in the Gulf (I've had 'em in the Atlantic, Pacific, and now the Gulf) /// Had an authentic taco at a lil' stand in Houston /// Went to a wedding on a cruise ship /// Stayed at the awesome Chase on the Lake hotel in Walker, MN /// Saw Cinderella play as well as Johnny Lang and Lynryd Skynryd /// Wrote a Chuck Klosterman chapter /// Applied for a Ph.D. program /// Presented at GPACW about online teaching tips /// Went to a family reunion at Chahinkapa Park (stopped in at the zoo, too)  /// Watched my "second" brother get married in Duluth at a haunted mansion /// Played trivia at Prantes /// Sang karaoke w/Arielle on her birthday /// Met Sir Ken Robinson! ///
2010, Where I Went:
Galveston, TX /// Moondance Jam in Walker, MN /// Des Moines, IA for TYCA /// Downtown Mpls for TIES /// Duluth, MN ///
2010, Top Five Purchases:
Sorels w/Christmas 2009 money /// Under Armour tops and pants /// Smart wool sox /// Various skinny jeans/jeggings from The Gap /// Grey cardigan from Marshall's ///
2010, Obsessions:
Goldfish crackers /// Coke Zero /// Pepsi Max /// Boots /// Non-black items integrated into clothing ///
2010, Best Thing(s) I Did For Myself:
Participated in both Biggest Loser Challenges on campus /// Instead of sending out holiday postcards, I gave to charities ///
2010, Best Meal:
Crab legs December 12th ///
2010, Loveliest Gift:
Tie between the tripod (from bf's parents) + an iPod (from parents) + money from grandparents ///
2010, Favorite Facebook Statuses:
"She thought she would someday die in a car wreck or from cancer, but it'll probably be from a digestive meltdown due to buffalo sauce." /// "She is proud of her boyfriend's letter-to-the editor; he writes so well." /// "You can't keep blaming yourself. Blame yourself once and move on." - Homer Simpson /// "She is downloading podcasts for her new iPod (thnx ma&pa); she's gonna stuff herself so full of knowledge, her snot will have ideas." /// "She told a student who was texting in class that unless Jesus was on the other end, she'd better put it away." /// "She is honest and blasphemous and violent. All on short notice." /// "F-Bombs make you live longer." - Kathy Griffin /// "There is only one person you have anything to prove to." - Me ///
2011, Goals:
Run a half marathon (in May or October) /// Get tenured /// Read 2 books a month = 24 books by the end of 2011 /// New family member = new star tattoo /// Test out some new classroom stuff ///

a) Ways to announce stuff to online classes:
--- Blabberize.
--- Animoto. Already have a few created!
--- Jigsaw Planet.
--- Prezi?

b) Options/Additions for products/projects/papers:
--- Presentations: Prezi, Slideshare, VoiceThread, SlideRocket...
--- Glogster.
--- Wordle.
--- Wikis or Google Docs for group work, online or on-campus.
--- ToonDoo (below) for Creative Writing.
--- ToonDoo (below) for English 105 assignments that show communication in the workplace or in their fake companies.
--- ToonDoo (below) for English 120 assignments to show argument.
--- Use PocketMod & CutePDF = "You can create a 7-8 page word document, convert it to a PDF (using a free service such as CutePDF) and then make your document into a small little book. Students can create their own content to tell stories, review terms and share ideas. Teachers can use it to deliver content, help students review vocab, science terms and math equations and much more. Teachers could provide the PDF on their class website for kids to assemble at home, they could hand them out at school, or the kids could create their own content and make their own books."
--- Use TimeGlider to create a timeline in Creative Writing of an author?
--- Use TimeGlider to create a timeline of an argument for an English 120 project.

c) To embed/use in English 120 Online:
--- Finding & Citing Digital Sources, a VoiceThread video created by others.
--- TED presentations. Find some!
--- Use Screencast-o-Matic. It takes video of desktop as I show 'em how to put in footnotes or search for blogs (for the GBP), etc. Or try ScreenJelly to do the same thing?
--- Use ClipNabber to take videos off of YouTube.
--- Use Newseum to see what's making the headlines in papers around the world.

More brainstorming:
I'm already thinking that students in English 120 could create VoiceThreads or Wikis or Animoto videos for their Shortfolios at the end of the semester. Creative Writing students (if we do a photo essay, here's an example) could create VoiceThreads too for projects as well as Wikis and Animoto videos.

Other tools:
Zamzar does free online conversion of files. Woot!

More stuff:
--- Have students sum up the chapter in a tweet-sized bite?

--- A wordle of the many, many web2.0 tools out there!