Thing 16

I chose iGoogle for my first ever personalized start page. It was pretty nifty and easy to use. I chose this one because I already have a Google account, but, I have never really explored it. I'm pretty sure that Google will one day rule the earth... either that or Amazon. Either one would be fine as long as it isn't Wal-mart. But, I digress. The gadgets were really easy to use. I just kind of looked at the page and knew how to use it. I browsed through and changed the background a few times, too, to make it stand out a little more. I did a search for some kind of link for 23 Things to put on there, but, there wasn't one which made me kind of sad. Seeing as how I'm almost done with it, though, I guess it doesn't really matter.

I don't normally make to-do lists or mark a calendar. But, I guess it would be a good habit to get into if I'm going to have to follow a written lesson plan. As far as my daily schedule goes, I'm going to keep that as loosey goosey as I can. But, I did make a to-do list with Remember The Milk. It was a little confusing at first because I started putting in my events for the day, and, it just put them all in alphabetical order. Well, it just so happens that French class doesn't come BEFORE philosophy class chronologically which is what matters. But, pretty quickly, I figured out how to set priorities which took care of that problem. It also had an easy to use "completed" feature so that I could mark off what I did as I did it. I am one of those "why waste paper?" people, but, as far as making things like grocery lists, I just use my phone's notepad. It's a little more practical.

Zamzar is AWESOME!!! I know there is a way to convert documents to different formats without using an outside source, but, it never works for me. Zamzar makes it easy! just upload the document, tell it what to convert to, and that's it. I kind of wish I had done this a few weeks ago, now. My mom was working and had to convert a file into another format. If I had known about Zamzar, I could have helped her more instead of feeling completely helpless. Furthermore, it will help later on in my teaching if I have students submitting anything electronically via Mac/PC that I may not be able to open depending on the system I'm using because it converts to/from any format for any hardware device! Kudos to you Zamzar! Jolly good show!