Thing 12-- Google

I chose to create an iGoogle page, and I am having a similar reaction to it that I had to Google Reader. LOVE. In fact, if I wasn't using up so much homework time playing around with my new cool toys, I could probably be done with all these "things!" I added so much to my page- so much that I had to create tabs to organize it all. Weather, time, calendar, daily quotes and pictures, my reader, Yellow Pages, lots of news and entertainment stuff...even a gadget with the free songs that iTunes gives away. I will admit that I added some pretty awesome game gadgets, too.

I am also a huge fan of Google Bookmarks. This, too, I added to my page. Just last week I emailed myself some links of things I needed to use at the library and/ or print out. With Google Bookmarks on my iGoogle page, I can access what I need on any computer, anywhere!

If I can figure out a way to do it, I will use iGoogle pages in my classrooms because there are so many ways to use it and each student can customize his or her own page. I think it could work especially well with Google Calendar and Google Notebook and all of these tools intertwined can become a learning "home page."

I am very excited by all of this stuff!