Activities 5 & 6

I played around with Spell with Flickr, Montagr and Flickr Color Pickr, and explored other options using flickr. Lot of fun!

spell with flickr

Rainbow Books

Rainbow Books
Originally uploaded by bluemarla

As I was searching Flickr (and honestly just playing and having fun) I found this photograph and thought it was really funny. The person who posted it said that after trying alphabetizing and other systems, she decided to organize her books by color. She said she loved how they looked, but couldn't find anything! I have many bookshelves in my house; some are well organized, while others have no discernible system. I know that I also need to start using delicious more often or come up with other ways to organize websites.

Activities 3 and 4

Setting up the blog was easy; the hardest part was deciding what pictures to put on the site from my computer. I would like to use blogs in my classroom more often, particularly to have students respond to the books that they are reading.

23 Things- Activities 1 and 2

I like the concept of "23 things" - being able to do this at my own pace. In writing up my contract, I knew immediately that the largest stumbling block for me would be finding the time to complete all of these. I already have several other lists with at least 23 things on each of them! But I am determined to finish.

How I Spend My Summers