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09-Wonderopolis edited Dive In Welcome to the current issue of the Toilet Tech Talk! We hope that you have enjoyed learn…

Dive In
Welcome to the current issue of the Toilet Tech Talk! We hope that you have enjoyed learning about some new technology that you can use. Every other week, you will be able to learn a new techie tip during your time here in the toilet!
Take the Plunge
Have you ever wondered do hummingbirds really hum or if Easter eggs can be art? Wonderopolis is a website that takes the wonder out of every day questions that
you can use with your students daily. Every day a new wonder is posted on the Wonderopolis website (http://wonderopolis.org/). The website provides the answer through a short video and is followed by a more detailed article with more information and even links to other websites for further study. Each wonder also provides a list of vocabulary words that relate to the ideas taught in the lesson. The website also has an extensive archive of past questions (or wonders). This website can be used with all grade levels.
Spare a Square
This week, try using this wonderful resource with your students. It would be a great way to start or finish the day. Your class could even submit their own “wonder” that may be chosen as a future topic for the website.
Cleaning Up
Think about it...how could you use Wonderopolis with students in your classroom? Feel free to share your ideas with your tech contact and your idea may show up in the next Toilet Tech Talk!
The Final Flush
***The authors of the Toilet Tech Talk hope that you will be able to use this information in a way that will help enrich your life and/or the lives of your students.
Don’t forget to wash your hands and try out your new tech skill!
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08-Bookmarks edited Dive In In this tissue of the Toilet Tech Talk, we are going to be learning about social bookma…

Dive In
In this tissue of the Toilet Tech Talk, we are going to be learning about social bookmarking. Bookmarking a new website you found on your school computer in either Internet Explorer or Firefox is a good way to remember the address of a website, however there are some issues with that method. First, that bookmark is stuck on your computer. When you need that bookmark at home you don’t have access to it. Very annoying. Additionally, wouldn’t be nice to be able to see the bookmarks of likeminded people or people with your same occupation or interests? Social bookmarking can solve both of those issues.
Take the Plunge
There are several services out there that do social bookmarking, each service has different features or extras that might interest you.
{ikeepexample.png} Folders in iKeepBookmarksThe first of these services is the simplest one. http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com
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This bare bones site allows you to create an account and then save bookmarks on the website. The account can be made public and you can then share the address to your account. You also can search public accounts to explore more links. When you save a bookmark, they can be grouped by folder. It should be noted though that of late, iKeepBookmarks can be rather slow and even sometimes unreliable.
For a much better experience, you may want to try http://www.diigo.com
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After signing up for your account you can then upgrade your account to an educator’s account which will give more space to save images. Diigo will not only allow you to save, and more importantly, tag your bookmarks, but with the optional Firefox toolbar you can easily add sticky notes to webpages that you can save on webpages. They can be private or public to other Diigo users. You can highlight webpages and you can find other users who are finding content you like and then you can follow them so that you can see what they have publicly been bookmarking. If you find a webpage that you would like to read but don’t have time to look at it then, you can save the webpage to read later. All this info is accessible from any internet connected computer and smartphone.
Another newer social bookmarking site that you may have heard of is called Pinterest, sadly, is blocked here at school. http://www.pinterest.com
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On Pinterest, you can follow other people to see what they are linking or pinning. You can also look at groups of pins (links), education for example, to get new ideas.
Spare a Square
Tagging your bookmarks on sites like Diigo is extremely important. These tags group you links. You can also search other users by tags as well. The more specific you are with tagging your bookmarks, the easier it will be to find links later. For example, I am going to tag a website with Diigo that I like, I click the bookmark button on the Diigo Toolbar.
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Then I am asked to fill in a description and some tags or keywords for my bookmarked site.
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Clicking Save adds the bookmark to your Diigo account and shares it with your followers as long as you didn’t select Private checkbox.
Air Freshener
In our next issue we will be looking at a few more Social Bookmarking tools that you might consider as well as discuss uses for you and your students. Until then, if you decide to get a Diigo account, share your user name with your tech contact so that you can follow each other’s links.
The Final Flush
The authors of T3 hope that you will be able to use this information in a way that will help enrich your life and/or the lives of your students. If you have questions or topic suggestions for future issues of T3, please e-mail your building tech contact.
Don’t forget to wash your hands and try out your new tech skill!
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