Saturday, February 27, 2010
Online Organization Tools
Signing up for the RSS feeds was really easy because I already had a Google account. And it was fun to add a few things that will be fun to check up on. I will eventually add more as I think of things to add. I ended up signing up for LibraryThing because it seems like it has the most users, but I am going to look into Shelfari again because so many people seem to love it. As to signing up for either Delicious or Diigo, I had a hard time deciding. I like the look of Diigo better and was going to sign up for that, but didn't after all because I couldn't figure out how to do it without changing my toolbar. I am a creature of habit and didn't want to change it. I have a fear that changing something like that will mess up everything else. So I signed up for Delicious and only added a few bookmarks for now because I have a hard time sitting there and trying to figure out what to add. These tools are all very new to me and I have to admit, I still haven't quite figured out all these wonderful things I am supposed to be doing with them. I am not very good at the exploring part because I feel like I don't even know what to look for. I feel I do much better when someone sits with me and shows me exactly what I can do. But I guess I will eventually get better at exploring as I increase my knowledge of these tools.
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I struggle with the exploring part sometimes also. I find that when I start exploring I do not really find anything because I have no idea where to start, and then I have wasted an hour of my "class" time. I find it helpful to read all of the class discussions before I attempt things on my own. Our classmates are very knowledgeable about all of these tools.
ReplyDeleteI think that that is part of the difficulty of an online course, there is no face to face. Keep in mind that you aren't looking for anything specific. You are just looking at the tool. All of these tools have an introductory page or an "about" page that lays out the basic idea behind them. Those are good places to start. And part of the exploration is looking at what other people are doing. Karin has the right idea about reading others' experiences to help with your own.
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