RSS Feeds

Once I got the hang of it, it seemed quite straightforward to set up and subscribe to RSS
Feeds. I think what I like about this is the one stop shopping approach to information gathering. It appears to significantly cut down the time spent jumping from website to website...I like that.

Google Products

I looked at Google Books and read online from "Kids Who Laugh: how to develop your child's sense of humor". It interestingly points out that humor is a learned response acquired largely through demonstration and observation. Kids learn what is funny from parents, other kids, media and society. This was interesting as you can search full text of books or magazines. To find magazines click on advanced search, type in search terms and the title results are displayed. The results seemed straightforward and search terms were hi-lighted and easy to find. I think I may supplement my Ebscohost search with this product. I also liked the layout as things appeared very user friendly.

What about Facebook?

For me, Facebook is more commitment than I care to have at this moment. I could see myself wasting hours of my life on sites like these and the draw could become obsessive. I think I'll just stick to the phone or heaven forbid...talking to a person face to face.

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump

I'd just been reading about Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump so I thought this was a good article to edit. I changed a couple of numbers in the early part of the article and added a sentence at the end of the paragraph. It was so easy. I'm surprised there isn't more tampering, because it's easy to do. I did consider doing a topic Wikipedia didn't cover, but there wasn't enough time. I can be difficult to fit this in if you're on the desk.