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23 Things or what I didn’t do on my summer vacation

Posted by Mara on September 12, 2008

Ok, so other things got in the way. I just read Jen Dooley’s blog and wow did she do a great job with this program.

I took notes from her blog with the idea to post a list of websites people discovered in their travels.

I couldn’t help but get excited about her enthusiasm. From her blog:

“I did a Google search for flickr mashups and found this cool site that constantly updates all the new mashups found using Flickr.
http://www.programmableweb.com/api/flickr/mashups

“My favorite so far turned out to be Bubblr, which lets you create comic strips by adding text bubbles to your (or anyone else’s) Flickr photos and create a strip which you can then save and let people view.
http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/

“www.gizmodo.com. That was one I added to my del.icio.us list! What a cool site with all the cool gadgets, latest tech updates, and all blog news tech that you could ever want to read about-I love it and I turned my husband on to it too–I know what he will be bookmarking at work-ha-bookmarking-that’s soooo yesterday :) I am going to need to teach him about del.icio.us, too!!!

“Secondly, my 12 year old spent the Spring semester “wiki-ing” (is that the verb version we should be using, much like “blogging”?) with his classmates about what they were all reading in class and for pleasure. I loved that-it is a great example of “going to kids and finding them where they are”! Using the computer to get them to talk about books—brilliant!!!

Thanks Jen.

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