Diigo and I

I know I have mentioned Diigo in a previous post but since then I have actually added a few more items to my library and learned that I can share the link directly to my Diigo library!  So I have been on the web and in my RSS trying to find different blogs that spark my interest.  I beginning to think that I am very picky about what I add to my library, given that I have browsed through quite a lot of blogs on various topics in Higher Ed, but not to many have caught my eye.  So I decided to just do a search on "education blogs" in general and have found more blogs that way.  The cool thing is that I actually found a couple of blogs that kind of go along with what we have been talking about in class in regards to why teachers should opt to using technology in classrooms, and even this one called Cool Cat Teacher Blog which is awesome because she shares different types of freebies that teachers may find helpful in the class room.  I am pretty open to different eduacational blogs, anyone have any suggestions for my library?!?

Baby Steps...

Richardson covers RSS and Diigo in these chapters...both things that I am still trying to get the hang of.  Diigo seems to be going a little more smoothly for me than the RSS, although it may be because I have played around with the Diigo site a little more, it seems to be a little more user friendly at least to me, and in reading through the chapters there are things I didn't know you could do with the Diigo site that I will be going back to try.  I already have my diigolet set up on multiple computers so that I can start bookmarking!!  As for the RSS I "think" I have successfully added a couple blogs from a couple of classmates to my feed but I wasn't really sure on how to confirm, but I think the chapters have given me a little more guidance in figuring some of those things out.  However, it may just be that I will need some more hands on with each of these programs to REALLY get the hang of it, as I have only been playing with these new tools for about a week and a half.  I feel a bit challenged at times but I know I have to take baby steps and should have it in no time....anyone else feeling that way?

Blog Exploration

In my exploration for blogs that relate to issues in Higher Education, I came across a couple that related to the college admissions process. Each of the these blogs seemed to vary which was cool because I was able to read different perspectives on some topics that surround higher education and the admissions process.  Some of the blogs I viewed were from the view of a first year college student, or from a college counselor, or and Admissions Officer themselves.  Because I had never done a search on "College Admissions Officer" blogs before I was shocked to see that many schools have blogs set for their admissions department.  At Goodwin College we are definitely in touch with the Social Media world we have a Twitter, Facebook, and About Me pages set up, but no blogs that I know of as of yet.  So it may be pretty cool to see if blogging is an avenue the college may take for continued outreach to current and prospective students.   In what ways do you think blogging can be a successful tool for colleges to use to engage current and prospective students?

Here are a couple blog links that I added to my Diigolet, take some time to check them out!

http://www.getintocollegeblog.com/

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/