Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. What is "social bookmarking," you ask? Well, first of all, it's a way to save your favorite websites in a central place on the web, where you can access them from whatever computer you're sitting in front of. But the real power of social bookmarking comes in being able to share your bookmarks with others, and in finding new resources through other people's bookmarks. There are several social bookmarking websites, but here are the directions for Del.icio.us:
1. Go to www.delicious.com
2. Click on Register (top right link between Login and Help).
3. Create a username and password. Your username will be the name through which people will be able to locate your bookmarks.
4. Once you've registered, click on the Help button, and look for 'Bookmarking--install the tools for saving bookmarks.' There are links for installing the tools for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and "bookmarklet buttons for any browser" (e.g., Safari). After running the two installers, you should find two new buttons on your browser toolbar.
5. Now go to it! Whenever you find a great website you'd like to remember, click on your Tag button, and you'll see a new window that has the URL listed for you--type in a description if you want, and then type in tags (category words) and click on Save. The tags will really help you find/organize your bookmarks later.
Here's the URL to part of my Del.icio.us bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/VIAccessible/accessibility
Check it out and browse the links I've discovered so far. When you have some sites to share, give us your Del.icio.us name by posting a comment to this blog.
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You can also get a plug-in for your web browser to make using your del.icio.us bookmarks even more convenient. You can get a Firefox extention and Safari plug-in (Mac OS X only).
Hello Ms. Schindler (Lore),
It's been a long time and I apologize for using this blog to contact you, but it was the closest thing I could find to an email address.
I'm not sure how well you would remember me, but I (John Yoshida) was an aide in your classrooom for the classes of '00 and '01. I was Paola's 1-on-1 assistant. The Japanese guy with the shaved head, that's me.
The reason I'm contacting you is that I have a request that I hope will not burden you too much. I would like to ask for a letter of recommendation. The reason is that after working in the graphics world for various companies the past 6 years (the 2 years before that in trade-school), I'm finally trying my hand at being an independent "freelance" designer and to be honest, it's not going as well as I had hoped. So, I would like to get a job similar to what I was doing when you and I had met, helping kids while having a small supplemental income.
I believe it will help me to show experience working with special needs children and since I spent the longest period of my Special Education Assistant career in your particular class, I figured I'd ask.
If it's at all too burdensome, I will completely understand.
Besides that, I hope this letter finds you well and I must say that I was impressed yet again with your commitment to what you do, as I stumbled upon web pages dedicated to honoring you as a teacher.
I've always thought that people like you should get the bigger bucks, as opposed to the so called "stars" of the world. And no, I'm not just laying it on thick just so I can get a great recommendation letter out of it.
My email address is johnyoshida@sbcglobal.net in case you are able to drop me a line.
Have a great day.
Best,
John
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