Week 6 Thing 14 Technorati

I just finished exploring in Technorati. It is amazing to discover how many blogs are out there in the blogosphere. Technorati is a fantastic tool to help you search for blogs you would be interested in reading regularly. I signed up on Technorati and claim my learning blog. I searched under the tag of libraries and young adult fiction to find blogs I may be interested in reading regularly. I added those as favorites and added tags to them.

I have learned how tagging in Flickr, Technorati and del.icio.us helps save time for those who regularly use web 2.0. I also like that once you find a blog you like to read, you can find out what that blogger likes to read in Technorati and possibly find other blogs to read. It's similar to a book recommendation from a friend with similar tastes.

Week 4 Thing 9 Feedster & Technorati

I'm back from searching and searching. I used Feedster and Technorati to locate some book review sites for young adult fiction. It took awhile to weed through lots of other unrelated blogs to find a few. After I have a chance to see if they are worthwhile sites, I'll share them. I added these to my Google Reader account so I'll be up-dated for new postings. I still want to put in some more time searching for local and national newsfeeds as well as RSS feeds that would assist students and teachers in finding current information on topics studied in class. I definitely need to put in some more time exploring in this area.