Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Links R US, n'at

Until I figure out how to use my del.ico.us account, this is where I park interesting links:

20 great online references from Scholastic.us

Today was the first Mother Goose of the season, and I had a woman who actually used to live in Baltimore and attended Betsy Diamant-Cohen's programs, Betsy who concieved the program format that I use.

A few tips on how to use your local library... from Gather No Dust, a library manager blog.

Here's a favorite: the Wayback Machine, AKA, the Internet Archive. I think you can look up what the White House website looked like in the Clinton/Gore administration (right, back when Gore invented the web...) Remember, whitehouse.gov, NOT .com!!* (Not all the links work, of course, but it's still cool to look at.)

I love the USA Today 25 things list--this one focuses on, yes, class? You guessed it, our topic of the day...the Internet. Here's their list of most memorable quotes. The list doesn't reflect ones that I most remember, but hey, it's their list.

(I looked at a coupla other lists and now my eyes are tired...)

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In other news, (the news I'm being vague about) the news is good. We are not out of the woods, but we have a very good map. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and I'll keep you vaguely up to date.

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*whitehouse.com is a porn site.

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