spokeo

Has anyone in 23things had an experience with spokeo? It is a social networking aggregator site which collect e-mail addresses and personal data such as home address, kid's name, husband's name, etc. Apparently it can be used to collect enough information that an unknown person can create a page about someone they don't know.

Help. This scares me.

The Two Lindas

Lesson 7 Microblogging

I can tweet because I'm on Twitter. I have so many new accounts and passwords and things to keep up that I don't know how I'll ever keep it straight! Linda and I worked on 23 things Kansas tonight after school tonight. As we were trying to figure out if it was working, Daneen commented on it so we knew we had done it right! Thanks, Daneen! Have a Happy Easter!!!

RSS Feeds

Remember the good old days when we didn't have a worry in the world. We could play with our dolls, ride our bikes and we only had channel 13? Well, I feel overwhelmed with all this technology and information! How can I keep up with it all? I can't even keep my e-mail box under 100! I subscribed to the 3 RSS feeds that Alicia subcribed to. I need to figure out how to unsubscribe to the New York Times. I don't think it will be hard. I just think I'm worn out and tired tonight and can't think any more. State testing sure gets old. I feel like all I do is walk around in circles for 6 weeks monitoring the kids. The teachers do it for 6 days each. I do it for 6 times 6 teachers each. Oh, well, that's life for the next month at school. I actually do get to teach the week after spring break, so that will be a nice change.

Week 5 RSS Feeds

Ok, all I have done is watched the videos about RSS feeds. I haven't connected, joined or what ever you call it. I do have some questions for my quick learning friends. Do I need to connect a link to Flickr to my blog or vice versa? How do I do that? I am getting so many log ons and passwords, I don't know how I'll ever keep track. Does anyone have a secret to this madness???? I will work on it more this week.

Week 4 Photo Sharing

Flickr is really pretty cool. I want to explore it more and maybe do some personal pictures instead of just school pictures. I don't know quite how I could use it in school. Legally, can we post pictures of kids? I guess we could post pictures of things like the book Christmas trees that several librarians across the state did this last year. I'd like some more ideas of how people think we might use it. Is it just me, but does it take anyone else hours to read and learn about each step we do for 23thingskansas and then do it? Maybe it's my age or just my style of learning. Once I do it, I get the hang of it. I do better with a class, a teacher and other students. Linda and I have met twice to work together on some of these things, but as you can see, we are very behind. However, we are still plugging along very slowly. I just don't have much down time to sit here and work on stuff. I get involved in too many things. I spread myself too thin. Even right now as I say that it has to stop, I am now teaching 2nd grade Sunday school and taking notes at the Educational Ministries Board. I have a dinner meeting and ceremony to plan for a professional women's group I belong, invitations to send to potential members, phone calls to make and paper work to do. I also have to plan a meeting with these potential members before April 8th. I do have a committee, but with my name listed as chair, they're not worried about it. No one has contacted me to ask what we should be doing. So guess who will probably end up doing most of the work? I guess I need to just plan a committee meeting and see who will help with what. Are blogs for griping? Can I just gripe and get stuff off my chest? Does anyone really want to read what I have to complain about? Poor me!!! I know we're all too busy. Life is going by so fast and there are so many things I want to do. I'm really working on my priorities, but as I said before, I learn and work slowly. But, I am positive!!! I will succeed!!! Thank you to anyone who has read this far, you must be a true friend to listen to my boohooing. Love ya!

Lesson 3 Webinars

This week we're learning about Webinars in 23thingsKansas. I haven't gone to a live one yet, but listened to an archived one. I listened to Stephen Abrams Twenty Five Technologies to Watch and How through SirsiDynix. I believe it is close to being a couple years old. Two years ago I had never heard of some of these technology things and he was talking about technologies I'm just learning about now. He talked about the potential of each of the technologies and how he uses them. It was very useful, but boy, I have a lot more to learn! He said he read more than 500 blogs a day!!! How do people find the time to blog, read other's blogs, play on Facebook, and read their 3 e-mail accounts? I know I do not use my time as efficiently as I could. I wish I would have worked on that when I was younger, but I was busy being a mommy of 3, going back to college, working full time and being involved in extended family. I'm getting off track now, I guess that's part of my time issue problem. I think the potential for this in the next 10 years will be phenomenal. I could see businesses, classrooms, families, Facebook friends doing this as a way of becoming more personal through live communication with each other, not just typing or texting, but having real conversations with our voices.

Week Two: Facebook

Facebook is our Week 2 assignment. I still don't get Facebook completely. I can't believe all the people who get on it and the time they spend. Where do they get the time to do that? I'd like to hear how you use it.

My kids are all in their 30's now. My oldest just turned 34 today and my youngest just turned 31 last Friday! Then I have one in the middle that's 32!

Week One: Blogging

23 Things Kansas, here we go! I'm so excited about learning something new! Knowledge changes so fast now, that we have to keep up so we know what's going on in the world of technology. Our kids know it and I want to know what they're doing and talking about. I think we get stagnant if we don't continue learning new things. I have a 96 year old grandma, that still is willing and wanting to learn new things. Think of the changes she has seen in her life! My 84 year old mother-in-law enjoys her email, making cards on the computer and working with her photographs. I wish I could get my mom on board. I think she would love blogging. She has an interesting way of journaling and would be great at this. Happy blogging!!!

Snow Day

I love snow days and being home! My life has to settle down a little. I need more home time and more Linda time. Is that being selfish? I really think if I could slow down my activities some, I'd be a better wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister, not to mention, a better teacher. As I get older, I think about the time I have left with my life. We never really know, it could end tomorrow, but all the more reason to live each day happily and doing God's will. Sometimes our jobs consume our lives so much, even in our dreams. I just think we have our priorities all screwed up. Life is so short. I have 2 cousins younger than me, who have been living with cancer for 5-11 years. Their time is short. Maybe that's why I have been re-evaluating my life and the choices I make. I tend to want to do everything and experience everything. So I am always saying the "YES" word and getting myself into things because I do want to experience it all. Not in a wild and crazy way. I get involved in school things, church things, women's groups, etc. I just feel like I want time to work on my photo scrapbook albums, listen to some good music, read the Bible daily, relax and read a good book, and visit with good friends, without worrying about what else I should be doing instead. We put so much pressure on ourselves. We should be good housekeepers, not my favorite thing to do, although I love to be in a clean organized house. WE should cook healthy, low fat meals. I hate to cook! We should always go above and beyond the call of duty at work, especially if you're a teacher! I should visit my two 96 & 98 year old grandmothers (I love them both, but what were they doing when they were 54? Were they spending time with me or their other relatives?) I would love to spend more time with my wonderful mother. I know she is lonely with out my dad. I see her every Sunday and try to go over once in a while. I call her more than I used to. She's an awesome, giving person. This is a priority for me right now. I try to spend lots of time with my granddaughters. What wonderful grand kids I have. They are beautiful, talented and very good girls. I'd like to spend more quality time with my children and their spouses, too. Then, I feel the urge to teach Sunday school. One more job on my list, but I feel like God wants me to do this. I also lead a small group that has one more session to finish up the book of James. Then we will start a new study, not sure what because the church is starting an all church small group study in April, so it would have to be something fairly short. We do meet at my mom's so I do get to see her during the week and take grandma Vena with me. One other thing we spend time doing is caring for Bill's mom. She's with us again right now for a week or so. She has been in the emergency room twice in the last week with high blood pressure, back and stomack pain. She's going to see a surgeon in Wichita next Thursday so Bill will take a day of vacation and take her down there. She's 84! Keep her in your prayers. Well, I thought I wouldn't have anything to write about!!! Maybe no one else will be interested in what I have to say, but maybe it will be therapeutic! Now I need to read my email and decide if we dare to go to a conference in Kansas City tomorrow and if we should leave tonight.