Thing #16

I chose igoogle for my start page. I like to stick to a brand name when I use products. If google has an option, it is the one I will choose. I will make this my permanent homepage, mostly because I immediately check my gmail account when I get online. This way I can check what news interests me, look at the weather, and anything else I choose to set up and then check my email from there.

Online calendars can help me remember the things I have going on in the month. If someone sent me an email that regarded dates, I could easily look up and see if I had an engagement planned on that date. I could also access the calendar anywhere, in case I forgot my actual hard copy planner.

I absolutely love to-do lists. There is no other feeling nearly as satisfying as marking a completed task off of a to-do list. Remember the Milk seems like a really neat to do list and even comes with an iphone application. I have an ipod touch, which will work the same. Through this site you can send yourself text message updates, which would be helpful, too. I think I will explore this site further and start using it on the regular.


Joe's Goals is a neat website I found where people can track their progress of a goal they are working on, or sometimes multiple goals. You can rate how well you did that day achieving your goal. This could be used for personal reasons, but also in the classroom. Students can create goals for themselves at the beginning of the school year for what they want to achieve in that class. Then throughout the year they can mark and follow their progress.