Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thing #14- Technorati and Tags
http://www.technorati.com/ is a website that keeps up with all the blogs out there in the mighty blogosphere and determines authority based upon how many hits the blog has gotten. You can view what are the top blogs and even the top topics of the moment. It even has a section for following twitter posts called Twitterati. "Twittorati tracks the tweets from the highest authority bloggers, starting with the entire Technorati Top 100 and soon including many more of the web's most influential voices." You can see the latest tweets and blogs from the these writers all in one spot instead of following links. You could use this in the classroom to follow specific topics and get the blogs on that topic all on one page. :)
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Teresa,
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of compiling all the articles about a topic. Sometimes, teachers want to hear what others say about something before they decide what they themselves are going to do in their classroom or on their campus. Technorati is such a great tool for sharing our ideas and our experiences. Why re-invent the wheel? And thanks for mentioning Twittorati, too. That is a nice social tool, too. We need to also know a little of what the students are into.
-Angie