Thing #16

I chose to use the IGoogle start page mainly because I use google so often and it connects to my email address too.  It was easy to add, delete, or move stuff around.  Right now I set it to be my home page but I am not sure if it will stay that way once school gets started.  Sometimes with school, it is nice for the school website to come up when I open my browser.

I don't really see that I would ever use an online calendar.  I looked at MSN's and 30 boxes but in the past I have found that there are just some things that I just can't use technology to do for me.  One of these is a calendar.  I use a calendar but most of the time once I write something down I don't have to look at it again in order to remember.  It is the act of physically writing it.

The to-do lists are interesting but I don't know if I would use it really.   I have a notes page on my phone and laptop that I could use but then it comes back to me remembering if I would just write it down.

The to-do lists could be used in a class where there are several parts to a project and the students needed to check off their progress.  I did not explore all the gadgets that can be added to the start page but there might be some on there that would be useful in a class.