The RSS Experience

Using the RSS was easy to install through Google Reader, and then, I decided I want to have this feature accessible through my blog. Uploading the RSS feed was simple; however, I discovered that from our blogs you can control how many articles under each feed you want to display. The trouble I faced was the location of the icon. The icon was in the address box instead of with the posted feeds. I did not like the way this appeared on the page. I thought it looked confusing and I will probably revert back to Google Reader.
Regarding the content, the feeds were interesting to me and only time will tell, if I will remove them from the blog. The CNN feed is a keeper. I like having direct access to the news. Whenever I am in school, I am not always able to tune in until late at night, at which time it is watching me. I am monitoring Digital Trends to see if it meets my expectations. I was looking for a technology site, which would keep me up to date on the newest innovative gadgets and display articles of new technological discovery. The Learning Network, I found exciting! It is product of the New York Times. The Learning Network provides instruction and learning materials and ideas based on the New York Times’ content. These are just a few of the areas the site shares: Opinion questions, News Quizzes, the Word of the Day, Complete Fill-In or Poetry Pairing, and Test Yourself Questions. For example, the test yourself question for Oct. 25th is in an interactive Math test.
Since, Thanksgiving is upon us, I found a site, which claims to have easy famous recipes. We will see! Lastly, I selected an inspirational site that I thought might be interesting and uplifting. It too offers a variety of features.
See my feeds at the bottom of the page. Hope you find something that you’ll want to add and share.

My Delicious Site

What a useful site and tool, book-marking with Delicious was an interesting way to browse and learn new things. I know that I will continue to use this site. The organizational tags along will make a difference in the way I do research. It should save me tons of time.
Here is my delicious site. Hope you all will find something interesting.
Thanks for visiting!
http://www.delicious.com/jennette46260

Intro to Jennette

My name is Jennette Malone-Culpepper I am currently working on a B.A. in Secondary Education English with a Reading Endorsement. I am married and have a delightful seven-year-old son. Children inspire me, because they create hope. They have the opportunity to harness the future and make the world a better place. Hints: my goal is to give back to the world, to be an educational instrument, which can help to empower today’s youth.
I strive to enjoy life one day at a time. My favorite sporting teams are the Tennessee Titans, Colts, and the Thunders. These three teams are like snapshots of past, present, and future. So keep your eye on the NBA’s Oklahoma Thunders. I think they will become a contender for the championship in 2011. Some other enjoyed interests are reading, writing, music, traveling, cooking, sports events, painting, theatre, and exercising my faith.
My faith is central to me. I have suffered losses and have learned to take refuge in my faith. Whenever I face a new project or a difficult situation, I reflect on my faith statement. "I can do all things through Christ…" (Philippians 4:13). It has seen me through many difficult life-events as well as victories.
Lastly, let me acknowledge I am a novice at creating a blog site. I found it beneficial to visit other blog sites for ideas. There is an IU training website which demonstrates the various functions used in setting up a blog and how to perform other technological computer functions. (http://ittraining.iu.edu).  I investigated different tabs and its usages and I changed my template text to my favorite color; however, I could not alter the background color or texture. Does anyone have any pointers? Creating the Xomotron’s Reflections blog site has sparked my interest and I look forward to blogging and reading all of your blogs, too.

2nd Emergent Technology

I chose for Emerging Technology 2, Protagonize. Protagonize is a unique creative writing website. The writers work in a variety of genres with the goal of creating a supportive environment. Protagonize author’s either work with you as a single writer and/or collaborative writers. There writing genre include, but is not limited to: short stories, interactive fiction-style adventures, novels, poetry, writing exercises, creative writing competitions.
Protagnize todate has 16,589 works, 70,258 pages, and 66,860 tags have been published in 128 categories since Dec 21, 2007. They offered writing tournament 2010, information on copywriting, and other timely information.
Setting up an account is easy and free. The site is currently ad-supported; however, Protagonize is currently developing a new subscription system. Subscriptions will be split into two types of accounts, Pro accounts and Plus accounts. These subscriptions are optional. I elected to have a free account, which is restricted to some of their more advanced offerings.
The purpose of Protagonize is to help others writers create and develop original stories. It has writers who will contribute to existing stories, also. Part of their claim, they are willing to discuss and help you refine your writing style and technique. They afford you an opportunity to follow writers that are more experienced.

I chose it because I felt it might be useful in helping me to develop my writing skills. It should prove beneficial to have an online community to offer feedback on your composed thoughts. I thought it might be fun to collaborate on a short story, novella, or a poem. Protagonize even has a category called “writing exercises,” which I am looking forward to exploring. This Emerging Technology sparked my interest. Of course, all writing I choose to enter will be new. I will not be submitting anything I have previously worked on.
Signing up for an account is user friendly. I did a profile containing very little personal information. Protagonize has a sharable facebook, URL: http://prt.ag/7eiA . I found my first experience pleasurable. I am doing a collaborate piece; here is my first textbox entry:

"I’ve Seen This Before" by Xomotron

"The water shimmer like diamonds strung along vertical strings to numerous to count, just like the number of times she had listen to Dan excuses for another broken date."

Tips: Be prepared to write a chapter with your own title, or start with a writer exercise. Be confident and develop your skills. Who knows you maybe the next Stephen King, Toni Morrison, or J R R Tolkien?