I’ve been using FireFox for a few weeks now and I have to say I’m hooked. I’ll be mentioning it at my session “a few of my favourite things” at the Moose Jaw Teachers’ Convention at the end of the month.
FireFox is an excellent browser for many reasons. One of my favourite features is extensions. These are small add-in programs that can do many things from the obsure and useless to the very customizable and useful. One I just installed is called Stumble upon.
You choose your interests and then instead of a search engine, it will take you to sites that match your category. You decide whether you like it or not and that information is stored for you. So instead of mindlessly wandering, click stumble and you’d be amazed at what you find. Here are couple of examples of what I found today.
A photo essay on time….family photos over almost 30 years. Very interesting.
Satellite images….choose from several satellites and get live shots of your location. Tremendous teaching applications. Understanding day and night, etc….
Singing horses…a little flash movie where you can control a four part quartet.
Thanks for the interesting post about Stumble. I use Stumble and and think its a great site. I look forward to reading more from you in the future.
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