Thing 16:

I enjoyed exploring the Wikipedia site. I am probably one of a few who has not used it previously. I can see where it will be valuable in my teaching. I thought the wikis that were set up for class teaching and projects were great. This is so useful to the high school programs where shared projects are common. In elementary, it would be useful to start teaching young students how to do this. This is a area where I plan to spend more exploration time.

Thing 15:

The articles I read just seem to reenforce the fact that Library 2.0 will be a totally different type of library than the one most of us have known. It is both exciting and scary. With so much "out there" for use, how will we monitor student use and to what level should it be controlled. For educational purposes, it seems we will be spending much time on controls for students, when in "olden days" they could be handed accepted materials. I can see a great future for research filters geared for specific ages and topics.
For adults, this will open an endless opportunity for researching, exploring, and learning.

Thing 14:

I agree with quite a few folks. I felt Technorati was overwhelming in information. It is a great place for organization of the blog material and after exploring it more and talking with collegues, I may find more uses.
The tagging blog was interesting reading. After more exploration I will be able to agree or disagree with comments. For me at present, tags are an organizational tool, but I can see the potential for more.

Thing 13:

Del.ico.us seemed to be the best bookmarking site for my needs. I think its uses for research organization could be endless in the classroom, plus it is a good place to store all the lesson blogs I am finding on outside internet blogs. I felt its tutorial was easy to follow even for those of us who are not a technology savy as some. I will make use of the tagging when setting up my bookmarks this fall.

Thing 12:

Reading and posting on other players blogs was interesting, but for me, I'm not sure how valuable it will be. I did, however, find very good blogs sites for teaching tips in my subject on the the google blogger search. I will revisit those.

Thing 11:

I can see where this would be useful in many ways. Not only can you keep up with what you've read, but you can keep up with books that you have. I am so bad at forgetting the titiles after I've finished something that I've actually bought books I've already read.
It would also be a great way to categorize books for students research projects.

Thing 10:

I had fun in signgenerator.org. It was fun to scroll through and play with the samples. This could be a good site to use for making presentations more fun for the kids.