Before I missed myself from office yesterday, I could manage to squeeze some time to set up Google Alert, and I got myself enjoying setting up iGoogle as well.
iGoogle
I logged in to Google, and it straight away showed me my iGoogle home page. I totally forgot that I'd set it up last Saturday! The interface is similar to Pageflakes, but the speed is much more better, of course. It could be because of the cache, cookies or whatever you call it.
By default, it showed the Home tab with news extracted from and for local (Malaysia), including weather, Google news, and even my gmail inbox. That's cool! I adjusted the settings further to include news from local online newspapers.
In addition to that, I added a new tab called "Technology", and included news on Technology, Crossword puzzle, Things to Ponder (I love daily quotes!), and things I thought I would need for future use such as Code Search (for programming) and Free Downloads.
Lastly, on iGoogle, I beautify the interface with a theme header background picture of an autumn tree...
Google Alert
I went to Google Alert page and set up according to 3 search keywords/tags: CENL2008, education tool, and knowledge management. So from yesterday onwards, I received emails to my gmail inbox with the list of news links from these three tags.
Now my readings are aggregated in one place, and I don't have to 'run around' much and waste my time waiting for the downloads anymore. Just log in to Google! Voila!
Enjoying aggregation...,
- Sha @ Teaching and Learning
19 Nov 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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