Cool Tools 2018_2019

Hi! It's nice to be back.  I didn't do Cool Tools last year and I missed it! I decided to start with the Google Drawings, Thing 24 because although I use Google Drive all the time to store my files, I don't use the sharing feature often, nor have I ever used the drawings feature.  In fact, I didn't even know it existed! I started with the blog by Eric Curts on graphic organizers.  I decided to watch some of his webinar on the topic.  It is over an hour long so I didn't watch much of it.  However, he had some really cool graphic organizers that he created that I was interested in saving for future use. This one for word definitions is really cool.  I plan on using this one.  Curts provides a link to 30 graphic organizers that he already created using Google Drawings and he provides detailed instructions on how to create one yourself.  There are links to the Google Drawing of each of the graphic organizers that allow you to copy them.  ...

I did do this "thing" on a previous occasion but I wanted to do it again to discover more about the tools I already use and to see what else has been added since last time. I read the intro about Goodreads and some of the things that are possible when using it.  I was not aware that creating shelves would generate recommendations based upon the books on specific shelves.  Step one for me will be creating some shelves to reorganize my books onto.  Whenever I work on Cool Tools, I tend to get lost in the things I'm discovering and this was no exception. When I logged on to Goodreads today, I saw that one of my favorite authors has read a book that I just finished.  David Joy is the author and I ended up reading his responses to questions that readers asked him and I asked him if he has any new books in the works.  I have read all 3 of his fiction books, one having just come out in 2018.  He writes Appalachian Noir and one of the questions was asking him f...