Cynthia Bolanos Flores Blog

Facebook Page: I understand that networking is a crucial part towards reaching any goal. Interacting with others and sharing ideas, creates a better outcome. Teachers, administrators, librarians, and the community working alongside each other can help students reach a higher level of success. I decided to create a social media page to keep in contact and network with others. I used this assignment as an opportunity to create a Facebook page for most people have an account as well as organizations that promote literacy. I find that it is an easy way to keep in contact.   This page allows me to follow and message organizations that host events for children such as the Laredo Public Library. People who like the page can as well be used to post information that could be valuable for the community. I am not very outgoing, but this page facilitates interacting with various people in a more friendly and relaxed setting. This page could benefit parents and teachers to find resources th...

This is the first time I have been introduced to feed readers. I had never heard of these websites. Though, after reading through some reviews and understanding their purpose I can see why so many people have used them. These handy websites allow the user to keep up to date with blog posts, videos, news, and much more. It allows the users to have all the interests in one single page that is constantly being updated. I see it as a Twitter, but for news and information that narrows only the information the user wants. From the options of several feed readers I decided to use Feedly. It has been a favorite for many people after Google Reader got discontinued. When looking through the pros and cons of different RSS Feedly seemed like a better fit for me. I liked the simplicity of the web layout compared to others that I looked into like Selfoss. When using Feedly one simply has to do a search with keywords and a list of possible blogs will pop up. Then one just adds it to a feed similar ...