Kaitlyn's Blog

Many of us use Google on a day to day basis to find out information quickly and effectively. But Google offers many free resources that can improve our productivity and experience online. The article, Our 12 Favorite Chrome Extensions , talks about all the free extensions Google offers that can benefit you. One resource that Google offers is the extension called One Tab. One Tab will take every tab that you have opened and put them all in one big list on one page. This allows you to create a more organized internet experience and can result in faster productivity because it will allow you to find the specific tab you are looking for faster. Another extension it covers is the one called 1Password. In this extension you can put multiple log ins and passwords into it and it will save them and put them all in one place for you.  After hearing about this extension, I downloaded it right away because I have a habit of forgetting my passwords and then end up having to reset them. But with...

Paper.li is one of the many tools that can find content and build your professional network. Paper.li is a website that allows for you to put in topics that you are interested in or that pertain to your field of work and it will generate articles that revolve around those topics. These articles will show up in a newspaper format and will allow you to see all the articles generated for you all at once. In, Follow smart people 5 ways with paper.li , it also expresses that you can use paper.li to share articles with people who don't have Twitter. This allows you to build your professional network outside the realm of Twitter. My paper.li account is called, What's Happening in Elementary Ed , and when you get to my profile it shows articles that pertain to teaching and elementary education. This is because when I signed up for an account, those were the topics that I chose for my articles. I will definitely continue to use this tool because it will allow for me to find content th...

Blogging allows for newcomers in any job field to explore and connect with people beyond their horizons on the internet. Blogging is one of many valuable tools that allows you to put yourself out there and gain a following that can be seen as a valuable asset for possible corporations or businesses that may want to hire you. In the article, How blogging can help grow your net work , it explains that blogging offers value, connections, and building rapport. These three things are important to have when it comes to applying for any job. In my case scenario, I would like to become a teacher, and I believe that blogging and gaining connections with other educators through my blogs can increase my chances of landing a job. And in the event that I do get a teaching job, I can use my platform and the connections I make through blogging to learn tips and skills that can improve my job as an educator.  Overall, blogging is a resource that should be taken advantage of because of the many ben...