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Great web links and goodies for Non-trads!

GETTING CONNECTED AS A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT

I have been having a lot of fun lately on the web. There are some websites I am SO excited about that I want to share with all non-traditional students here on this page. Some are networking sites I have recently found - and others help you or your group get on the web yourselves. It helps a LOT to get connected as a non-traditional student - and here are some sites to get you started.

FACEBOOK - I would advise all non-traditional college students to get on Facebook right away. It's a great place to link up with other students, and keep track of the students you are meeting while you are in school. Go here to see my Facebook page, and send me a request to be your friend there.

MYSPACE - Although this site started up as just a site for younger people, now more and more older people are joining because it's fun. there are a lot of things you can do to dress up your site, too. MySpace always brings in the newest technology and add-ons to make the site more fun.

DEL.ICIO.US - this is another great site where people share links. You can open this site when you first get online, and then "tag" interesting sites you like. You can also look at other people's del.iciou.us tags.

MAKING AND UPGRADING YOUR NON-TRADITIONAL GROUP WEBSITE

There are many great sites out there to help you make a website for your non-traditional student group. Some of the best are listed below. Most are free for basic services, and charge only for upgraded membership.

Need help making a website? These sites can really help.

The Bravenet Site: check here for great webmaster tools. The signup form, some counters, and other tools on this site are from Bravenet.

Tucows - freeware of all kinds - webrings, web news, graphics, html handouts, sitemappers, more.

Devshed - free opensource advanced webmaster web goodies

GoDaddy - expert, low-cost web hoster. Free domain name checker on main page.

The Blogger Site: set up a blog for your group here for free.

Sitemeter: get a free counter here.

For Teachers and education students - get lesson plans and links here

Photobucket - store your photos here for free

Flickr - ditto, plus share your photos and photostream

Windy's Site - great tools and scripts

SQUIDOO

I just found Squidoo. It's a site where everyone can share their expertise on different subjects - and get to keep 50% of the ad revenue. That's right - Squidoo shares with you. It's like a co-op. I have a few lenses (Squidoo's word for pages) already up. They are here:

So far, it's been fun to do the lenses, and I plan to add more. If you join Squidoo here, I will get a $5 bonus later, and so will you.