In my blog, I discuss Plaxo, an online progam that makes it easy to manage your online address book. You can use Plaxo personally or professionally. A misconception is that Plaxo is too much like Facebook, but after all, that is an misconception. Plaxo can be used much more professionally; and you can make Plaxo your own by using all or none of their extra tools like a calendar, eCards, or stream connection, or post photos or links. Being organized is a part of wellness!

In his blog, Brian Breidenbach has an open forum of his subscribers discussing various online data/contact managing sites. Viewers get a variety of feedback about a variety of online programs.

In her blog, Cammy Bean discusses her exploration on the Gin System, a group interative network (GIN) that keeps groups of people connected, whether it be a company, an athletic department, or fraternity or sorority. Many different groups of people can stay organized and connected using one program--The Gin System. (Note: The Gin System can be linked into facebook, making it even more convenient and useful for a large population of people.)

Who are you? In today's society, people are using the internet, especially social networking sites, to establish their identity. This blog describes how to create a social media strategy. It discusses social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging, and Twitter, among others.

LinkedIn is a popular networking site among professionals. This blog suggests 10 ways to use LinkedIn.

Checkvist is an online program that helps people easily create, share, and collaborate on task lists and outlines. This blog helps walk people through setting up a Checkvist account and then gives suggestions on how to maxamize one's use of Checkvist.

This blog gives 5 tips to manage your contacts, particularly in Google.

This blog gives online application suggestions for getting on task and staying on task!

This blog was created by Plaxo as a result of users' requests. It gives new information about the online site and explains how to use various programs within Plaxo.

Although this site is made for parents of public school students, we as health educators can use this site to learn about current events and topics pertaining to education. This site offers a variety of information ranging from controversy in teaching sex education, to grade level issues, to college preparating, to test taking strategies, to learning disabilites, to student safety. This site gives its own information about issues, but it also directs its viewers to other sites for supplemental information.

This site's page layout in very eye-catching and stimulating. You can find healthy desserts that are typically low-calorie. The serving size and calories per serving are listed with each recipe. I love to cook, and especially bake; but as a health educator, feeding people unhealthy food but telling them to eat healthy is a double-negative. I'm excited to see what the site has to offer.

As an aspiring nurse in addition to a community health educator, this site is important to me as I can find medical facts and policies to support other health points I am making. You can look up the Nursing Code of Ethics which can often be cross-referenced when writing almost any health/medical paper. Not to mention, it includes tabs for the health care reform, credentialing, occupational and environmental affairs, and other hot topics.

This organization is a government sponsored organization, so technically it is said to be a credible source. This site offers information about controversial issues in health education like sexual education. It also has information about NIH itself, about obtaining grants for research, and about news in the health field.

This site is sponsored through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On this site particularly, it covers all aspects concerning immunizations and vaccinations, including facts sheets about immunizations and immunization schedules for pediatrics. This information is important not only to parents of pediatric patients, but also to any one who perhaps is interested in traveling outside the country or for people moving to the United States. This site also offers publication materials that you can use in your community to promote safe vaccinations!

The CDC publishes articles weekly dealing with Morbidity and Mortality issues mostly in the United States. This site is an great tool for other health/exercise/medical information, studies, and new discoveries.

Tidal Creek Co-Op is a local organic and health foods store located off of Oleander. You can pay a membership fee which gives you an opportunity to earn money back at the end of the year based on how much you have spent at this store and based on the store's over-all profit, and sometimes you get an extra discount at the register when you check-out. However, you do not have to have membership in the Co-op to shop there. This is a great resource in the community not only for purchasing healthy foods, but also for health and wellness programs.