Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CEdO535 Week 3

Sorry it's a little late! RSS feeds are my new favorite web 2.0 tool! I know I should already have known about it and been using it, but it's always seemed very confusing to me. I have to admit, when I set up my Google Reader account and started finding feeds, it was a little overwhelming. But, then I decided to go to my favorite blogs and click on the RSS icon...that was easy. Then, what was actually pretty cool is that the reader found more suggestions I might like, and I found lots of other sites to follow as well! I really like the idea of using RSS with student blogs. I was wondering what the most efficient way would be to check each of their blogs, what a great tool RSS will add to this part of my classroom blogging experience! Another idea, I could have my teachers check my RSS feeds for their professional development opportunities.
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3 comments:

  1. RachelJanuary 18, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Mary,

    Thanks for the idea of going to my favorite blogs for the RSS icon. I spent quite a bit of time searching topics for good things to subscribe to. This will save me time and I can use the suggestions feature as well. I'm new to this RSS world.

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  2. J. WernerJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Mary,

    Good idea. I actually used the topic search idea from the book in the add subscription area. So I just typed in a few things I research regularly into the search area, and it brought up several sites/blogs on that topic for me to subscribe to. It was very cool!

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  3. wanderweiJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    I could not agree more that reader would be a great way to check students blogs. I think that this lifts some of the heavy work and streamlines the process when we have students write blogs.

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