This has been one of my favorite lessons so far. I have heard about using an RSS Feeder for awhile now, but never knew the steps to get started. I can already see how much time and frustration this is going to save me, both for work at school and in my personal life. There is so much helpful information out there, but it just takes so long to go from one site to the next, and scroll down, and look around, then go back again --- the feeder makes things so much easier! I like that I can choose my favorite sites too, so I know they are going to be credible sources and I won't have to spend time looking around all over the web for things. I feel like this is going to help me stay connected with things going on in the community, and really, all over the world, much better. I have felt for awhile now that I don't pay close enough attention to things going on in the "outside world," and know that this feeder is going to help me so much.
I can see students using this to do a quick check on current events or checking their teachers blogs. I know that I get frustrated searching all over the Internet for information, so I am sure kids are even more easily swayed away from taking time to look things up. If they had a quick and easy feed to look at, I think they would be much more apt to look deeper into things.
One thing that I will have to watch is not over-loading myself with feeds. I want to be able to pick a few really good sites that I know are reliable, and stick with those. I am really excited to start using this though, I feel more connected already.
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