RSS Feeds

It was certainly easy to sign up for the bloglines account. Now I can stay current on educational technology without clogging up my e-mail inbox. I signed up for several technology related RSS feeds. I am especially interested in how to take this to the next level and create my own feeds. I really feel like this is something that our school is ready to jump into feet first. As I begin to gear up for the new school year I am going to try to get others involved in blogs, wikis, and feeds.

I think teachers and students could use RSS feeds to help gather information on a subject they are researching over time. They could also use it to stay current on events around the world. I could see social studies teachers really jumping on board with that. This would support the following standard:

Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:

b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media