Thing 10

RSS and newsreaders may be the best thing we have done in this class so far!  Blogs are a great source of information, but with a busy life, it is not possible to sit and read a bunch of blogs each day.  However, with an RSS feed, it is easy to skim the new material on several websites at one time.  When you subscribe to several feeds, you can easily see which sites have new content that is worth reading.  Teachers have busy lives and this tool is great for helping teachers find the time to utilize all the wonderful tools available to help them!  RSS is a great tool for educators (and really anyone).  This tool helps make web 2.0 things more accessible.  The article likened newsfeeds to e mail,  but I see them as more similar to Facebook, a platform almost everyone uses regularly now.  All the new information from your favorite sites are in one location, and you can chose to look at whichever things look interesting or useful to you!