Thing #8

Today was the first time I really used RSS feeds. I knew what they were but never messed with them. I decided to use google reader. I like that it tells you when new posts have been made to a blog. It allows you to see everything on one screen and not go from website to website to see if anything new is posted. I subscribed to several blogs that I think could be helpful in my classroom. There were all kind of blogs with tutorials and help for many of the different software we use. If students have a problem with something, they could check the blogs and see if they can find a solution or even post their question on a blog and hopefully be able to get the answer. Personally, I like the RSS reader because I keep up with several people's blogs. I usually just go to each website to see if there is anything new which takes a lot of time loading the pages. If I use an RSS reader, I can see right away if there's anything new and cut out a lot of wasted time. Overall, I like this technology!