Thing 6 - RSS

Wow....I had quite a bit of difficulty getting signed up for the Bloglines/Netvibes account. I waited hours to receive an activation link and then finally figured out how to link it to my Facebook account (which was not what I wanted to do). Nonetheless. I hope I did everything right. The page reminds me of the Yahoo or Google home page tied to my account and how I can add/edit/delete the layout, columns and information displayed. I do see how this could be useful. It allows you to view everything in one place. I may have added too much and will need to sit down and really go through what this RSS application has to offer before making a final decision about how I feel about it. I did like some of the teaching blogs linked to the instructions and added them to my feed. One was http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/ because I want to eventually create a blog that can be used during the school year with my students and felt this would provide a good model. I also added several technology news feeds to stay abreast of new and FREE technology that I could implement in my classroom. I think libraries could use this because it allows you to see all the news in ONE place versus flipping between various sites and having numerous tabs/windows opened. I think it has the potential to be very useful once I get over the learning curve.