The
RSS format is an incredibly useful play off of e-mail
notifications/subscriptions. It allows
people to stay current with their favorite sites without having to go to each
one individually to find out if anything new has been posted, saving valuable
time. I personally like that it organizes
the websites and updates you to the number of new posts available at each
site. Additionally, the layout of the
Google Reader makes it exceptionally easy to add subscriptions and search out
new feeds to follow.
In
my personal life, this has the potential to be useful, as it make connecting to
my favorite humor or recipe sites much easier.
Professionally, this has the potential to keep educators connected to
websites dedicated to education (such as Education Week and Ed.gov) and
bloggers such as the Cool Cat Teacher.
In
the classroom, this seems to be pretty limited.
I can see some uses in classrooms which are either entirely online or
run alongside the internet to save time/resources as a way to keep students
informed of assignments as they become available or to post lectures as they’re
created. For students, this could be
useful to begin keeping track of professional websites/blogs.
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