Tonight I set up a Google Reader account to aggregate all my RSS feeds into one home so I can go to one page to read all the latest stuff I need to know. At least that's what I think I did. I used Google Reader because Web 2.0 guru Will Richardson recommended that one in his book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. I found Google Reader to be very easy to use. I also found it easy to browse for feeds and I have added many education, education technology, science, and fun feeds (up to the minute information on CHUCK will now be delivered to me!). One of my classmates suggested the feed I am featuring at the bottom of this blog, sciencenewsforkids. It's a really cool one! Thanks, Jan!
I think the most obvious way I would use RSS in my classroom would be to accompany my use of blogs with my students. When I think of the prospect of 120 chemistry blogs, my head swims a little. However, if I could follow them all with Google Reader, I would only see the posts that are new and I could avoid going to each and every blog to see what they're working on. I like that idea a lot! Also, I could recommend that they use Google Reader or another such service to watch each other's blogs. And their parents could do the same.
By doing this, students could be working on NETS-S standard 2 that states that students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
In other my blog news, two people voted on my content of my first post. And 5 people have voted in my poll. OK, 4 if you don't count me. But still, thanks for the support. And feel free to comment. I wish this blog had a counter!
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