Again I am feeling clueless. I had no idea what RSS meant. It stands for Really Simple Syndication which sounds so simple, right? It makes it easy for educators when you are teaching and you have multiple sites to use, you can go to one place to read all of the content on those websites. Again endless possibilities. As it states in chapter 5, "RSS is a technology that will change your life, if you let it." This is the recurrent theme for me, technology will change my life if I would allow it.
This chapter is useful because it walks you through the steps to set up your RSS. It takes time and organization. It recommends to set up folders to organize the information for the RSS. Google Reader which was shown in this course is a great way to scan and read your RSS sites. Again endless possibilities to use RSS in my classroom. WOW! So many options in the classroom...
I have looked at Flicker and can see how useful it too would be for me. Being an art teacher, I am always looking for ways to display art and have interaction to the creation of the art. I agree it would have to be a private site because of the children, and in my case so young.
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