RSS and you

I really enjoyed reading your posts about RSS.  Everyone had a different twist on how they might use it in their classrooms or daily life.  I know my Google Reader account has made my life easier, even with the amount of unread items I might have!

Just to highlight and wrap-up what you've done, Chad had a great idea for creating a feed for his students on current events, which he will tie into a weekly assignment.  Robert mentioned using RSS feeds for a research project for his college students.  Megan, Audra, Audrey and Mary wrote that RSS will help them organize, save and remember useful sites, and Joel wrote that RSS feeds will help him sift through the information to see what's most important.   Kevin wrote that the RSS feed would help the teacher's blog be a hub for information and students could no longer use "I lost it" as an excuse!
Using search feeds is something TJ mentioned as a way for students to track updates and changes on particular topics.  Kristie wrote of telling parents to keep track of changes on wikis, which would also work for a class blog if you have one.  Marti wrote of information overload, and the textbook has some great tips for how to deal with that on page 86.  Richardson suggests reading on a daily basis, mine is more like a few times a week.  Whatever works for you.  Sometimes you just mark them all as read and move on if you're behind.  If it's really wonderful, it will come up again somewhere else!

To me, editing your feeds periodically is important.  I subscribed to many parenting tips and green living tips.  When I started feeling guilty about not following through on their ideas, I unsubscribed to those feeds.

I have found RSS so helpful in my daily life, and in my field of Instructional Technology, it has helped me stay current with what's happening out there.  I hope you will find it as invaluable as I have!