When looking at the title of Chapter 5 of our Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts text I was very confused as to what this chapter was going to be about considering I had never even heard of a "RSS" before. After reading the first few paragraphs I had realized that as a Facebook user, I could relate this somewhat to a "News Feed" on a Facebook page. This is an interesting, and very useful, tool to use when looking at blogs. RRS, along with the majority of the other technologies, is a way of making things faster and easier for both the educator and students. In today’s economy, time is money. Rather than searching through a mass amount of blogs, one is able to get all of the new blog posts from each of the blogs on one page. As a future teacher, using this tool in the classroom for either checking homework assignments or just checking blog posts will also save us a lot of time because we won't have to click through each and every student’s blog. By being able to subscribe to a blog, you are ensured to get the context you are looking for and interested in as well as having it scam free.
As a future teacher I will show the students how to use an RSS not only for school matters but also for their personal use as well. I think it would be interesting to use RSS and subscribe to a number of different news blogs and start off the school day by looking at and then talking about the different current events going on locally as well as around the world. I would also encourage my students to not only create one theme for their RRS but sort their RRS pages by putting them into different folders so they can be easily found. By having all of their subscribed material on one page, it would be hard to find the information you are looking for when a number of different topics are listed. Overall this is a very useful tool for both students and teachers to use, not only in the classroom but also for personal use.
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