Using RSS is a simple Web 2.0 tool that makes your life simpler by automatically searching your feeds for updates and bringing them to you. I know that Google Reader will be discontinued after July 1, but I am hoping that they will replace their software with another reader. It makes it so simple to have everything connected through Google. My personal email is through Google and it has really helped link everything together seamlessly.
After looking through elementary librarian blogs, I picked my top three and created a RSS feed through my Google Reader account. I wanted to then add a link from my blog to them. I played around with the design until I found out how to add gadgets in the layout function. I added “Follow by Email” which allows your followers to be emailed when you add new content; “+1 Google” which allows followers to recommend your blog; and “Blog List” which allows you to either add recently viewed blogs or you can import blogs from your Google Reader account. There were a lot of gadgets that I will be looking into as this project continues.
This technology would be great in the library or classroom. Students and teachers could connect to their favorite authors, schools/universities, educational blogs, or even classmate/teacher blogs.
I checked out Edu Blog’s award-winning blogs and really liked Free Technology for Teachers. I created an RSS feed for this website in Google Reader.
I liked the syncing ease of Google Reader and I liked the locator function of Topix. I can see high school and middle school teachers using Topix to find local news to show in the classroom. And Technorati had good news from around the country and world.
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