I've learned another new thing and RSS is really great. I didn't know what that orange symbol was and it's not even scary! It was easy to set up, add links, and get the information that I want. I will start to scan through my google reader on a regular basis and look for information that I need for school. I found several sites about young adult literature including reviews and award announcements. Right now I have to remember to search on sites when winners are announced and now the information will be waiting for me. I can cross more things off my to do list.
Teachers of content areas use the RSS feeds to keep updated in their fields as well but they can assign students to create RSS feed lists when researching topics for a report. Imagine what the students will learn without even knowing it.
This would also be great for current event projects that kids do for years. They could set up news feeds in middle school and the information will pop out at them through their senior year. Just because no one is subscribing to the paper anymore, doesn't mean they can't get at the news quickly and easily.
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