This is my first experience using RSS feeds in education or in my personal life. Signing up for Google Reader was easy; but, I found the web tool harder to navigate than I expected. Out of all of the web tools that we have researched and used, I find this one to be the most challenging to use. With this particular web tool, I will need to investigate RSS feeds much further compared to previous web tools in order to feel comfortable introducing them to my students and fellow educators. After experimenting with RSS for a little bit, I was able to add a few subscriptions related to education and create a tag.
One of the most intriguing aspects of RSS feeds is the possibility to use RSS search feeds for student research for projects and papers. Richardson (2010) explains that students can use RSS search feeds to do research 24/7, but the RSS feed does the work. I also am very interested in learning how to use RSS feeds to create a web page. Does anyone one have some examples of how they have used RSS feeds?
References:
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful Web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
