Can you think of ways that using RSS (bringing content to you) would be of value? To me the idea of content coming to me instead having to go look for it is invaluable. What about for you? Your students?
February 27, 2008
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Yes, this blog site is an example, as well as others I may be interested in but wouldn’t necessarily get around to checking. I have subscribed to a few so far in my google reader.
Comment by Lynn Sherwood — February 28, 2008 @ 11:31 pm
I think students who are doing research would greatly benefit from RSS originating from others (scholars, researchers)doing work in the same field. I think receiving the latest information available via the RSS feeds while following current events in the news (political elections, the Iditarod, the Tour de France, a breaking news story)is another great way to take advantage of this incredible technology.
Comment by Jayne Boyle — April 17, 2008 @ 2:05 am
I posted about the inability to use many of the cool tools because of the student email issue. I received a thoughtful post from one of my fellow Twitterers, Lisa Thumann, has also wrestled with this topic. She gave me some ideas.
Also, from listening to many leaders in the field, I have sort of figured out ways around this. I have prepared a letter to go home at the very end of 4th grade or the very beginning of 5th grade asking for permission to either (a) use the child’s email address that parents may have set up or (b) create one using gmail. Then we can use jottit or pageflakes and the kids can be more involved.
What do you think?
Comment by Linda — May 2, 2008 @ 5:31 pm