Good evening!
I've had a nice long break and now I'm back into it!
Well had a look at RSS reader today and I must say I am impressed. I use this function normally over email, whereby you subscribe for updates. However, I do find this problematic as the emails never provide you with a decent summary at the beginning of the updates. You have to open the emails and find out what is in them. Google reader allows you to preview the beginning to see if its worth reading. My only question is, how often do these get deleted?
I can see the usfulness of this program for school for two reasons. Firstly, as a HSIE teacher it is important that I stay abreast of the news to inform students of current developments in my field of study, from latest economic trends to new historical reasearch. RSS feeder on Google Reader will enable me to obtain updates of teacher websites from any computer. Secondly, teachers can use this program to monitor student online work. For instance, if students have created blogs or glogs then a teacher can monitor their contribution to a task.
The benefits of such a program are limitless, however teachers do need to incorporate this into their routine. I can see myself adding this to a homepage to encourage me to look at this page as often as I get on the net.
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