Thing #10

Ok fellow soon to be teachers, I have a confession to make... I read blogs daily.  They are my mini obsession.  After Good Morning America and the nightly news at 5:30, I get most of my news information  from blogs and Facebook.  Blog and Facebook are in real time, so I don't have to wait until tomorrow morning's newspaper or next week's People magazine to find out what is going on locally or in celebrity world.  So, with my background, this assignment was easy peasy for me.

What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?  

In my Google Reader, I have different folders set up for different blogs. For example, I have a news folder, a celebrity folder, and a personal blog folder.  Therefore, based on what I'm in the mood to read as I wait for class to begin or what to read as I put off doing homework, I just click on that folder and find out about the world according to whatever blog I happen to click on. 

How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life?

I use my reader personally everyday.  For school and my career, I can easily add some teacher and education blogs to an "education folder" and BAM! I can instantly connect with other teachers AND keep up with what is going on the world of education with new techniques, strategies, etc. 

How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?

We can all connect via readers!  Instead of just communicating with teachers in your school, you can connect with teachers from all over the globe and trade ideas.  The ideas are endless with the information you can gather from other teachers via their blogs, and education sites.  There is no reason for us, the teachers in training, to ever fall behind the times with the resources at our fingertips.