Friday, 14 October 2011

Web Tool #1: Google Reader & Blogging

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. --Mahatma Gandhi

Will Richardson (2010), an authority on web tools for teachers, states that “if you’re an educator, I think it’s the one technology that you should start using today, right now, this minute” (p. 71). Here's a look at the concept of RSS aggregators in simple terms:




Setting up Google Reader this summer was the first step I took towards building my Personal Learning Network, and I am quickly discovering that it is an efficient and powerful tool. I intend to use Google Reader not only as way to follow my interests, but also as a way to learn about the art of blogging itself.

References

Lefever, L. (2007, April 23). RSS in plain English [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU&feature=player_embedded

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousands Oaks, CA: Corwin.


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