Before starting this class, I had
little knowledge about RSS or news feeds.
I have heard of ‘the wire’ though (when newscasters frantically say,
“This just came in over the wire” and it ends up being something traumatic),
but I never really connected the two.
Well, now I know what they mean.
RSS and news feeds seem to be a great way to stay informed about what is
going on in the world, and is applicable for your personal and professional
life. It is a simply way to get
information without having to log on to all the websites you like to visit every
day. It saves time since you do not need
to sludge through information you already know just to get to the new
stuff. It is uncomplicated and hassle-free.
In my personal life, I can see using
RSS feeds for a variety of things. Since
I love to bake, I am always on the warpath for a new/different recipe to try. Rather than having to thumb through my
cookbooks, or search online on my favorite cooking website, I can just get a
daily recipe ‘fed’ to me from the site.
I signed up for the Betty Crocker RSS feed and I am looking forward to
seeing what they will send me. Hopefully
I can concoct some amazing baked goods!
Good for my kids, but bad for my waistline.
RSS and news feeds sound like
excellent media applications for teachers and schools. The most obvious would be that teachers could
stay current on the changes that are happening in their specific field of
education. They can get up-to-date information
that can impact their profession. On a
more useable level, RSS feeds would be very useful for receiving inventive
lesson plans, practical project ideas, and creative twists to teaching
techniques. Students can turn to RSS
feeds for current information on particular projects they are working on. It is a perfect way to increase their
resources when they are doing research.
I can
also see teachers assigning students RSS feeds to watch every day and report to
the class on what they read. This keeps
the students informed in what is going on around them outside of their own
world. Although the world is getting
‘smaller’ and more accessible, many kids are still unaware of most things that
happen which do not affect them directly.
Reading about news from other countries, and being informed about what
is affecting other people, can really help kids be more aware of affairs and
situations in other areas.
… (While
writing this, my husband mentioned that feeds would be perfect for daily
mini-debate activities if there is extra time in class. Students could read feeds from sources that
have opposing views, and have mini-discussions about them. It would be a spark to get students thinking. Good idea husband!)
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