Thing #8

RSS

I have heard about RSS feeds for a while, but have avoided creating one because I wasn't convinced it would make life any easier. However, after checking into my google reader account and adding some of my favorite news sources, blogs and some new math blogs I found I must say I think it's awesome! What a great way to compile a ton of information in one local place and easily skim for new information of interest. I think for school its great b/c as I add more and more education blogs I will be able to quickly get ideas and math problems from other educators around the world. I think as a librarian this would be a dream application because you could set up a reader based on a certain subject so that when students came to research you would already have several sources all feeding into one localized place that all the students can access and view. Incredible!