Thing #10

I may be technologically challenged... It definitely took me about half an hour to figure out how to subscribe on Google Reader (which may or may not be due to my fever I am running tonight... But I digress.)

However, once I FINALLY figured it out, I realized how useful RSS Readers and Add Feeds are. Modern technology provides us with so many different websites, and everyday we stumble upon new and interesting sources. We can sometimes be overwhelmed while trying to keep up with everything, and sites like Google Reader help to keep all of the information in one spot. So, instead of visiting 10 websites each day, we can visit our readers and catch up with everything all at once. I chose to subscribe to three different teacher sites (Cool Cat Teacher, Blue Bird's Classroom, and Learn Me Good,) a classroom blog (Mr. Buxton's 5th Grade Class,) and a technology resource site (Free Tech 4 Teachers.)

This can be extremely useful as a teacher because you can create a reader for the entire class, much like Mr. Buxton's 5th Grade Class, and students can utilize your resources. Or, you could have each student create their own reader so they can add their own resources that they are interested in.