Thursday, August 5, 2010

Module 8 - Google Reader RSS

I'm still not entirely sure what RSS means/does, but I understand how Google Reader works.  It's a great program for subscribing to a range of sites and seeing the updates in one format without having to view multiple web pages.  It's a good one stop shop for updates and news that appears on all your favourite websites.  The only problem I discovered is that if a site you like doesn't have subscriptions then you still have to visit their website for updates.  Previously I would have used the gathering of this information via email updates, but this was very limited.

I can see the value of Google Reader for gathering current data from a range of website.  This may be helpful for research, keeping up with current affairs, and creating resources students could subscribe to.  I'm sure there are a great number of educational and teacher resources that could be subscribed to.

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