RSS Feeds

Learning about and experimenting with RSS feeds was made easier and more fun because Sandy and I worked on it together during a "study session". Though seemingly daunting at first, we were soon adding feeds and having a great time! During our excitement, we explored PageFlakes (not what we thought it was - it's basically another version of Google Reader), Technorati ( I will return here for tech links later), and ended up adding RSS feeds to our wikis. We felt like quite the techno-gurus for a little while! Then, when we discovered the folders to organize our feeds, the librarians in us were happy, too. It's nice to have someone to work with - to bounce questions off of and share ideas.

Google has many features that make life easy and convenient. We already had google accounts because of a library curriculum document we were working on as a group. Google docs is a great small group collaboration tool. Anyway, Google reader was just a click away, and it wasn't too long before we figured out a system for adding RSS feeds. The challenge will be to check it regularly, especially during the summer!

Some of the sites I subscribed to are:
Professional:
AEA11 Teacher Librarian Wiki
The New York Times Book page
School Library Journal New update
Joyce Valenza's blog
Unabashedly Bookish Blog by B & N

News:
NPR Topics:News
The New York Times
CNN.com News
Sandy's Wiki page of news :)

Entertainment:
Movie Reviews
Rolling Stone
Simply Recipes

Even as I peeked at my Google Reader to get the above list, I had over 100 new feeds from these sites. Time is an issue with this technology! Skim and delete, skim and delete....