Chapter 3 was very helpful for a "digital immigrant" like me; it spells out exactly what to do to get started. I want to become a blogger and think I may even have the ability to use blogging with my students. How exciting!
Chapter 5 on RSS was great. I had no idea of what RSS was until this class and having read the chapter, I am a bit overwhelmed with all of the possibilities of this new technology (remember I am a digital immigrant). The RSS feeds seem to be a simple way to research and organize information or even student blogs. I think student use of RSS feeds would be better suited for middle and high school students rather than elementary. Although I think the idea of using RSS to create a Webpage could be very effective and useful for all students K-12. I think Richardson makes a great point saying that students (and anyone using the web) must learn to be efficient readers. As teachers, we must make sure we are preparing our students to do just that.
I was fascinated by the idea of having online discussions with the images in flickr by use of tags. This fact again emphasizes the social aspect of our information today and the idea of publishing for a wider audience.
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I think RSS feeds would be more appropriate for middle and high school students too, rather than elementary. Although, it seems like there would be a lot of benefits to the RSS feed for teachers so that would be a way that we could use this tool to our benefit, if it would be too much for our students.
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