Hallelujah! Thank God! Finally a 23 Things Discovery Exercise that did not take me half the night to figure out!
I can see how RSS and newsreaders are a real timesaver. That's what I like about them already.
I can also see how this might be used in one's personal life. For example, if you keep up with friends who are spread far and wide-or even if they are near-and you follow their blogs, this would be a good way to stay updated with what is going on in their lives. I can also see how schools might use this tool. The educator that I just read about uses this technology to stay updated on new and neat technology that might be useful to him. This would also be a way for educators who are collaborating on a project to stay updated on how the other team members are progressing on a joint project or to keep the other members updated on their own progress.
I can think of a bunch of ways that educators can use this technology. The first thing that I would do is subscribe to a bunch of newspapers. Anything to get students reading. Maybe the class could find and subscribe to the local newspaper of any state they are studying to get an idea of the local flavor of a place. In language, I would give my students extra credit if they found language or grammar errors in the newspapers, because it always irritates me to see common mistakes repeated in a public way by professional people, and it would motivate the kids to read. The students could set up a blog and submit homework via their blog and the teacher would know when they have turned in their assignment. The possibilities in science and math are endless! Think how exciting it would be to follow updates from the South Pole or the jungles of Brazil from people who are conducting interesting research. Or maybe students could just learn more about the culture and diversity of the world from reading updates by travel writers. Endless possibilities!
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