Week#4, Thing 9 -- Favorite Feed

Too much, too many, of everything! I found this particular assignment overwhelming and mentally draining. There is so much information out there that I cannot seem to assimilate it. Obviously I am an immigrant and not a native to technology like today's student -- they seem to thrive on having so many options or they know how to pick and choose what they want more easily. I did find one particular link that I really liked: http://scienceroll.com/feed/, which contains information in video format about several web 2.o technology, but also contain information about Medicine 2.0 tools that I think would help students studying biology or human anatomy. I watched all the video on the initial page and found them to be short, easy to understanding, and would help anyone with understanding the basics of a wiki, twitter, podcasting, blogs, etc. I think that finding feeds is a marvelous tool, but feel each person should limit themselves to the feeds that meet their needs and not attempt to keep up with too many. It is like the world of blogging is a game and everybody wants to outdo others -- I much prefer a bit of quiet and less competition in my life.

Week #4, Thing 8 -- RSS feeds

I was delighted to be able to locate some blogs and websites that I hope will be useful to me during the coming school year. I am considering creating a Bartlett Blog and placing blogs list, websites, and other information that will be truly helpful to my students and staff. What other tools could easily create such a collection? I would appreciate all suggestions.

I like having everything at my fingertips. I could create a blog of ideas just for myself -- a personal lifelong learning log that would allow me to include items for awhile and take them out as needed. I like that the blog is somewhat fluid - easy to include and easy to remove items. I like the RSS feed because it brings everything I want to me -- what fun! RSS feeds can truly save time in this too busy world.

I received my copy of our text, Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum today. I've determined my school is a Web 1.0 school and it is now time to move toward becoming a 2.0 school. I'm anxious to read further into the book -- I just know it will have marvelous ideas for creating a 2.0 school.