What did you learn?
-- I learned to sign up to the Google Reader. I see the convenience of monitoring new posts to many blogs, but I see the inconvenience as well. Sometimes I don't want to subscribe to someone else's minutia.
How will you use what you have learned?
-- I think I'll title my posts more accurately so that others can sort the content form the mental meanderings. I will definitely encourage my class parents to subscribe so there can be fewer claims that they didn't know something was happening in class.
How did you feel about this tool?
-- Mixed. I like not wasting time checking blogs that haven't been updated, but I'm not wild about feeling like I'm getting an overload of mail. Of course in the real world you don't subscribe to 20 blogs all answering the same questions!!!
What do you not want to forget about this tool?
--To recommend it, and how to add subscriptions.
How can this be used in the classroom or in your educational role?
--Parent information, also I created a blog for a committee that I hope the whole staff will use to add anecdotal information good and bad about the new behavior management program.
Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role?
--Yup
What questions do you still have about this tool?
-- You know I feel kind of stupid but I can't get the reader icon on my google tool bar or add it to my igoogle page. I always go into "my account".
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4 comments:
Susan,
I agree that you can overload your reader with too many blogs! I scan titles and if they do not interest me, I don't read the posting. I haev found that I completely ignore some blogs on my reader until i need to be inspired by the content it provides.
Also, don't be afraid to unsubscribe from a blog. I have found that if I don't like the direction a blog is going, or if the person stops updating, I simply remove them from my reader. Another thing that helps me is to place different types of feeds on different pages. I have all the things I can't live without on one tab, school stuff on another, world news and politics on a third, the class blogs on a fourth, etc.
I like your insights and honesty!
Robin
Encouraging parents to subscribe to a classroom blog is a GREAT idea. How many times do we hear that a parent wasn't aware of something? I plan to use my blog as a parent communication tool as well, and I am glad you reminded me to have them subscribe.
Susan,
I appreciate your honesty too. I think I'm a bit too wordy in my responses. I agree with getting parents to subscribe. In the past, I have parents who check my webpage several times a day without failing! And then there are those who "didn't know I had updated it!" So the RSS feed will be great for them to see, and I won't have to send out the Newsflash so often. I love all this technology knowledge, but I have many questions that I'm searching for answers as we go along. This is truly a learning experience and I'm loving the challenges!
~Margie
Susan, I think your point about titling your post more accurately is such a good point. I think using the "tag" feature will also be very useful, especially as the blog grows--so people can navigate and find what they're looking for. I like your idea for creating a blog to get feedback on. I'm trying to create one to do a book study with a small group. I'd be interested to see how that works out for you.
Julie
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