Comments on: RSS Feeds and Aggregators: “The Holy Grail of the Information Age” http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/ With a Teacher Librarian Twist Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jo-Anne http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-85 Jo-Anne Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:23:44 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-85 Mr. James, Thanks for your comments. I was wondering if I should teach our teachers who are using blogs with their classes how to use RSS feeds so that they can manage them easier. Now I know it's well worth it. Thanks, Jo-Anne Mr. James,
Thanks for your comments. I was wondering if I should teach our teachers who are using blogs with their classes how to use RSS feeds so that they can manage them easier. Now I know it’s well worth it. Thanks,

Jo-Anne

]]> By: Mr. James http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-84 Mr. James Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:54:05 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-84 I live and die by Google Reader. The amount of information that pours in from around the world can become overwhelming, however. I like to use RSS to keep up with my students' blogs. Makes it real easy to monitor as well as participate in their blogosphere. I live and die by Google Reader. The amount of information that pours in from around the world can become overwhelming, however. I like to use RSS to keep up with my students’ blogs. Makes it real easy to monitor as well as participate in their blogosphere.

]]> By: Joanne de Groot http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-83 Joanne de Groot Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:22:01 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-83 Thanks, Jo-Anne. Like you I really think RSS has so much potential for students and teachers and it is one of the main things I would introduce to staff, along with wikis and voicethreads. I have to admit that your graphic from the K12 online conference struck me because up until now I have been mostly using my google reader to track my blogs--I know I need to think outside that box and use my reader to keep track of lots of other things...but I haven't moved in that direction so much yet! Thanks for another interesting post! Thanks, Jo-Anne. Like you I really think RSS has so much potential for students and teachers and it is one of the main things I would introduce to staff, along with wikis and voicethreads. I have to admit that your graphic from the K12 online conference struck me because up until now I have been mostly using my google reader to track my blogs–I know I need to think outside that box and use my reader to keep track of lots of other things…but I haven’t moved in that direction so much yet! Thanks for another interesting post!

]]> By: carol t http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-81 carol t Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:51:43 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-81 Hi Jo-Anne, I think stated it well by saying "using an RSS aggregator or reader is simply one of the most essential tools that people living and teaching in the 21st century need in order to cope with the inordinate amount of information that is available online today". I often catch myself opening up each blog (even after a couple months of using RSS) which would be considered an out-of-date approach to reading blogs. I too will continue to use my Google Reader account long after this course is finished. carol t Hi Jo-Anne,
I think stated it well by saying “using an RSS aggregator or reader is simply one of the most essential tools that people living and teaching in the 21st century need in order to cope with the inordinate amount of information that is available online today”. I often catch myself opening up each blog (even after a couple months of using RSS) which would be considered an out-of-date approach to reading blogs. I too will continue to use my Google Reader account long after this course is finished.

carol t

]]> By: Jo-Anne http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-80 Jo-Anne Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:03:44 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-80 Patricia, Thanks for commenting on my post. I'm glad you've found it useful. I love "favthumbs." Thank you so much for sharing it with me. My del.icio.us user name is jatacadia. Feel free to add me to your network. Jo-Anne Patricia,
Thanks for commenting on my post. I’m glad you’ve found it useful. I love “favthumbs.” Thank you so much for sharing it with me. My del.icio.us user name is jatacadia. Feel free to add me to your network.

Jo-Anne

]]> By: Patricia Donaghy http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/rss-feeds-and-aggregators-%e2%80%9cthe-holy-grail-of-the-information-age%e2%80%9d/#comment-79 Patricia Donaghy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:40:59 +0000 http://jagibson19.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-79 Hi Jo-Anne This is a great post on RSS. Lots of nice examples for sharing with teachers in a professional development session. I really like the idea of using the delicious feed as a first example for showing teachers/students just how easily RSS works! Patricia PS - have you come across http://favthumbs.com/ Another interesting way to use delicious bookmarks. Hi Jo-Anne
This is a great post on RSS. Lots of nice examples for sharing with teachers in a professional development session. I really like the idea of using the delicious feed as a first example for showing teachers/students just how easily RSS works!
Patricia
PS – have you come across http://favthumbs.com/
Another interesting way to use delicious bookmarks.

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