My five RSS feeds I selected turned out to be seven RSS feeds.
(1) News (recommended by Google) which actually gave me nine different new blogs.
(3) 2 cents Worth (by David Warlick (a leading classroom technology educator)
(6) Brain Based Learning - A Brain Based Teaching Approach By Eric Jensen
(7) Reading Today (International Reading Association or IRA)
I selected my feeds based on my desire to keep myself current in three main areas of interest in the education field: (1) Technology in education, (2) Brain-based learning, and (3) Reading instruction. The Google Reader suggested subscribing to a news bundle, as I am a news junkie at heart I went ahead and subscribed, which added nine news sites (CNN, Christian Science Monitor, BBC News, NPR, New York Times, Market Watch, The Guardian, Google News, and Reuters). Already I have 142 articles to read and worry about keeping up on my reading. I like the RSS newsreader because I read a lot of online newspaper, sometime check them several times a day. Now I will get automatic updates. Now the news finds me. I like using this technology because I think it is very important for an educator to stay current in the field of education and my hope is these blogs will help (my sister is a medical doctor who attends four to five conferences a year to stay current in her field). I’m still thinking through the applications for students in the classroom and need to do more exploring. Perhaps having upper elementary (I am elementary ed.) students set up a Google Reader account on topics of interest to them and give weekly updates on new information. I will have to search and see if there are science or social studies blogs that students can subscribe to. While in Afghanistan with the army I subscribed to several podcast to stay current on Afghanistan and this seems very similar. Time will tell.
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