Thing 11: Good RSS Feeds

 
The search method of finding feeds that was the easiest for me to use was the Google Blog Search, which found me 4,325 blog sites and articles (I was able to differentiate between what was a blog site and what was an article unlike some of the other sites) on brain based learning alone.  To test the blog search engines I typed in the same two phrases on every search to see what would come up.  I search “brain based learning” and “technology in the classroom.”  On syndic8 I found no sites at all listed for brain based learning and only one site (a sort of ho hum site and one that I did not subscribe to).  With Topix.net I was directed to four additional articles (not blog sites just individual articles that had been posted on blog sites) on brain based learning and for technology in the classroom found 16,923.  With Technorati the search for brain based learning yielded no results and for technology in the classroom only three articles.  Nothing unusual and I only added one additional feed on brain-based learning.  I did just a regular Google search on the web by using my two search phrases and adding the word “blog” to find the initial feeds I set up (six of the seven I found with just a regular Google search).  I guess I’m just more familiar with Google so the search was easier for me to navigate and understand or Google is every bit as good as it seems.