The first tool I used on Google was Google Calender, which was very simple to set up. I only listed the things that I'm sure will occur for the month of March, but later I plan on adding different things as I go. This would be a great way to stay organized while I'm in school and working full-time. I can plan out assignments and get them completed in a reasonable amount of time. I can see how this would be helpful in the classroom; by creating a classroom calender and sharing it with students and parents, I can keep everyone informed as to what is going to happen each day, week, and/or month.
Next, I tried out Google Alerts. This tool is so neat, and I wish I had known it existed a long time ago. I'm interested in keeping posted on new information regarding CCSS, so that is on my list at the moment. This is a great tool for teachers to use in the classroom for different research topics that can be used in the classroom. For example, if I was interested in incorporating more things to help my students learn about autism, I could keep a link for inclusion on my alert list to keep me posted on this topic.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Thing #11 - Finding Good Feeds
I found that using the Google Blog Search was the easiest for me. I think I liked it best because it was the same as the Google search engine, which I'm very familiar with. Technorati was a little confusing, but I got the hang of it after playing around for a little bit.
I only added maybe one or two more feeds than I already had on my Feedly account because I had a hard time accessing the "subscription" icon. I'd click it to add the feed I was interested in, but I couldn't find Feedly to put it on that particular RSS. When I added it to Google, it only bookmarked it on my blog. I'm sure it is supposed to be relatively simple; but instead, I just searched for each feed I was interested in directly from my Feedly account, and subscribed to it from there. It was the same concept, but I just went about it differently.
I only added maybe one or two more feeds than I already had on my Feedly account because I had a hard time accessing the "subscription" icon. I'd click it to add the feed I was interested in, but I couldn't find Feedly to put it on that particular RSS. When I added it to Google, it only bookmarked it on my blog. I'm sure it is supposed to be relatively simple; but instead, I just searched for each feed I was interested in directly from my Feedly account, and subscribed to it from there. It was the same concept, but I just went about it differently.
Thing #10 - RSS Reader and Feeds
This was a very interesting experience! I had no idea that RSS existed, and I will definitely be using it in the future. I think that one of the reasons I used to find the internet so intimidating before is that it can be very overwhelming with the amount of information at your fingertips. I didn't know where to start, and I wanted to do a million things at once. RSS gives me the opportunity to view all of my favorite things in one place. To start, I picked four education sites to follow, as well as one do-it-yourself site about recycling that I found very interesting.
In my future classroom, I feel that this will be an easy way to keep track of blogs if I ever have my students use this form of writing for an exercise. I would be able to check all of them from one place. Also, with RSS, teachers can have access to so many different things, whether it is for their own professional development, or if they need some inspiration for a specific lesson plan.
In my future classroom, I feel that this will be an easy way to keep track of blogs if I ever have my students use this form of writing for an exercise. I would be able to check all of them from one place. Also, with RSS, teachers can have access to so many different things, whether it is for their own professional development, or if they need some inspiration for a specific lesson plan.
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