I don't know why, but it seems like I've been resisting RSS for awhile. We've talked about it in other classes and I understood the basic premise, but I just didn't seem interested. While Richardson is clearly excited about it, I'm still having a hard time getting started with it. I think I'm stalling because I'm not sure which sites to subscribe to and I question whether I'll keep up with it. Still, Richardson seems to think "everyone will be doing it" soon...
I do like the idea of the personal learning network and this is obviously a great way to do this. I also think I need to be subscribing to sites that will perhaps help me with my poster session research. And I can always 'unsubscribe', right? Anyone have similar feelings of being resistant to RSS?
I agree that students who learn to navigate all the available information out there and who have the skills to critically evaluate information will be the successful students of the future. Time to get on board, I guess!
One thing I thought that was interesting was the idea of the superintendent subscribing to RSS for any time the school district is published about. While exploring Facebook, I found a lot of interesting things said about our school (some great, some not-so-great). It would be interesting to see what a person would do with all the information they could gather.
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Wow... I thought I was reading my own post for a minute. It is funny how many of us are coming upon this information with some of the same apprehensions or maybe is it resistance? But, I think that's an important point to take with us back into our schools... our colleagues will look at us as if we are crazy if we don't do a good job of selling these tools. These blogs may be our best friend in terms of sharing with our colleagues. In essence, we are saying, "I know, I was there to...but LOOK what I've learned and LOOK what it can do!?!" Great post Melissa!
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ReplyDeleteLike Teresa, I really identified with the feelings you expressed in your post--especially the part about keeping up! That's my biggest concern with RSS feeds--that I simply won't have time to look at everything that's coming in. Like you said, sifting through a lot of information and picking out what is useful is a skill we should practice--because it's a 21st century skill we are trying to instill in our students!