avery print my own labels
1 year ago
Monday, January 19, 2009
RSS and Web 2.0
I really enjoyed exchanging books on goodreads and setting up a delicious account. Even though I already had a goodreads account it was nice to add all of my group and see what they were reading and get their opinions on the books! Also delicious will be a good way to keep track of helpful websites. RSS really confused me at first but after watching tutorials and playing around with it I realized its benefits. I can go to my blog or google reader and see all my updates on all of the websites I visit that way I dont even have to check them all with my bookmarks, it just eliminates so much wasted time. I am glad I learned more about these tools as they will be beneficial to me when I am a teacher. I can use goodreads to check out books to read to my students or to purchase for my students and I can use delicious to keep all the websites that I can use as resources in one place. RSS will be a good way to stay updated with current happenings in the world and the teachers world. I could let my students set up all of these same accounts to help them have fun with the internet. I know as a student in grade school I would have loved to write little reviews about all my books and have my own profile and share book opinions with friends.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I think that these different accounts and resources will be very beneficial for our future students! I think that having your students create the same accounts with you is such a good idea!!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree-- I would have loved to write my own book reviews as an elementary student. I can understand how introducing kids to websites like Goodreads can entice them to read.
ReplyDeleteIt is valuable for teachers to stay up-to-date with current events so that they can make their lessons applicable to the children's lives and to the educational needs of society (such as the need to teach about the importance of eating nutritious foods, as obesity began to be a national problem in America in the 1990s... at least, that's my understanding of it).
Another good point you made about RSS is that it saves time. Teachers already have papers to grade and lessons to prepare-- they need all the time they can get!