Wms Thing #11

The RSS process for me began rather difficult.  I began the process by using the links on the APSU D2L page.  After the link went to the page, I clicked the subscribe box.  However, I didn’t discover that I hadn’t subscribed to the feeders until after I’d gone through the entire process.  Next I attempted to add the URL in order to subscribe, that was unsuccessful as well.  Finally, I  used the search engine on Google reader and was able to see the numbers increase for the number of blogs on my page.  Nonetheless, the efforts were worth the work enabling me to subscribe to several sites. 

While viewing Edublog, I found the categories of the award winners to be very interesting.  Voting was closed so I didn’t spend much time on the site. However, I have intentions of revisiting the site to browse for possible subscription.

I really wish I’d used the Google Blog Search for the school library learning before Thing #2 of our project. The site consists of multiple Web 2.0 tools as well as tutorials for everything that we’ve done so far in completing the 23 things.   

Next, I viewed Topix net which was beneficial to me as it consisted of both local and world news.  Topix.net is actually a newsfeed that I would consider using in the classroom for up to date local new information.  Topix.net also appears to be easy to navigate for the younger students that I plan to teach.

Technorati didn’t spark my interest.  One of the ways that I selected the feeders for subscription was based on the information provided that was interesting to me.  If the first five feeds of information was of no interest, I merely closed the site.  Technorati listed threads in reference to the body piercing bill; a 98 year old’s value of volunteering; and Mother Ivres love.  Technorati for me was unusual.