This is part 2 of my RSS page post. I have found that my RSS page has been an excellent way to organize the websites that I visit daily and/or should be visiting daily. I have found articles on how to engage parents in their child’s learning, blogs about topics that I can use for my classes and several news articles that I can use to connect what I am teaching to the real world. My favorite RSS feed currently is the Science Blogs feed. It is a feed of the blog posts that are being made through this site. I like it because it doesn’t limit me to just one single blog, but actually several. I have also found that I have been using my RSS feed to keep up to date on news headlines. I used to just get my news from the headlines on Yahoo or MSN (both are very limited and tend to more about pop culture) because it was easy, now I find my RSS page to be just as easy and offers me a lot more. I can see using my RSS page in my teaching by using the articles/blogs that I read as teachable moments and to make connections to real world. I also have read a few articles/posts that can help me with strategies for using technology in the classroom.
Tonight I read an article about a note taking app that is now available for the iPad (http://www.techlearning.com/article/36566) . This got me thinking about if there were any other note taking options online or programs that my students or I could use (we don’t have iPads, though we wish we did). I did a google search and was able to find software that can be sued for taking notes, some free (http://www.evernote.com ), some not (http://www.perfectnotes.com/ ). These are programs that I could use myself or that my students could use.
I can tell you are an experienced blogger=8-) Your post was rich with linked content. I loved the personal Jing video tour of your NetVibes site! Outstanding idea! I enjoyed reading this post ~ Sue PS > Planning on taking a closer look at the notetaking links you posted! They look like something I could use with my students.
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