Module4/RSS

Below is what I have written in the Discussion Forum describing my experience with establishing and adding subscriptions to my Google Reader. As it has been a couple of weeks since we did this, I have added more feeds. I am encouraged by how much there is out there addressing Character Education at the secondary level. When I started my research and classes for this five years ago, there was not much at all on Character Education at the high school level. That is changing a lot right now. I am close to 50 subscriptions that include Character Education primarily, but also gardening, herbs, cooking and a couple of my favorite authors. I am trying to get more comfortable with how everything works. I know the more we use these tools, the easier it becomes. For now it still feels like I'm tripping over myself, but I'm excited to be learning all of this, so that keeps me going.


"I subscribed to six feeds on Character Education. The Muscatine Community School District has opened Google accounts for all staff members and I used that account to set up these feeds. We needed to set up a gmail account in order to do this, but have a different e-mail address. I'm not sure what the difference is. This is what tends to feel overwhelming to me. Trying to keep track of all these is a challenge.

But I think the RSS feeds can really  help to organize all our favorite resources.It will also update us on different subjects, saving us time on research. I have created a folder for my Character Ed feeds. You're right...this can be addictive. Everything looks good! I also created a folder for these Web 2.0 tools that we are learning about and have added ten feeds. I think if I have all the tools in one place, I will be more apt to use them more consistently. This could be fun!"