Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Thing 15 RSS Revisited

Is RSS becoming easier to understand?
I'm getting there.
Do you recognize new benefits of using this tool?
I think as I start using it more often, I will see the benefits.
Do you remember to check your feeds regularly?
Not yet. It's a good idea to have "rss revisited " as part of the course. I went through my feeds today and they were very interesting.
Has it become a habit (or obsession!) yet?
No. I think this is part of the challenge of becoming web 2.0 literate. We must get in the habit of truly incorporating these tools in our every day lives.

Thing 14 Delicious

Include your Delicious username in this blog post so that others can view the bookmarks that you have chosen to share.

My username is lemenum.

Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.

I'm anxious to see if I can access delicious from our school network. I have a feeling it might be blocked. Anything with the potential for something inappropriate to slip through is blocked. it's frustrating that even the teachers are blocked from using these wonderful social networking tools. Well, that's my rant for the day... maybe I'll go back to school and find this one is available.
Anyway, if we look at it at home, the potential for sharing resources within a building, the district and of course beyond are really great. It's just a matter of organizing and training teachers to use it.

Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?

It could certainly be a time saver. I have lost so many good bookmarks when the district has come in over the summer and whipped our computers to "start clean" or load new operating systems. I used to email myself links and put them into folders in order have access to them at home and at work. This is much easier, and with multiple tags, I should be able to retrieve sites more quickly.