RSS

=Using RSS Feeds for Professional Learning= The internet can be a fantastic resource for educators yet the range and abundance of information can be hugely overwhelming. How can we best harness the potential of the internet for our own Professional Learning. The answer lies with RSS the glue that brings Web 2.0 together and enables us to personalize our Internet reading. [|What is RSS?]

A symbol like this indicates there is an RSS feed attached to an internet page.

Why use a RSS Aggregator?
You are probably already reading many internet sites or blogs regularly. Using a blog aggregator such as bloglines allows you to streamline that process, bringing information to you instead of going out to find that information. It also allows you to prioritise and categorise your reading, skim read to the important stuff more efficiently and take clippings of articles you want to save & access again later. Its a great way to keep up with your Professional Reading.

Follow the steps outlined in the video, get an RSS aggegator (they are all pretty intuitive to register for & set up), start subscribing to the sites you already visit regularly, explore some new sites & subscribe. Professional learning doesn't just have to be reading you can engage in conversation around the blog sites that you visit, make new connections with others just by clicking on the comments button under a blogpost and having your say!
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A collection of sites to get you started: http://nzedublogs.wikispaces.com/ - read what NZ teachers are doing with ICT & learning http://www.tki.org.nz/e/tki/news/ - Whats new on TKI http://www.teach42.com/ - check out Steve's blogroll for further exploration [|Vary your reading - don't just read educational blogs]