In the past, I have been using the RSS feed from Google's Blogger site to stay up to date on the music world through blogs that I have subscribed to or followed. Now that my eyes have been opened to Feedly, I have added the Feedly button to my browser and find that with a quick click, blogs from various locations are easily added and I am able to quickly view all of my news in one convenient location. No wonder RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication"! (Richardson, p. 84) I enjoyed the chapter and how Richardson tied in how to use RSS in your class in addition to the fun tricks with the aggregator. Using an aggregator to sort student blogs for quick commenting and project submission makes perfect sense! And, also using the feed for current event research and reflective writing is a great tool for older students to stay current and create authentic learning tasks. Another great tool Richardson notes, is the use of the search feature. "That student could actually create an RSS feed that would bring any news... to his aggregator as soon as it was published - kind of like doing research 24/7, only the RSS feed does all the work." (Richardson, p. 91) That sounds like a wonderful idea! My next unit is on melody, and I may just give this search feature a try to aid in finding new and exciting lesson plan ideas. Very cool!
Richardson, Will. Pedagogy and Practice from Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin, 2010. p. 83-96. eBook.
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