Today I learned about RSS Feeds. I love it! While I already subscribe to several sites and their emails, I was finding it difficult to keep up with all of the blogs that I have found since I started playing with Blogger. Not that I have much extra time to read up on current events, good books, movies, etc., I still think that subscribing to an RSS Feed is very handy and a good idea!
I chose to open an account with Bloglines. I prefer Bloglines over Google Reader because it seemed like it had a little bit more to offer. However, since I have a blog, I am already subscribed to Google Reader. I found it very easy to open an account with Bloglines and I even chose a few feeds to subscribe to while I was registering (ex. USA Today Books News, Rotten Tomatoes: Movies, etc.). I am really exciting to start adding some more of the things I am interested in and make it part of my daily internet routine to check those things.
RSS Feeds would be extremely helpful to me as a music educator. It would be easy to find blogs, articles, websites, etc. that I could subscribe to and keep it all in one place. I also liked one of the suggestions from the "RSS for Educators" article that talked about having your students do a blog and following it through RSS feeder rather than checking every student's blog everyday. I was even thinking I could have the students keep a daily or weekly blog talking about new music or a subject of my choosing. I look forward to playing with it even more!
Peace!
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