Thursday, January 31, 2008

Really Simple (stuff) Syndication

I had to have some help with this thing! I kept getting lost on how to add the feeds. Thanks to my help (Cathy, Sharon, and Annie) extensively. It looks like something that will be useful later on when I can do this on my own because the feeds (I feel) will eventually help me with research as well as knowledge and information on a useful and entertaining level.

3/15/08 I came back to this to finish some of my thoughts on this part of the Challenge. Boy, was that a mouthful when someone named it the "Challenge!"

I think the Bloglines account for school and/or libraries can use this so there will not be all the advertisements getting in the way of the knowledge base that we wish to impart to our young. We are bombarded with so much advertisement that, at times, it gets irritating when you are trying to research or find some information. I already mentioned in the first paragraph one thing I felt would be good for my personal life. I am not sure how it would help me in my work at this point but I do think it is a good tool to use to get news and information which can focus on basically one's interests. I do like the part about the newsfeeds having several options you can choose from like 'summaries' or 'complete entries' on your interests. The 'public' or 'private access' is also good if you prefer your interests to stay personal or share with others. As far as our library using this type of resource, it might be something we could possibly use sometime when we are planning different programs. That is just a thought I am throwing out. If someone has any ideas in this area, I would love to get a response or responses.

1 comment:

Maggie said...

keep up the good work! If you get stuck on an assignment, go ahead and skip it and move on to the next. There's some extra time at the end of the class and you can catch up then :)