I think I definitely have the hang of subscribing blogs to RSS feeds. The video refreshers were helpful, and since I did a bit of it yesterday I was able to search and subscribe by the methods illustrated. Especially helpful was Google Blog Search. I did not know that existed. It explains why some "blogs" that I tried to subscribe to yesterday did not work... they were websites, but not blogs.
I am still not so sure about the tagging, bundling, and sending my subscriptions to other people. I feel if there is a blog I want to share, I would likely copy and paste the URL and e-mail it. (I know, probably so old school) I will explore that further and probably go back and watch the video clip again from the other Thing.
I think organizing the folders is very helpful. When I want to scan the news, I check the headlines in the news folder (obviously) and it is a quick way to organize and see what is going on globally, nationally, or locally. I can also quickly scan what is going on at the colleges my sons attend and get quick information on my alma mater as well.
Professionally, I have a science folder for subject specific feeds and I have added content that pertains to the areas I teach. I will continue to add to that. In an Education folder, I have subscribed to the Free Things, CT Education Law, and a few others. I plan to add to them as well, but it will take some time to check out blogs. If I find anything new and outstanding, I will certainly share.
You will find a need to simplify. When I first started I wanted to follow every blog and soak up the wisdom of every famous Tech Director and pundit. Eventually I settled in on the innovators who spoke to me and I stopped following the others as closely. What works best for teachers is to share resources. You may consider teaching your friends to collect feeds and share the best of the best with each other.
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