This has been the most useful tool that I have found so far. I monitor several different pages forums and I find myself constantly going to look for updates and not finding anything. This will be a great time saver and will allow me to "catch up" when I have time and not have to search all over the place for updates.
This will help me keep up to date with the latest research on education and ideas and will also allow me to use the most recent news examples to illustrate physical principles.
The reader is a great opportunity to monitor students who participate in a blog situation. The teacher can monitor the discussion and does not have to check the wiki unless it has been updated. Additionally it allows you to record the posts and read them later when you are offline. This is a great tool for classes that require a discussion board or wiki participation.
Here is an interesting link for those of us who have had helicopter parents
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/helicopterparentshaveneurotickidsstudysuggests
Here is a link to my public reader
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user%2F11410242443935184797%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fstarred
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Thank you for sharing! Forming these online professional learning communities is the wave of the future but helps all of us stay up to date and not just in technology as you have demonstrated here.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the article on the helicopter parents. My daughter leaves for college in a few weeks and it is kind of funny but the university sent out information to parents about being helicopter parents. They outlined what parents could do and what they shouldn't do with or for their kids.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea about using the reader to check and see when students update their blog. This would make really good sense and would save time if you can only check when they actually post.
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