BP4_20100111_RSS Feeds

RSS Feeds for Educators and Students

Feeds have evolved and taken off with rapid speed, within the past five years if not earlier. They have spread like wildfires, springing up all over the place. It is a sign of the times and basically, a part of Web 2.0 and 21^st Century skills. We have become connected globally by means of blogs, and other emerging technology tools. I would like to share just a few that have become important to me.

1. Free Technology for Teachers

This is a RSS feed for educators where they can explore and share ideas about resources available, and find out about upcoming technology and trends in the integration of technology in education.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/08/21-must-read-rss-feeds.html

2. Instructify

This is an interesting feed that shares many articles on a variety of educational tools such as cartoon or animated video making, . This feed offer many resources for teacher to use as well as ideas, and freebies. This is one of my favorite sites because it offers many new technology web tools that I can use with my students.

http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify/

3. Educational Technology and Life

This is a website for teachers in technology. It offers staff development, lesson plans, and articles related to issues in education. It also offers links to other educational blogs that one may want to join.

http://mark.blogspot.com/2005/03/blogging-for-teachers-part-1-what-are.html

4. Edublogs

I really like this blog because it has many tools that I can use as well as my students. It is easy to understand and implements many interesting tools that would appeal to the students that I teach. Some of the tools are videos, podcasting and more.

http://edublogs.org/

5. Teacher Lingo

I particularly like this site because it shares many links to other great sites and houses a wealth of information for educators. Here one can find other blogs, lesson plans, new articles, message boards and you can even blog here.

http://teacherlingo.com/

All of the sites I have chosen are beneficial in many ways to my curriculum, because they are additional resources that assist me in my teaching and implementing the objectives that I have to follow for the courses I teach. As fast as technology is growing, it is alway a good thng to keep up with todays trend, believe me if I don't, my students will!