Things #8 - Feeds

Whoa... This is amazing how RSS is all over the place. Yet, I was also disappointed on how many sites did not have a link to RSS. They need to get one - since I will suddenly catch on and only want to go to one site to check all of the updates. I wonder how a site can get set up with RSS. I love how Google Reader lets me see things either as a list or expanded so I can see pictures - especially on the blogs of my friends.

I appreciate that there are sites to help search, but I was stuck trying to think of topics where I would find something that I would want to be updated often. I will keep looking, however. I could see my subscriptions getting very full. Once again, this new thing has stretched me. Thanks.

Thing #7 - RSS

Wow! I can't believe that I did not know ANYTHING about RSS. It is almost everywhere! It will save me SO MUCH time by going to ONE place to check for updates instead of going to so many different sites. Can you tell how EXCITED I am about this? I am going to look for RSS at every website/blog I link to - just to keep making me feel so technologically-disabled that I am so outdated in my knowledge. And I think I am actually ahead of the curve of many. SCARY!

Thing #6 - Technology

My thoughts on technology keep going every day. This video on youtube makes me think so much about my own child (almost 3 years old) and what the future will be for him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
I also worry that education won't be able to catch up and he will see a different world when he starts kindergarten compared to the world he is growing up in with computers, ipods, etc. Yet, what will happen if he is in a class with a student who has never seen a computer? How are teachers going to be prepared to differentiate the tools, along with the instruction?

Overall, I am having so much fun doing the 23 things. It is opening my eyes to all of the options out there. It helps me see how schools need to step up and get going on technology to connect with students' lives. Hurry!

Thing #5 - Mashup

It was so fun playing with the pictures and trying out titles and ideas. I can imagine that this would be a great way to motivate students to write - and they could choose their own picture to write on, they could be creative in the format, and they would use technology as a tool for learning. Ooh, I am loving this more for each thing...