RSS+Aggregators

RSS aggregators could be used in a veriety of ways in a digital classroom. A simple purpose is to have one place where all your RSS feeds, emails and other important updated information can be sent to. What I'm interested in using the RSS aggregator for is organizing my students blogs. This tool will save a lot of time because it will notify me and allow me to see when new material is added to their blog. Best thing is, I don't even have to visit the blog. This is going to be a lifesaver when I have 100 different blogs to manage. The first RSS aggregator I looked at was Netvibes. This might be the one!! = 1. Netvibes = Listen to Prof. Sweeney explain how to do this!! Riviting!! media type="custom" key="19214456" I want the tool to allow me to manage my students blogs. I want it to be free. I want to be able to access it from any computer and internet source. I want it to let me know what blog posts I have seen from each student and what blog posts I haven't seen. Out of the three tools this one might have more utility for classroom needs. 2. **iGoogle - Your personalized Google page**  iGoogle is another aggregator that both teachers and students could make use of. Overall, it's an organizer of incoming information. It's like a personal secretary in that it pulls updated information from sites that we deem as important. It's more than just anoother way for me to keep track of my fantasy sports pools. Check out this video put out by Google. It's almost as good as Prof. Sweeney's previous video. media type="custom" key="19214652" 3. **Google Reader -** Another brillient aggregator that brings new information to you, rather then you going to look. To me it's like having a customized digital newspaper at your finger tips. Once again it is something we will need to move towards in order to keep all our web information orgainized in one place. media type="custom" key="19214734"

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