RSS+Social Bookmarking: Building Shareable Collections

Remember it’s all about learning……

Frequently I hear teachers say, “I’d try a lot more curriculum ideas with technology, but I’m not sure how to use all the new technologies.”

It's all about Student|Learner-Centered Learning….

So here’s the key – you don’t have to know how to use all the technology tools, web 2.0 apps, or software apps on the market, there are too many to learn. But the digital natives we are teaching today are already familiar with most of them, let them decide which tool to use for your course assignment or project.

For you to get more familiar with new technologies subscribe to RSS feeds from blogs, websites, and podcasts to get the information coming to you, so you don’t have to go surfing.

For a great reader to receive your RSS feeds try out: Google Reader!

Here’s some places to get started learning about RSS:

• CNET: Simply RSS|Home
• RSS Specifications- everything you need to know about rss
• Video: RSS in Plain English
• Lockergnome
• Psst..Have you heard about RSS?
• Technology Review- published by MIT

Now to build a sharable collection of these new technologies you've discovered via RSS:

• Save your newly acquired links to your social bookmark account, such as del.icio.us.
• Save each link in a bundle specifically named for each course you’re teaching.
• Share your social bookmark account through email, your blog, your course site on your Learning Management System, or build your 'contacts network' in your bookmarking tool....

This collection is a great resource to share with students or colleagues, so they can regularly check what you’ve added new.

You will have planted the seed, let the students do the rest.