Thursday, November 19, 2009
More thoughts on RSS feeds
In terms of using RSS feeds with my students, I think we could do current news/events by connecting to a science feed. Every day as a start up to class my students could select one of the new headlines to explore. I have a SMARTboard so I could just have the Google reader opened up that feed and then let them decide which one to read about as a warmup. It would keep the topics current and give them some choice in exploring things that might be of particular interest to them. It also will serve to broaden some cultural horizons as those feeds come from all over the world and often are about things you might not have expected if you confine yourself to your normal neighborhood (in other words the culture in which you grew up)! I will continue to think of more ways to incorporate this into the class!
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I like how you're thinking that the students will have input in the articles they discuss. In January I'll begin teaching an advanced Accounting class and will want the students to review current financial news. This might be a way to put it into their hands. Hopefully if they take ownership it won't be looked on as such a difficult/boring/lame task for them. (I have a class of 10 Junior & Senior boys. No girls).
ReplyDeleteWondering if students will have access to feed outside of the class? I have found that if you leave the resources available, there are usually 1 or 2 students who will get in there when it is not part of an assignment.
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