RSS feeds and readers are probably one of the tools of the Internet that I can say has changed my life!
Changes in information literacy and educational technology seem to occur exponentially and being able to tap into the information leaders and communicators sharing ideas in these fields is essential but incredibly time consuming. My homepage on my personal computer is set to open to my RSS reader, Bloglines. I love being able to grab the postings with a quick click and have the most recent updates at my fingertips.
The RSS enhancements suggested in "Thing 30" made me quite excited!
Feed My Inbox: I really want this one to work for me! I signed up for some updates on a website, but haven't received anything yet. I need to keep working with it to make certain that I can get it working.
Spoken Text: Multitasking heaven! I can do my dishes and listen to all the important news via RSS! (Now if there were only a solution to the pictures and video!)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where I want to be! Tools to organize the information overload! (Thing 30, Part 1)
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Have you tried the Spoken text tool much? I am curious if you think it is helpful or not really. (I am living vicariously through your "More Things" these days.) :)
I haven't been able to revisit the Spoken text tool much. After trying it a bit more, I thought that I might eventually get annoyed with the voice. However, I think that it could be an interesting tool to use for students. Especially if it will convert things into an MP3 format for their iPods. We use Read Write Gold software at school and students listen to a reader while editing their own papers. They catch a lot of mistakes that way. There might be a way for students to use this at home in place of this type of tool. I haven't had a chance to take it anywhere yet though!
I think that it could take a bit to figure out some of the settings (speed, reader, etc.) to get them at a place that I actually can stand the reader too!
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