Week 3 Assignments

• Update your links on the Wiki Gallery so that it links to your blogs, portfolios, and Google Reader.
  
• Start creating your web portfolio (You can start by creating the homepage, and put some text, a picture, and a link to your blog on it.)
  
• Write a short reflection on the affordances and constraints of RSS readers
• Respond to at least one of your classmates’ comments in their blogs
  
• Start creating your online portfolios (See Google Page Tipsheet)

Week 3 Use of RSS Readers

(1) Read the article: Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom

(2) Discuss in Groups:

• How will RSS help you as a teacher?
• How can your students use RSS readers?
• How can parents use RSS readers?

Week 3 RSS Reader and iGoogle Lab

(1) Try live bookmarks

(2) Use Google Readers

a) Subscribe classroom blog

b) Subscribe your classmates blog

(3) Search for RSS feeds and subscribe them

a) Use Google news search to find RSS feeds on topics your are interested in

b) Use Google blog search or www.technorati.com to find RSS feeds on topics you are interested in

c) Find RSS feeds in websites such as New York Times, NPR, and so on

(4) Organize your Google Readers

a) Put your feeds into folders

(5) Use iGoogle to personalize your Google homepage

a) Add gadgets onto your homepage: such as your Google reader, weather, movie…

b) Move the gadgets around

c) Create multiple tabs