There are several things I like about RSS and newsreaders. They compile all the information for you and make it easy to browse through. Instead of scrolling down a blog and continuously pressing the next page button many of the articles are organized with a brief description and picture. As well there is a search bar in the upper right hand corner so that searching for specific words within a blog is easy. I like the layout and the conciseness of it all. All the pages are presented in a similar fashion so it is not a guessing game every time I switch to a new blog.
I think I could use this technology in school by keeping a lot of the different blogs that I read and use as a source of inspiration for what I plan on doing in the classroom. I think it would also be cool to have a collectivized one for my classroom that the students could get on and use for research. That way they would all be presented with up to date information that can come from various sources. The students could also add their own research and sites to it. It would kind of be like Diigo, but different because of lay out and use. I will definitely use this in my personal life. I love staying up to date and planning things and this type of tool will help with my goals.
Teachers can use or take advantage of RSS by simply using one while planning what lessons they will teach and what activities they will present to their classes. By using a RSS the time they spend looking through various blogs and sites will be greatly diminished. As well, they will be able to pull up past information without wading through newer information.
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