I have had so much fun learning about RSS feeds and Google Reader. It has now become part of my morning routine to wake up and read the new posts on my Google Reader. I have set Google Reader has part of my Google desktop so I can see whether or not there are new posts as soon as I open up my browser.
Finding the RSS feed button sometimes takes a little searching. I’m observing that more and more blogs have a toolbar at the bottom of the screen that allows someone to search the blog as well as share the content on various social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
I subscribed to the 5 required feeds as well as the New York Times. While reviewing my Google Reader to see what interesting posts I could find, one of the first ones jumped out at me.
Free Technology for Teachers is full of information that could help students and a school media center familiarize themselves with Web 2.0. The article that caught my eye was about a new search engine called 
. The makers of Blekko hope to change the way people search for topics on the web. Using slashes "/" to separate search terms in blekko, helps to organize results based on desired requirements.
While testing out Blekko I searched for Library /RSS . A list of 20 libraries with RSS feeds came up. From that list I discovered the Internet Public Library (ipl2) website which was full of information that would be relevant to my students.
RSS Feeds are an excellent way to bring information to students. Subscribing to a certain feed can help teachers and Media Specialists organize information to a central location. Libraries can have their own blogs and feeds so that patrons can follow library happenings and upcoming events. Library Blogs can link feeds detailing information about book and technologies as well as upcoming community events.
There is so much information on the web and RSS feeds and Google Reader help people personalize their searches while bring the information to them instead of personally searching each site of interest.
