Thing 3: Keeping up

What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
It feels a little like command central to be able to simultaneously glance through the world's largest "current events" report, delving in deeper for items of interest. It is so "green" in being paperless and so customized for my tastes/interests/needs.

How can teachers or media specialists libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
It can be used to keep informed. It could also be a collaborative learning tool. For example, if students created podcasts, vodcasts or blogs about books they've read, a feed could be created to notify potential readers of new reviews by their peers.

Which tool for finding feeds was easiest to use?

In using Google reader, it was nice that there were categories already set up (very easy), but I also wondered how did *those* news feeds get chosen, *who* chose the technology feeds, etc.? I can see that what you're subscribed to has the potential of continually evolving as your needs, interests and what is available evolves.

What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
I looked at websites I visit frequently to see if they offered this service. It didn't seem that the school library field was hardly represented at all.