This week's class assignment called for me to make a RSS feed with both a few required feeds and several of my own choosing. The required feeds are under the folder CEP-810, while the ones I choose are all the rest! Please note that although you can not see it, one of the most important BLOGS I am following is my friend Jeff's entitled: The High Cost of this Low Living.
I often make comments on Jeff's blog, but for this case I have also made comments on both Paul's Computer Repair and the Computer Repair Blog. I noted that the Computer Repair Blog did a great job in using a diagram to show how the average computer consultant wears many hats and has various skills. I thought this would be a good diagram to share with my IT students. Paul's Computer Repair Blog had a post basically telling people they had no choice but Windows 7 with a new computer purchase and I simply shared that many manufactures are installing Linux as an option.
This has been my first experience using the RSS feed and I to tell you the truth it doesn't WOW me. I find that some of my feeds are so buy I can not possibly catch up. I find myself reading the tops few stories of that day and then never see the older ones. I think it is important to find RSS feeds that are not overwhelmingly busy, but a moderate level of traffic. For instance CNN has over 681 unread feeds, while the IT Pro community only has 18.
I do like how I can control what I subscribe to and what I don't, instead of having it all forced on me like most websites do. I just think I need to be more familiar with this and check it more often.
In my current position I think and RSS feeds could be used along with social media to keep students/staff updated on news and events.
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