Beginning my experience with RSS feeds
was great. I instantly realized how beneficial something like this could
be. I am constantly checking my apps
throughout the day so that I can stay as up to date on many different aspects
of the news, specifically sports as possible. To have the ability to have all of my feeds
which are being update throughout the day in one convenient place is a time
saver. After quickly installing Feedly I began to add all of these additional
non-productive feeds into my RSS before realizing that was not the point of this activity. I obviously got a little bit too excited when
I learned about this option of having everything well organized. So after going back and removing all of the
sports apps, I went ahead and added all of the scholarly feeds
creating a much more beneficial PLE.
An item of interest from my reader was
very easy to locate. After adding several blogs to my feed I came across Brock
U Student Blog which was instantly my favorite.
One of the first articles that got my attention was The Top 5 Reasons to
Tour Brock University. After locating
this
Permalink , by clicking on the date, the corresponding URL became available.
If i managed to add the the previous permalink properly it should open in a new window.
Locating this permalink, was easy enough to accomplish, simply by clicking on
the date it changed the URL to include a date in it. When adding it to my blog I found it interesting that it didn't need to be saved as the URL itself. (http://www.brocku.ca/blogs/futurestudents/2015/01/16/top-5-reasons-to-tour-brock-university/)
After
spending a couple of days returning to this new RSS feed that I have created I
have gained a better understanding of what the Web 2.0 really is all about.
Instead of taking what is given to you by specific newspapers, we have the
option to mash several newspapers together with specific areas from specific topics to create the newspaper that we want to
receive. My favorite aspects of this is the time saving that it creates, as well as how relevant the information is that I have tailored to myself. Customizing the feed to suit myself is what this platform is all about.
I have always
felt as though I have been ahead of the curve as far as technology is
considered, but just realizing this week what the RSS feed is all about, proves
to me that I have at times fallen behind.
I have already shared this concept of what an RSS is with a couple of my
close friends. Learning about this new technology makes me look forward to what
is to come with the rest of this course.
Feedly is something that I cannot wait to explore further. My only concern is that I won't use it to its maximum scholarly potential and that it will begin being a time consuming platform. As most web 2.0 tools are a double edged sword this one I could see as being mostly beneficial. It will allow me to scan the sports news quickly and without zigzagging from one news feed to the other. As long as I have the self control to make it a positive learning environment by only allowing positive articles from the right Personal Learning Network.
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