I'm navigating completely unchartered waters this morning as I learn about RSS feeds. I was familiar with the concept before - you tell which information sources you want to deliver information to you to and let them do it electronically - but I had never actually subscribed to a feed. In fact, I didn't even know where to begin.
Now, I've got a beginner's working knowledge, a feed reader I didn't have before, and a strategy for using this as a management tool related to my work - woohoo!
Since beginning a new job on my campus in April, I subscribe to several listservs. A few send me monthly updates while several are busy flooding my junk inbox. Today, I've gone into that brimming inbox, worked my way back to the originating websites, and set up RSS feeds in Google Reader. I've been able to customize the feeds I receive and let Google help me keep up with these resources. I can even go back in and delete a few of my listserv subscriptions for those creating an information nuisance of my e-mail. I may have found a solution to a potentially troublesome aspect of digital learning. What a discovery!
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I love your idea about moving things from e-mail to your reader. That is an excellent way to help manage uncontrollable e-mail. Thanks. That is why I love this class. I learn something new every time.
ReplyDeleteYou learned way more than I did. Sorry your blog got eaten by the internet gremlins.
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