Thing 10

 Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Newsreaders are here to save the day.  They are here to save everyone time from having to look all over the internet to see what is going on in every blog, newsweekly, or web page we like to follow.  This is a really simple concept that has made life easier when trying to keep up-to-date in everything that is needed in our lives today.  I love that you can just put the websites URL in and the newsreader/RSS will keep up with the changes that are being made.  I like that on most pages, you do not even have to copy the URL to start following the page.  They have created a little button that seems to becoming universal on websites that are commonly followed.  This button on the web page allows you to be able to just click on it and as long as you stay signed into your newsreader/RSS, then it will start to collect information from that site also.  I am able to use this technology within my schooling and personal life by being able to find blogs that fit to my needs, whether it is an education blog or a cooking web page, and being able to keep up with all of them by having to check one place for them all instead of in twenty thousand different places.  Teachers are able to take use of this also by creating a public with any reader of choice and putting blogs or websites that would help there students out within the class.  Teachers also can create a public reader for just them so that they can have Education blogs that are telling what is new in teaching and other things to this extent.  Finally teachers can use it for private use and keep blogs in there reader that can help them improve what kind of a teacher they are, help them teach a lesson in a new way, or even give her or him ideas on what they should be planning their lessons to be.