Well I realized something pretty cool today when I went to sign up for a Google Reader, I somehow already have an account and it has been keeping up with the blogs I have been subscribing to on my Blogger. Needless to say I can't really blog about how the application process was "so easy" or anything because for me it was so easy I didn't even have to sign up!
I love following blogs, although the only blogs I had been following before this class had to do with photography. Now I have a list of blogs I follow (other than in people in our class) including A Year of Reading, Digital Anthology, Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog, Cool Cat Teacher, Ryan Towe Photography, and The Pioneer Woman. I think I will be able to use this feature to easily follow all my blogs at once instead of going to each one individually and, knowing me, forgetting about certain ones. I'm really excited about this new discovery that I didn't know I had because I always have a hard time keeping up with the various things that I follow, now they will be conveniently located all together.
I really think this would be a great thing for teachers to take advantage of because it's quick and easy to set up (so quick and easy that I didn't even have to actually sign up!). A teacher can follow other teachers with similar issues or who are teaching the same subject and see all of their ideas together in one place. This would allow the teacher to easily compare the different information and decide on what they want to apply to their classroom.
I plan to use this in my classroom so I can stay up to date on new information and techniques in my career as a teacher. I can also use it in my side job as a photographer to stay up to date on the latest photo trends and software. Nobody likes it when someone who is in charge is stuck in the "olden" days! Staying up to date is very important if someone wants to succeed, and I want to have a very successful career. I know keeping up with my newly found Google Reader will help me achieve this goal.
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