Thing 4: RSS

This exercise was relatively easy for me, as I already have iGoogle and Google Reader accounts.  I appreciate taking advantage of one easy feed for all the things in which I am interested.   Right now, I have my personal and professional subscriptions all in one feed, but if it gets unwieldy, I may break it up into two feeds.  I explored and played with features of my iGoogle page, and deleted and added some widgets.  I could see using an RSS feed in my library for blogs related to literature or other interests of my high school students.  The blogs would be together in one handy list, and could easily be checked for updates.  Or, maybe if a class of students had blogs, the teacher and I (and others) could subscribe to their blogs via an RSS feed.  Google Reader and iGoogle simplify, organize, and update me, which I appreciate!