Web 2.0 and RSS Feeds

I learned that Web 2.0 refers to the changes in the internet. Web design and technology allow for creativity, improved communications, and the opportunity for collaborating with others. Examples of Web 2.0 tools are blogs, information sharing sites, and collaboration sites. Because these sites allow you to put information online for people to see, Web 2.0 sites would be very useful in the classroom. You could use a blog to keep the parents informed of assignments, and to provide links for them to have easy access to information learned in class. Parents could also look at lists of books online and choose from the teacher's recommendations.

RSS is often called "Really Simple Syndication," it allows you to subscribe to different information on the internet, and access it all from one place. To receive RSS feeds you must have a reader which takes the information you want from the websites you have specified. You get the latest information regularly. RSS feeds could be used in the classroom to quickly and easily access information that relates to the units you are studying, you could have feeds from National Geographic, NASA, The History Channel, and news providers.