chapter 5

    I definitely agree with the author that the amount of information on the internet is completely overwhelming and RSS seems like a useful tool for teachers whose students do research.  The convenience of going to the aggregator to find the information for your research would be a huge timesaver as opposed to reading multiple blogs and sifting through the information.  I can see that it there could be an overwhelming amount of information sent to a subscriber of RSS feeds at first and that it could be viewed as a time waster as opposed to a time saver at first.  I think that RSS feeds would be a great tool for  history or English teachers and students to help them to sift through and find the most meaningful information for their work. 

   A teacher who needs to monitor student weblogs would greatly benefit from RSS feeds because it allows teachers to find all the class information in one spot, comment and check for appropriateness.  As I read the chapter, I was trying to envision how or if I would use RSS feeds as a foreign language teacher.  I really don't see it happening in my teaching life but it could be fun to use personally if you were passionate about a certain topic.  The only possible use for me as a teacher would be cultural references and readings in English for my students.  I think teachers that use RSS feeds will definitely help their students scanning skills and make them betterand more efficient readers.