Welcome everyone, to what I hope will be a biweekly occurrence. I’ll write about different websites and web 2.0 services that are available and free, to help you in your projects and classes.
The first we will look at are the Google services. By signing up for a free gmail account (Google’s email) you get access to all of their services, for free.
Today I want to look at Google Reader. Google Reader is like a personalized newspaper. It uses RSS feeds to collect blog entries and written material from sites you have chosen. Most newspapers and media outlets have RSS feeds, as do individual writers online.
Once you have your collection of feeds, Google Reader will update every time one of your selected writers adds a new article. So instead of going to a number of websites to read articles that interest you, they all come to one place for convenient access.
This is a great tool for collecting articles on topics that are of interest for you. You can find writers that relate to your projects, topics in education that interest you or even on topics that are of personal interest.
This is also a great tool for students. We want our students to read more. We know that the more they read, the better they get at it. Reading is an integral skill for our students, both at school and beyond. By using Google Reader students can accumulate their own reading material, geared to their own interests.
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