The Bubbly Librarian

I was just reading Will Richardson’s blog post on “Controlled Connectedness” which is something I need to work on given my previous post.  I noticed that he also had a link titled “RSS Guide” and found it to be very concise and helpful in explaining what RSS is as well as ways that RSS can really be useful in the classroom. For those of you who may be grappling with these issues, you might find this guide helpful.  I have to admit that Will Richardson spoke at our local BOCES conference last fall, but it still took me until now to really start to get the hang of this.  

I started wondering if I had a problem earlier this week when I was sorely tempted to log on at 3:00 AM after giving my daughter her meds, but it was confirmed today. You know you have a problem when you start dreaming about the computer. No kidding, I woke up to images of my monitor this AM! Therefore, I have made a real effort to stay away from the this thing today. We have a huge festival going on in town and my garden has been badly neglected due to a combination of wet weather and my new addiction, so there has been plenty to do.

Thing 2 in the SLJ ATN project was to set up an RSS reader using Google Reader or NetVibes.  Since I had already set up a Google Reader Account, I thought I’d experiment with NetVibes to compare the two.  The rest of the family is getting a little grumpy about my computer time, so I haven’t gotten as far as actually trying NetVibes, but I did come across an excellent blog that compares the two.  It is written much better than I could have done, so I’ll just share the link. Thank you Mermaid Librarian!