Thing #11

Wow. Why did I want to add more feeds to my RSS reader?  Oh, yes, to complete thing #11.  Topix.net was by far the easiest to use. It was simple to enter the area in which you were interested and set up a feed. Topix fulfills two basic needs: the need for news and the need for the opinions of others about said news. I set up a feed from my hometown and now can keep up with what's going on and what everyone thinks about what's going on!  It's the best of both worlds--fact and fiction all in one!

Syndic8.com was the most confusing for me. I never really did get the hang of it. If it was the only option, perhaps I would have persevered. Google blogs was also easy to navigate although I experienced a bit of difficulty selecting the right search words or phrases to yield the desired results. I'm sure that was my problem-I mean challenge-not theirs.

I liked Ed Tech Journeys a blog which I found on the Edublog's award winners listing. I could relate to and was entertained by his writings; it was not surprising that his blogging had been recognized. Using Google Blog Search, I found many other versions of the 23 things---it was fun to look at how they had been adapted for different groups.

News feeds were not at all difficult to find. I used Google and Yahoo and just searched "news feeds" and was not disappointed. You could easily subscribe to news from anywhere using Yahoo!News or News.google.com.

Besides the Topix for my hometown, I did not add any additional feeds to my RSS reader. I really enjoyed reading many of the blogs I came across, but I have no desire or time (at this point) to devote to the reading of anymore than those which I previously set up. I can definitely see adding more feeds in the future!