RSS Feeds? Before starting this weeks session I honestly had no idea what they were or what they did. But now after completing this session and doing the discovery activities, I have a better understanding and know how to navigate them as well.
One of the feeders on my Feedly that I am interested in and that helps me learn on a daily basis would be Buzzfeed, this website is something that I am able to find helpful tips and tools about pretty much anything. I am able to learn new things from this website everyday. It has everything from cute pictures of animals to tips on how to travel lightly and the best places to visit. My learning has grown both from using Feedly and seeing how the format of the website is very easy to follow and how everything is laid out along the side and easy to access.
RSS feeders have helped build my knowledge on digital literacy because while I was generating my feed I used multiple different search engines and browsers to find the different blogs that interest me. I believe that these different search engines have taught me how to navigate through different websites and by using these multiple browsers and search engines we are essentially teaching ourselves how to use the internet. This has also helped me understand digital responsibilities and that we have to respect and use the internet in "proper" ways. I interpret this as making sure that we are using it to research something, get images and more many youth and adults for social media.
RSS feeders have helped build my knowledge on digital literacy because while I was generating my feed I used multiple different search engines and browsers to find the different blogs that interest me. I believe that these different search engines have taught me how to navigate through different websites and by using these multiple browsers and search engines we are essentially teaching ourselves how to use the internet. This has also helped me understand digital responsibilities and that we have to respect and use the internet in "proper" ways. I interpret this as making sure that we are using it to research something, get images and more many youth and adults for social media.
Feedly is something that I would most definitely put into my PLE under the Organization category, because I find that it is an amazing website and being able to see all of the blogs or webpages that you are interested in, in one place makes it that much easier to keep track of them all. It would also fit into the Connect section of my PLE because by following the blogs I am able to keep up to date on things that interest me and then I am able to reflect on them.
Overall, this week has been very informative for me and I am looking forward to what the course has to bring!
Until next time,
Amanda :)
Hi Amanda, I noticed we subscribed to many of the same pages. I'm a big fan of Buzzfeed as well! It's a great source of life hacks and entertainment. I really enjoyed reading about your Feedly experience. Looking forward to reading more!
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