apcampbell

Now that we’ve reached the midterm,
we’re ready to start moving into the second phase of the course:
cultivating a personal learning community which extends beyond the
borders of the classroom.  The first step is to learn about RSS
and start using aggregators.  In the weeks to come, we’ll be
subscribing to other weblogs and newsfeeds; and attempting to
incorporate those into our own learning. 

Our goals for Week 8:

• Finish self and peer midterm evaluations according to the suggested criteria
• Develop a basic understanding of what RSS is and how it works
• Choose an aggregator (RSS reader) and familiarize ourselves with its features
• Explore the concept of ‘personal learning community’ and
  begin to think about strategies for bringing such an entity into being

Our Resources and Links for Week 8:

• Bloglines (Internet based RSS reader)
• Sharpreader (RSS reader for Windows)
• Hebig H (2003) RSS Feed Reader / News Aggregators Directory
• RSS Explained
• McKamey MD (?) What is RSS?
• Joiner I (2004) What is RSS?
• Ashton P (2004) What the Hell is RSS?

Our Tasks for Week 8:

• Complete peer and self evaluations and email them to all participants
• Place an RSS button (link) on our sites
• Find an aggregator, learn its features, and subscribe to each other’s RSS feeds
• Continue posting to our sites and responding to each other’s ideas