Having always wondered what the RSS icon really mean and why anyone
would need to use it, I am now thinking of becoming a bit of an
enthusiast. As warned in RSS in Plain English YouTube clip, there is a
real fear of addiction. After instantly, adding my favourite newspaper
sites, BOM for the weather and emergencyvic.info, I am sad to confess
searching for other RSS icons. Given that the RSS in Education Slideshow
would not load for me, I can imagine students would begin to use the
feeds to develop personal blogs, wikis, podcasts and, with internet
availability, I could easily see senior secondary students making
updates to their debating and/or public speaking speeches just prior to
taking to the stage.
Changes and updates to both wikis and blogs would also alert subscribers
of content updates. Calendars of school event could be linked so that
parent, students and teachers are notified of scheduled events, or
indeed re-scheduled events. Likewise for classroom blogs.
On a personal note, I am an avid follower of the Bureau of Meteorology
(BOM) and would eagerly make use of alerts of coming storms and the
like.
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