Using RSS in Education

I do not plan to use a RSS with my students. The learning platform that we utilize at my school has something similar built in. I could see myself using a RSS for personal growth. I enjoy reading and learning about new teaching practices, lessons, and activities. It always gets me excited about trying something new in my classroom. I have subscribed to several different STEM and Project Based learning blogs to look through for some ideas for my new course. The first blog I selected was titled Teachers Are Terrific! A STEM Blog. This blog shared loads of ideas for projects that could be utilized in my classroom. The author, Carol Davis, shared the lessons along with how things went in her class. This is just perfect for judging any changes that may need to take place. It’s like reading amazon reviews before making a purchase. The second and third blogs I subscribed to were Discovery Academy STEM and Discovery Education. These both also shared lesson ideas, but the primary focus was more general. There was information about different celebrations such as Pi Day and summer activities. The blogs both also dove into more of the science of teaching and resources more than just lessons which I enjoyed. One of the posts from May was titles making sense of Learning. I am looking forward to spending more time on these blogs. STEMx is a site that updates with recent and upcoming scientific events in which students can get involved in. It is not so much a blog, but I found it to be a good resource to keep up to date with. Students enjoy working with current material and challenges. Most recently the site is covering the next Mars rover. It would be a great resource for students to explore before designing a model of their own. The last two blog subscriptions were for TED blog and TED education blog. I really enjoy TED talks. I have learned so much from them on all sorts of topics. From simple concepts of how to construct the perfect PowerPoint or mission statement as well as how to developing grit in your students. Of all the resources I subscribed to, I see this being the one that will get the most use.