So today I will share with you my thoughts on Day 4 of the Connected Journey. Today the goal was to become familiar/competent with Diigo, RSS feeds, Google reader, and Flipboard. -- That's a lot!
Diigo: This is great! I never have time to actually sit and read articles that I find interesting. Sometimes it is teaching and grading that have me occupied, but mostly it is the all-consuming job of being a mother to a 2 and 5 year old. (Seriously, playing superman wins over an article about rising food prices or global turmoil!) So, Diigo was AWESOME! I saw an article that looked interesting via facebook, twitter, flipboard, or blog and instead of trying to write down the reference or email it to myself, I could save it in Diigo with its own tag. I have found articles on education, parenting, recipes, and Disney world. Then, I can search through Diigo and read the items that I want when I want! Thank you tech-world!
Flipboard: This is pretty cool. The tiles/organization is a little weird, though I get that they are trying to make a newspaper connection. I put my facebook and twitter as "newspaper boxes" but do not use this source to view them. I like that it is a one stop shop and that as I look at a particular tile/"newspaper" I can view the full text article with additional links. It is through this layering process that I have found more interesting articles and blogs to read about a particular topic of interest (currently Disney World).
RSS& Google Reader: I have known of RSS feeds, but have not been able to use them to my advantage until now. Thank you! I have subscribed to several resources using the google reader platform and the RSS feed.
- however, if google reader is dissipating as of July 1, 2013, then what is another good option? I guess I am supposed to now use my new learning network to figure that one out! Suggestions would be appreciated.
In closing, I wonder if Flipboard would accept RSS feeds?
Finally, I think that having this multi-layered set of tools has made information more available to come to me, which is good. But I wonder if I will get stuck in the web of the interconnected network, or I will be able to siphon through all the resources and make them work for me?
