Thing 3: Getting Started with RSS

I just read the Friday Five: Create, Express, Learn with Primary Source Material which is was a blog posted at the Infinite Thinking Machine. It essentially spoke of the endless primary resources available to our students today. It is overwhelming how much our students can accomplish with these tools on the web. 15 years ago if a student wanted to create a multimedia presentation they would have to purchase a computer and software and then go through endless tutorials to figure out how to make the presentation. Technology has come such a long way that many of these tools are available online for free. And all it really takes to learn to create is such a presentation are a few clicks. I guess what is even more amazing to me is how infrequently these tools are used in the classroom.

One of the websites linked to the Blog was is http://www.kitzu.com/. I found this site to be similar to the Georgia DOE site that archives lesson plans for teachers to access. All of the Kitzu kits are aligned to the California standards, but they could be easily adapted to Georgia's. There is a multitude of content. These kits make it easy to infuse technology into the classroom with little preparation time on the part of the teacher. What a great resource to help us get started on our infusion journey. Perhaps this is something this group of Georgia educators could start putting together. Or better yet maybe we could connect with the authors of the kitzu.com and see if we can work collaboratively to include the GPS on their site....just food for thought.