I am trying not to be negative about this process of discovering blogging. It seems to be like any other discipline-in order to make sense of the simple directions, you must first make sense of the jargon used to explain something. Take RSS feeds. I understand they allow you to subscribe to something and receive a notification when something new has been posted. I can't seem to figure out the entire process of how this all works. I looked at the sites listed by Denvy and still have been unable to understand exactly what it is I need to do.
I am persistent though and so will probably call my 10 year old niece and ask her to explain it all to me! Really, how did I get so far behind on the use of technology? I used to be able to write basic programs and then somewhere along came the internet and I lost interest in this virtual ability to connect with a virtual world. Why would I connect virtually with people when I don't even like to connect face-to-face at a personal level? Looking at technology for professional use is a new adventure for me. I really like what I have been discovering. It will allow me to connect with students - something I am passionate about.
So why will I stick around to figure all this out? Because at some level I realize this can make my life as an educator more effective. I have been looking for a way to create better connections with my classes and this may allow me to do this. It's for the students' who will benefit that I will persist and eventually master RSS feeds - or at least figure out if they would be helpful to my students.
Anybody willing to help me out with RSS feeds? In other words explain it without the jargon?
Don't worry I am somewhat in the same spot as you. Blogging is new to me, but I have a lot of interest in it so I am persistent at learning something new about it. I read in an online journal about blogging which is posted on my blogging site ealligood11.blogspot.com they said something along the lines of teenagers are the main users of blogs, it was pretty interesting. Also, one of my professors reminded me that social media like Facebook has only been around for 5 years, so you and I are not that far behind, and with anything practice does make perfect so I believe you and I and everyone else in our class will eventually get there to understanding how to blog. What also might help you is going to other students' sites and adding them which is usually found in the right hand corner of their blog and click on the "join this site" :) I find reading other people's blogs pretty interesting and they have helped me out in figuring my own blog.
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