7+Google+Reader

=Google Reader= I think this is the way for our students to get connected to other teachers and techies by reading their blogs. This is how I believe they will be doing most of their professional learning.--Fowler

J.Ray--To ensure that they are actually using Google Reader successfully, I like to have my students send two emails directly from Google Reader from two of their different blogs. I have pasted the directions, along with a link I use below, if you would like them. http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=69992 I understand that your Google Reader account may not be set up with your Montevallo email. Because of this, please adhere to the following guidelines:
 * 1) Get a Google account if you do not already have one. You will need an email address to sign up for one. Please make a note of your Google log in and password.
 * 2)  Log in to Google Reader and subscribe to 5 educational blogs. A list of suggested blogs can be found below. You should also locate 2 additional blogs that are of specific interest to you. During this course, you will be responsible for reading these blogs on a regular basis.
 * 3) At the end of the course, you will write blog post about the experience. The paper should include the names and URLs of the 7 blogs you read, your favorite blog and why, and a link to your favorite blog post from this activity and why you liked it.
 * 4) This will be a blog post on your ED 505 blog.

> (Either 1 or 2) IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES
 * Type my email address into the "To:" field
 * CHANGE the subject to your Full Name and the # of the subscription
 * Type a brief note to me in the box that says "Note to go along with item" telling me what type of feed this is and what it has to do with teaching and learning and how it can be used within the classroom.
 * Check the box that says "Send me a copy of this email" so that you will have a copy just in case the email does not go through.

For the following blogs, put the titles in to a search engine and you will be able to navigate to the blogs: >
 * 1) Cool Cat Teacher Blog
 * 2) Web-logged
 * 3) The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness
 * 4) Free Technology for Teachers (read [|this article] for more about blogging in general)
 * 5) Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
 * 6) Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech
 * 7) The Fischbowl
 * 8) Reflections of a Techie http://teachingtechie.typepad.com/learning/
 * 9) A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internethttp://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com///
 * 10) //Powerful Learning Practicehttp://plpnetwork.com/blog/