RSS Feeds and Twitter

Before I started this assignment, I talked with my husband (a true technophile) about RSS feeds.  He told me that he doesn't  use RSS feeds, rather he subscribes to all his favorite blogs via Twitter.  I have been thinking about that as a possibility to use with students as Anne suggested, but in Columbia Falls, I really don't have many that many students who have embraced Twitter.  I think RSS feeds that are sent to student emails might be the way to go. 

With this in mind, I took to the web to search for RSS feeds.  I found a great article by Forbes that details five RSS reader services, all of which seem to have potential:

Five Great RSS Reader Alternatives to Google Reader

After looking through these options, I think that I would suggest using Newsblur.  It supports web, iPad and iPhone, and Android use.  

Finally, I wanted to give everyone an update on my Twitter usage and my absolute astonishment about the power of "microblogging".  Today I sent a tweet that I figure was retweeted to 50,000 people!  Wow! I was looking for another English teacher to work on a blogging project for our students.  I just noted two educational technology gurus (@kevinhoneycutt @willrich45) and they retweeted to all their followers.  You might recognize the second handle...it is the account of the Will Richardson, the writer of our text!