Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. David Parry[Edit][Delete]: Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom, Blogs for Learning [Edit][Delete] October 13, 2006

"Writing for the internet, and specifically writing for blogs, is informed by a different context than the paper writing we ask of students for class." Thus David Parry argues that the use of RSS is needed in a blogging classroom, as it enables the linking and citation needed for internet writing. "Reading on the internet requires two separate skills: one, the quick analysis to find what is worth reading, and the second, a switch to slow analysis to carefully consider what has been found". More...