Good morning. I have discovered 5 RSS feeds that I would like to share with you this morning. The first is entitled Education Week American Education. It is an on line subscription that you will need to either subscribe to or pay for individual articles. You can read snapshots of articles to determine if it is interesting enough for you to purchase a subscription or an article. In some cases, if you want to share documentation with your principal or district administration, it might be a good idea to purchase a copyrighted article to get your point across as to why media technology is a necessary tool in the class room. The articles are current and updated daily. There is an archive from which you can search your topic. One article I researched is Inverting Bloom's Taxonomy, published October 2, 2009 by Sam Wineburg and Jack Schneider. The article discusses moving from factual knowledge to critical thinking. This article and others like it will benefit me in my classroom because I am constantly searching for ways to engage my students in critical thinking.

The second RSS feed is an RSS site which compiles a set of about 250 learning technology feeds from a global view. The feeds are organized by category and are current. This site originates in Australia and is called Australian Frameworks. I am particularly interested in this site because the US is behind the times in using digital media in the classrooms. Perhaps I will be able to locate research which will support my AR project. I am a non-traditional teacher in that I only use text books as a resource. I teach my students that they must look elsewhere for building their foundations and not rely solely on textbooks, which by the way are not current in most cases. I can definitely use this site for myself and for my students. My students can actually view what students globally are studying. I could go on and on about this site. Just type in Australian Frameworks RSS feeds and see for yourself what a great resource this is.

The third RSS feed that I researched and subscribed to is EDUCAUSE/Blogs. This is an educational resource RSS feed containing publications, podcasts and blogs. It is a free subscription. I am hoping to locate pertinent information relating to my AR project as well as provide documentation to our district administration as to why they need to allow access to particular sites like classroomblogmeister.com that will give ownership to students' writing and posting. It will be very beneficial to me for my students as well as to me as a student. I viewed several posts and publications that I have saved for use in my classroom.

For my fourth RSS feed, I have discovered a site entitled Teachers Teaching Teachers. It is a feed which is constructed of tutorials created by teachers for teachers. It has tutorials on everything from how to develop a lesson plan in every curriculum to how to add iTunes to your lesson plan format. One of the tutorials I enjoyed was an explanation on how to connect with teachers globally. This is going to be very beneficial to me in working with my AR project. There very well may be a teacher in another country who has accomplished or is working on the topic of my AR project. I will also be able to allow my students to view a "how to" on creating a power point (if I can gain access through the district). I also present to teachers from time to time and this will be a valuable resource for me.

The fifth RSS feed I have added is entitled Free Technology for Teachers. I really like this site! These are posts and tutorials created by teachers. It is similar to the TTT site. This site, however, also has other links to tutorials such as the Smithsonian Channel. For years I have subscribed to the Smithsonian magazine. My students have enjoyed the magazine articles. The on line magazine publication will be a great asset. I will be able to incorporate information into my lesson plans and hopefully allow my students to research articles for their writing journals as well as science and other curriculum topics. Since it is a live feed, you can also go to the "at a glance" to link to a particular video that you wish to share. You know when you get that "teaching moment" or when a student asks a question that displays excellence in critical thinking. Please give it a try. I think you will like the feeds.