Here’s a new way to think about explaining RSS — RSS is like setting up a season pass to something on TiVo. It doesn’t cost anything. It isn’t a commitment. It’s easy to cancel. It’s just an easy way to
Differentiating instruction: a big idea?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the challenge of differentiating instruction in the current educational environment and about the potential of applying RSS technology to curriculum and learning. Imagine a system in which a variety of student data is fed
Podcast observations
In producing episodes for my podcast, which is a mashup of various podcasts and other digital content of interest to educators, I’ve been listening to lots and lots of podcasts. As such, I have some observations and suggestions to share
AvantGo and RSS
From when I first started using handhelds years ago, one of my favorite applications has always been AvantGo. It lets me download the newspaper every morning and subscribe to numerous other publications and web sites, all free of change. Now
RSS aggregators for handhelds
One way I keep up with news and all the web sites I read regulary is to subscribe to their RSS feeds and have them automatically downloaded to my handheld. That way I can read them whenever I have a