Chapter 5


Chapter 5 spoke about many ways to save important information online. Websites such as Diigo and Delicious are used to bookmark and tag specific websites. This chapter also speaks about how important blogs are when working to communicate with other people. There are many different types of blogs, and many different websites geared toward certain professions. Blogs rely on participation from the outside world and work well due to communication between many different individuals. “Blogs are a participatory medium where users welcome feedback and discussions. Many blogs allow comments at the bottom of the post” (Nussbaum-Beach p 43).

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     This allows for the community reading the blog to share information around the world and connect with many people. Blogs, such as EDUblogs, are extremely important in connecting and networking around the world. Blogs such as these, truly help people get the information across the world and allow individuals to connect with each other. RSS readers are services that one can subscribe to that will allow them to receive notifications when blogs and website they subscribe to post new content. Systems like RSS are very helpful because they allow readers to access new content, network, and communicate faster than they would be able to if they just periodically checked the blog to see if a new post was uploaded.

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In the healthcare field I believe RSS readers are extremely important. It is extremely important for healthcare providers to be able to communicate and network with people all around the world and be apart of networking opportunities. Blogs truly help with the spread of information. Ideas, questions, and comments about anything healthcare related can be bounced back and forth between the sites. Individual’s in the healthcare field are extremely busy and do not have the time to constantly be checking blogs for new content and comments. RSS readers will truly be beneficial to these providers because they will be informed when new content is posted, and they do not have to continuously keep checking, since they do not have the time for it. I personally really like the idea of RSS readers and will start using them for myself for certain networking sites I am apart of.
               

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Nussbaum-Beach, Sheryl, and Lani Ritter. Hall. The connected educator: learning and leading in a digital age. Solution Tree Press, 2012.

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  1. Jenna GreeneMarch 5, 2018 at 11:57 PM

    Megan, I agree that RSS readers are a beneficial tool for many people, especially people working in very busy professions such as healthcare. I am going into occupational therapy and see blogs as a way to view others' personal experiences and knowledge in order to expand my own thoughts and potentially gain some inspiration if I ever feel like I need a new idea on how to help a patient. What field are you looking to go into and are there any sites that you have found more helpful than others?

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  2. AnonymousMarch 7, 2018 at 8:42 AM

    Hey Megan! There are tons of tools that we can use in our future occupations to help us acheive our goals. RSS blogs and readers are important tools that we can utilize in all professions, but especially in one like yours. Since I am going into the finance sector, I'd like to learn even more and try to utilize these different types of RSS tools. Gaining different insights and experiences through these could help me progress through my career. Are there any RSS networks that you would suggest looking into?

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  3. AnonymousMarch 7, 2018 at 7:17 PM

    I have never understood how RSS readers worked, after reading the chapter and your post I am more confident in using them to monitor any new information or events that could be occurring in the marine science field without having to constantly check various websites for different information. Before reading this chapter were you already familiar with how RSS readers worked?

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