Comments on: Why a Feed Reader?

By: Kim Clevinger

Kim Clevinger — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:29:19 +0000

Getting used to this part of the class has been the hardest for me. I had never used a feed reader and had never blogged. It is taking me a little while to get the hang of things, but I already find myself checking this as I do my e-mail. I am really starting to enjoy it!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:54:42 +0000

Before this class I had never heard of a feed reader. It is a pretty neat thing though. It took me a while, but I think I have figured it out. I’m still not sure how to subscribe to other peoples sites. I can’t wait until I completely understand this.

By: Amy Howard

Amy Howard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:29:15 +0000

I found that there were many feeders to choose from when I googled gator. I chose a google reader because it seemed easy to use and I understood it better than some of the others I tried. I am still navigating and trying to figure some of the options. I would like to change the view of the site. I can see now after exploring how the reader combines everyone’s blog and makes it much easier to keep track of everyone’s posts. I am starting to feel a little more comfortable with all this new technology everytime I use it.

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By: Joe McConda

Joe McConda — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:24:00 +0000

After trying to get oriented to all the technology involved with this class, I am starting to see how it all fits together and how useful it can be. This reminds me of basic training in the Army. In the first two weeks, you get blown away with all the military “stuff” that is completely foreign. Then, without even realizing it, you start thinking and acting like a soldier. The first two weeks is rough, though and while this is not physically challenging, the mental challenge is certainly great.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:01:12 +0000

I really like the feed reader. It has made it quite easy to keep up with this class while I am working. I just have it open and at the bottom of my screen all day. When I get a chance I pull it up to see if there is anything new posted.

By: Remona

Remona — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:53:29 +0000

I think that I commented on the feed reader somewhere else, maybe on my blog, but I am really impressed with this little tool. I had no acquaintance with it before this class. I am using a Google reader that I access through gmail.

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:09:08 +0000

I had never heard of a feeder before this class - I love this tool. It took a little bit to figure out the benefits of it when I was trying to find it but now since I have it, I can’t wait to tell everyone! What a wonderful idea to have crap brought to me instead of me finding crap! This is what would be referred to as “working smarter” not “working harder”!

By: lowell

lowell — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:12:37 +0000

“Gators are different based on the kind of platform. BottomFeeder is a good one and I think you can set it to open IN the tool itself rather than popping a browser window. I use Liferea, but I’m a geek. Sage is a good feed reader plugin for FireFox and then “opening in the browser” is actually a good thing. Google Reader is another good one that’s web based. There are several good “local” or “desktop” based ones as well, depending on your platform.

By: Kim Dearing

Kim Dearing — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:15:34 +0000

I am currently using Bottom Feeder as my gator. Are there feeders that are better than others, or do most of them function the same way? I am clicking on whatever new post I want to read, and it opens in my Internet browser… Are the entries typically read within the program itself, or are they used to open browsers? I am already envisioning uses for K-12 uses…