RSS feeds I think are an important tool for busy people. This helps us to get a wide variety of information from many different websites on a variety of topics. It can also help us to see bias from websites, when comparing the reporting strategies.
RSS feeds can help people because it helps to bring all the different websites to one page. It can remind of the different websites that are out there, and ensure we dont miss out on valuable information because we forgot to check the website.
For learning in Spanish, RSS feeds are excellent sources of information. Students can get information regarding topics of their choice, or what is going on in different parts of the Spanish Speaking world. A tool like google reader can be helpful to students who are beginning learners because it allows the reader to choose the article that they want to focus on, and takes away a lot of distracting materials. For younger, beginning readers in a second language, entering a website can be very overwhelming with so many unknown words and vocabulary. This could possibly cut down on that overwhelming feeling, by giving them a specific thing to read and understand.
To use this in my classroom, I could have students keep track of a certain country or topic that they were going to research to ensure that they have the latest news.
Some useful feeds would be from websites such as:
BBC
El Mundo
Univision
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