Teaching for Information Literacy

Information today exists in such quantities that students need to learn the many tools that faciliate information arriving on their desktops rather than continually searching Google. Tools such as Google Alerts, RSS and SocialBookmarking can faciliate instantaneous access to pertinent information.

Guides: RSS Feeds - from the BBC for children a very simple explanation of RSS and how to start using it.

The following are two excellent post from Sue Walters at the Edublogger demonstrating the importance of rss:

• Are You Making Your Life Easier by Using RSS
• How I Use RSS To Make My Life Easier

Google Alerts

Bloglines

Google Reader

Delicious sharing features