Thing 8

In some ways this has been exhausting...
1. The obvious advantage of the RSS system is the simplicity of getting what you want, free of the clutter that can often surround it. And, of course, having information delivered to you without having to go looking for it is even better.
2. I can think of several applications of this technology for school. I like the idea of being able to track author blogs, sharing their comments with the kids. Keeping up to date with what's happening with them. Finding authors that bother to blog is, perhaps, getting easier... Personally, I feel the delivery of news items, civic, educational or even entertainment, in such an efficient manner will make "keeping up" that much easier.
3. It might be interesting for a school (administrator or committee) to determine a list of sites for a faculty-shared RSS/reader site. This could be linked to a school blog where teachers could post comments about the articles. OK, this sounds like one more thing to saddle teachers with doing, but I'm anticipating a buy-in, prior. Wishful thinking?