I knew RSS readers existed, I was just too lazy to experiment with them, and now I regret it.
PROS:
• You save time by receiving updates for your favorite sites in one place.
• You can organize subscriptions by categories.
CONS:
• You need an account or signing in with your Google or Facebook accounts, again, providing people you will never know with important information about you, your interest and activities.
• You can be overwhelmed with the amount of updates you receive.
MY CHOICE:
It is particularly useful to subscribe to blogs about topics you are working on (researching or teaching).
Right now I am interested in multilingualism and early childhood literacy, so by using the RSS reader I can gather information on the debates and resources posted on blogs about these topics.
FOR TEACHERS:
This is a necessary tool for the teachers who assign their students to create blogs as part of a course assessment, because the reader will gather all the updates and this will make possible to track the work of the group from one site.
