I know I left you last day with the task of selecting an RSS reader that suites your tastes and in addition I provided a single link to an extensive A-Z list of education-related blogs, but I thought I would share a few more useful sites I have found to help you connect with teachers that you may want to add to your RSS.

Richardson recommends using Google Blog Search. This will allow you to search the world of blogs using Google’s extensive search capabilities.

Teacher Lingo has a great search function http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/teachers.aspx

Edublogs has a great list of ed tech blogs http://edublogs.org/blog-directory/directoryteched/

Scholastic has a list of top 20 teacher blogs for K-12 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/top-20-teacher-blogs

Just remember not to overwhelm yourself. I started my twitter account a couple weeks back and committed to a small handful of sites as you recall and it continues to grow. The biggest thing is ensure it stays manageable for you. It should’t be hard to keep up.

Lots of people recommend adding news websites to your RSS feeder. I would not do this. News stations tend to post multiple times a day. They are run as “group blogs” which means multiple people have access and post throughout the day. It gets to be too much to keep up on. Remember, this is about enhancing what you already do.  I get my news every day as I drive/skytrain to work via CBC radio. That works for me! But, if you are not getting a daily dose of valid news then go for it.

One last point – once you’ve gotten yourself settled in, and you are following some of your favourite bloggers. Be sure to reply to people’s posts. Acknowledge that you have read their post, bookmarked their suggested links, or even ask them a question. No one wants to feel as though they are talking (typing) out into space with no one listening. So, if you get some good information from someone, make sure you let them know. It will motivate them to keep posting!