Never Knew, Until Now: RSS Reader Apps
What exactly are Selfoss, Feeder, Bloglovin’, and Feedly?
These are just a few of a long list of RSS reader applications available for
individuals to keep up with their favorite writers, authors, or bloggers in one
centralized location. There are many RSS reader apps for users, but not all are
the same.
Some RSS reader apps are free, while others are available
for a fee. Feed readers are accessible through the web and others are manageable
through mobile applications. This offers users a more convenient way to stay up
to date with their favorite content. (Volvovski, 2018)
After looking through the lists of readers, ultimately you
will have to find the one that best works for you. I have chosen Feeder, for
the moment. I appreciated the ease of setting up an account and how quickly I
was able to start adding content. The fact I can manage the reader through an
app on my phone is great keep up with new feeds on the go. This is my first
time using a feed reader, so I am excited to how it goes.
Reference:
Volvovski, V. (2020, July
10). The 10 best free rss reader apps. https://zapier.com/blog/best-rss-
feed-reader-apps/
I have included 3 blogs/sites I have added to my Feeder and the last two blogs are ones I am following on Tumblr.
This blog by Sonya Dykeman offers many great elementary
level resources such as lesson plans, tips on organizing your library, decoration
ideas for libraries and free prepared lessons just to name a few. I could spend
hours looking through her blog site! Her blog offers an array of resources
great for all librarians.
Mighty Little
Librarian
http://www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/
Mighty Little Librarian: Tiffany’s Whitehead’s Blog offers
readers great advice on a number of topics for example, creating websites for a
school library, and offers her advice on generifying her library. She offers
great tips on how she went about classifying her collection by genres.
http://www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/
Anita Silvey’s
Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac
https://childrensbookalmanac.com/
In Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac highlights one book daily. Each posts offers a summary and review of on the book, potential teaching materials, and recommendations to similar books. Daily events are also noted.
School Library Program: SHSU Department of Library Science 5368 Programming Ideas
https://schoollibraryprogramming.tumblr.com/
SHSU Library Program on Tumblr offers elementary, middle
school, and high school lessons which actively engages students in the library.
From literacy night ideas to implementation of technology within lessons are
great resources to archive for my future library.
Relay GSE Library
Blog
https://relaylibrary.tumblr.com/
Relay GSE Library Blog on Tumblr offers followers recommendations
on young adult novels, ideas for libraries during this pandemic, and useful
links to websites. This blog is beneficial to follow and gain other perspectives on
great reads.
Hey Tammy!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great blog suggestions. The Mighty Little Librarian is a great blog that I also follow! I enjoy looking at ideas she brings to the table and help to get my library creative juices flowing!
I am new to Tumblr so I appreciate the suggestions on who to follow, thank you!
Hi, Tammy! I chose Feeder, too. I loved that I could add it as a Chrome extension and it's right there on my Chrome toolbar. I also added Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac to my feed list and have already enjoyed the daily notifications from there. I can't wait to check out your other suggestions and add them to my RSS reader.
ReplyDeleteHi Tammy! What a great Tumblr suggestion by the SHSU Library Program. I am very new to Tumblr and still figuring it out so it is nice to have some profiles to check out for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI liked your insight to the feeder application. RSS was a new concept for me, but I am glad we were able to learn and incorporate these in this course. Great reference of blogs as well!
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