Continuation of using the RSS feeder

As October is already upon us the some of the blogs and feeds that I am following are beginning to touch upon ideas and things going on this month. The Scholastic feed that I am following has a video interview with J.K. Rowling and also a video on a mall that has a Goosebumps Horror Land video. I am always trying to find ways to engage my readers. Many of my students follow series and would benefit from watching these videos as they continue to grow intrinsically as a reader by wanting themselves to read more. I often feel that my students read the books and get so attached to what is going on in the book that they glaze over the fact that it was written by someone. Each of my students are writers themselves and if they can begin to see the connection between their writing being read by others readers they can take literacy to the next level.

Using the Google Reader page to quickly see highlights of blogs and feeds have allowed me to have more technology integration in the classroom. It has also not taken up too much time. I am able to share more videos like the ones shared by Scholastic and game from Ms. O'Brien's blog. It has really taken motivation of my students and engagement to another level.