RSS in Education Assignment

First off, please have a look at my lesson for Patient Education Blog, I hope you enjoy it.

What did you learn?

As with the Digital Divide, I had no clue going into this assignment what Rapid System Syndication was. Frankly, I used to think that the symbol for RSS was just a way of some online company to install some “cookies” on to my computer or it was a link that would take me to some advertisement that would lockout my screen unless I would buy whatever they were selling. Just a few weeks ago I was that student, part of this class, that was intimidated by the thought of using this type of technology, but now I am not only excited about what RSS can provide but also, what I can create by using it. What I learned the most is RSS is supposed to convey simplicity, adding it to my feedly page only made my life so much more simpler instead of receiving 100 emails a day on the fact that someone updated their blog.

What was difficult about this assignment, if anything?

The most difficult part of this assignment was writing my own lesson plan. At the college I teach the lesson plans are pretty much cookie cutter versions of what is to be done within that particular section. Yes, I have made my own lesson plan BUT it was parodied after the existing lesson plans that the school utilizes. This lesson plan made me look within and follow a more precise formula approach of how the assignment should be conveyed. The sample matrix of how a lesson plan should be put together lead me to research others and get ideas, thus allowing me to take the best from what I found and try to incorporate it within my own.

How might you improve it if you had more time?

Each lesson that I have completed I have said, “I can do better”. This is coming from a person that thought the extent of his education technology was going to be using PowerPoint and Blackboard in its simplest form for the rest of his life. I am starting to understand that not being afraid to explore is the key to success and so far this thought process has not proven me wrong.

Did you test it in class or do you plan to in the future

Although the Respiratory Program has established lesson plans that it provides, I do have assignments and presentations that I have the ability to customize without the headache of going through the approval process to get it done. This lesson will be carried forward into my classroom and the best thing about it is if it doesn’t play out very well the first time it can be reassessed and made better and better.