Using Google Reader to keep track of blog posts

As you may realise, this blog replaces the many emails that I used to send out to teachers. This stops me from bombarding your mailbox. It is also useful as all the posts are kept in an archive which can be easily searched, so you dont have to trawl through your email to find the message. Mostly I have had good feedback about the use of a blog instead of email, the only problem being that people don't always know when I have posted something new. There is an easy solution to this too. There are a number of 'feedreaders' available to keep track of new posts. One is Google Reader.

Google Reader can be used to keep track of your favorite websites

Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.

Google Reader shows you all of your favorite sites in one convenient place. It's like a personalized inbox for the entire web.

You can subscribe to this blog and many other great sites through google reader, making it easy to stay up to date with the things that are useful to you.

Using Google Reader to inform you of new blog posts

Are you one of those people that would like to have an email so that you know when there is new information, rather than having to check websites for updates?

If so using feed reader like Google Reader is the answer.

Google Reader is like an "inbox" for all the new content on the blogs you are interested in.

If you have the Google Toolbar you can just add an icon to the toolbar that shows immediately when there are new posts... and you can view them all from one page

It's easy to set up, just watch this video from YouTube.



If you can't view the YouTube Video, or are still not sure what to do or how this will work for you, this second video from TeacherTube gives you a bit more information.



You should now be able to set up your own Google Reader account without any trouble - but if you need assistance, ask a student!