Google Reader has moved into my top 10 this year even thought I have already added long-time RSS reader Bloglines to my Hall of Fame. I won’t be at all surprised to end up with two or more RSS readers in the Hall before too much longer. One reason that I really like Google Reader is because they have a public page that allows you to share saved posts with others.
I find the shared items page to be especially useful when sharing content with students, even inside the VLE (virtual learning environment, such as D2L, Angel, Moodle, or any other you might think of). Here’s a video of how that works (embedded below, or open in new page with link.).
Here’s a few other links.
- Wikipedia entry on Google Reader.
- Official Google Reader blog
- Google Reader for iPhone
- Quotes about Greader from Jane Hart’s Top 100 Tools site
- Cnet: Newbie’s Guide to Google Reader
- Screencast about Greader from Andy Wibbles
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