Regularly reading school library and education related journals and blogs is one of the best - and simplest - ways you can undertake professional development. There is a wealth of information freely available online that can help you find fresh ideas, inspiring people, great tools, book reviews and more. But where to begin? To make it easy for you to incorporate professional reading into your library routine, we have put together a bundle of RSS feeds that are perfect for school librarians. RSS feeds help you keep up to date with all the newest content from a website, by sending updates to you as they happen. To get started with our feed bundle, you will need
When you have imported the OPML file, your feed reader will be full of blog posts, and at first that can seem overwhelming. Your application will have an option to "Mark All as Read", and you might want to do this initially to clear the back-log, and then start reading later in the day with fewer, fresh posts to read. Removing any individual feeds that aren't pertinent to your situation will help keep things manageable, too. If you’re not already using RSS feeds to make professional reading a regular part of your library learning, there’s no time like the present to get started! Please leave suggestions in the comments here if you have any ‘essential reads’ that you think we should add to our bundle of feeds. Miriam Tuohy Professional Development Team Leader Instructions for importing an OPML file into a variety of applications can be found here.
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Steph Ellis
26/8/2013 04:31:20 am
This is AWESOME! So much learning, but it can be done at your own pace - and only when you feel like it.
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26/8/2013 11:46:38 pm
Thank you for making the process so easy to follow, I've been muddling along until now.
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Miriam Tuohy
29/8/2013 03:48:26 am
If you are setting this up with Feedly, you can follow this link directly to Feedly's OPML import page: http://cloud.feedly.com/#cortex
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Lois Huston
17/9/2013 03:34:19 am
I've been using this for a couple of weeks now, and it is excellent. With so much technology around and so much jargon, sometimes it's intimidating to try something new. Thank you Miriam, for sharing your expertise and making it easy.
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