Week 3 Weekly Report and Reflection

One of the articles on my RSS feed, was called UN probes 7 more Syrian chemical weapons cases, written by Reuters for the Toronto Star. This article showing up on my feed allowed me to keep up to date in the goings-on, in Syria, where there are many more questions than answers. This article informs my own learning, by giving me the facts of what is currently happening in Syria, while also not giving an opinion on whom is right or wrong in this case, allowing for me to make my own, educated, opinion.

Biderman, A, (CC) 2013 - PLE

One of the great aspects of having a RSS feed is how it allows you to pick and choose the sources where you want to get your information from. By doing this, it allows one to be more selective in what they read, while also making sure that they get the information from a source that they trust. A RSS feed clearly helps one with their digital literacy for all the reasons I mentioned above. It also helps users be more digitally responsible, because they don't just search for a topic, but they find an article on a topic, through trusted sources. RSS feeds also help users become a better, and more well-rounded digital citizen because it helps organize all the information in to one area.

Referring back to my Personal Learning Environment (PLE), my Feedly RSS feed, would fit under the applications branch of it. This is because, like iTunes for example, it helps me to organize different files, and information in to one easy to access page.