Bud the Teacher

    I am currently using a discussion board to connect some of my students with students at another school three hours or so away.  I love that we can "get together" via the Internet and talk about the books we’re reading and what’s going on in our lives.  I think the discussion board is good practice at communication. 
    But it’s not so user friendly sometimes.  Wouldn’t an RSS subscription to the blogs of all of the students involved in our online exchange be a much easier tool for students to use?  They would spend less time searching for comments and more time responding to those comments that interest them.  I know I’ve said this before, but thanks to Will Richardson, I can’t stop thinking about it.  Now if only I had time to catch up on the other great ideas at his blog.