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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

RSS - The Next Killer App For Education

This article prompts me to suggest another ideal use for RSS and blogs or wikis in education; homework assignments.

If each teacher would maintain a blog or wiki with an RSS or Atom feed in which they posted homework assignments and upcoming quiz and test dates and subjects, students and parents alike could subscribe to the feeds. This would actually be quite beneficial to both student and parent alike. Students would no longer be in a position where they forget to jot down the homework assignment, and parents could use the information as leverage against impetuous teens who claim not to have any assignments, etc.

I seem to recall a site that offered a service whereby teachers could post homework assignments (was it homework.com?) for their classes; but this would be far simpler and could be more easily personalized.

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