Thing #12. Do You Digg?

The answer is yes, I do. I have for a while, and I will likely continue to do so. But this tool is more of a time-waster for me than anything. I get my news headlines on my internet start page and my rss feeders from various news sites. Those that I am interested in, I will read more about. What I've found Digg to be useful for is similar to the reuters "oddly enough" news - the news that isn't really news, but it's interesting, pop-culture-ish, humorous, or different. I take a look a few times a week to see the top stories, watch the funny videos, see the amazing pictures. That's how I utilize Digg.
I like the fact that people are coming together, sharing these stories (for whatever reason), and commenting on them. But it is what people are commenting on that I find this not to be an arena for in-depth dialogue (although it could be!), but rather just an interesting site.
As far as comparing Digg to any other "user-generated" news site, I prefer Digg for its user-friendliness. It is visibly appealing and very easy to sort through news stories - I can definitely get through a lot of stories in 10 minutes spent there.

Thing #3. Set Up an RSS Account & Add Feeds

I like this resource! I have spent a lot of time already adding my favorite websites to my Google Reader. I chose this aggregator as I already had an account with Google - and this allows me to go from one Google account to another without signing in every time. Google Reader will become even more valuable to me this coming school year, when I have little time to go to each of my favorite news sites.

There are some good education sites out there - I have chosen to share a few stories of interest from these sources with a link on this blog... at least I hope it's working! I will keep sharing stories that I am interested in or that I feel pertain specifically to something I'm learning with 23Things.