| Reviewed: |
Jun 29, 2011 by Teacher Education |
| Overview: |
Reeder is an app that makes it easy to view and share Google Reader content. Educators who use Google Reader to subscribe to blogs and other feeds can use Reeder to quickly keep up with new posts. Posts can be shared by email or various social networking tools such as Read It Later and Twitter. |
| Learning Goals: |
Use potential is broad and specific learning goals would be determined by the teacher. |
| Target Student Population: |
This product would be of most benefit for a teacher in consolidating student-generated content and student activity coming from a variety or Web-based sources. Students need to be old enough to establish a Google account. This is primarily a tool for teachers or older students. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: |
Since the app is tied to Google Reader, users must be at least 13 years of age to have a Google account. Users will need to understand how to subscribe to an RSS feed and how to manage feeds in Google Reader. |
| Type of Material: |
This item is an app. |
| Recommended Uses: |
This can be a good tool for keeping in touch with rapidly changing content related to courses using online resources such as blogs, wikis, and other content feeds without staying at the computer since the app works on any Apple based mobile device. One reviewer uses Reeder to view student reflections posted their their blogs. Students could use it to follow important feeds related to a course they are taking. |
| Technical Requirements: |
App is designed for Apple products: iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMacs and other Mac computers. Users must have a Google Reader account. |
