Aggregator as textbook??

I can always count on Will Richardson to invoke thought. (btw, he is presenting at the CUEBC.CA conference October 19,2007 in Maple Ridge, BC)

This blog entry,http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/aggregator-as-textbook/ provides some thought about integrating RSS and aggregators.

I guess my answer to the question is solved by asking a few other questions.
1. What do I really want to learn - facts or ideas?
2. Will the information be valuable - to me, to students, in 1 day, 1 year, 10 years?

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. The Aggregator brings news and blog entries to one aggregated spot for me to view. I set the preferences as to how often it checks and the entries that are brought to me.

Using any RSS aggregator, we can have students choose information that is valuable to the class and to their learning. After a course, a textbook will sit on a shelf (or ...)

Learning how to learn by managing incoming content is †an essential skill for literate citizens of today.

I was using Safari and its bookmark bar to manage my RSS feeds. I did find it quite useful. I am now using Google Reader to manage them so that I can access my feeds from any computer. I would like to have time to read by feeds daily; however, I go to them when I have time or am looking for one of my interests.