Post 4

A handful of the articles in my RSS Feed definitely already match up with information I already was aware of. Being a member of NCTE, I receive a newsletter in the mail as well as online from them, and many of these articles I had already glanced through and/or read. The feed does offer some more instant updates and kept neatly in chronological order that can help me go back to something or see some instant information which is definitely cool. However, a lot of the information about what's happening with the NCTE, such as promoting literacy with the upcoming election and an article on close reading and working to improve your students critical reading skills. Additionally, a lot of the information in the Riverfront Times feed was about local elections that I had already done prior research into, most notably the Senate race between Claire McCaskill and Todd Akin. However, in many of these articles that had information I already knew, some of them offered new insights or details that helped to "fill in the cracks".