Discuss the following warm-up questions:
- How can journalists use social media to report the news better?
- Do you believe everything you read on facebook, twitter or other sites? Why or why not?
- Why is social media good? Why is it bad?
- Which news agencies did you follow for your homework?
Student presentations
Tell us about the news.
RSS Feeds.
RSS is used to access the news as it happens. Through online reading programs, such as google reader, people can subscribe to RSS feeds, which bring the news to the reader. Readers can subscribe to many news sites and even people’s blogs. Once a person subscribes, the articles will be delivered directly to the RSS reader.
Try adding google reader and subscribing to a news site now!