I just made a first pass at setting up my Google Reader account with 7 feeds, ranging from items genuinely useful to my professional development (e.g. Scientific American) to pure fluff (e.g. Cute Overload). It was fun to browse the "pre-packaged bundles" that Google had put together, then pick and choose the feeds I thought would be useful or entertaining. I like the idea of having all that "latest and greatest" info in one place.
Since I've been "all over the place" as a sub the past 10 years (I sub K-12, all subjects), my knowledge of Science has both atrophied and lagged behind. If I can focus on the Science articles that come across my reader, and not get too distracted by the entertaining-but-not-particularly-useful items, I think this will help to refresh my database.
As far as a Science classroom goes, this is a great way to make my subject "relevant". What better way to engage the students while I take attendance than to put a current story, image or video up on the screen for their perusal? The reader will also keep me up-to-date on current topics that might come up in or class discussions. And sometimes, it's just a nice stress-reliever to put up something entertaining for the kids to enjoy. Last year I subbed a couple of days after April Fool's Day, and was able to show this excellent spoof video on penguins made by the BBC:
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Hilarious video!
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