Using+iGoogle

If we're going to use half of the things we've discussed - wikis, blogs, twitters, nings, ribs, and the like, there's the potential for the kids to have so much stuff that they can't keep track of it. So, I had a little play with iGoogle, which sets up an individual home page for each kid. I've set mine up with Google Reader, which tracks updates to blogs and wikis that kids are subscribed to, and with Google Calendar. They can also add whatever other crap they like - you can see one of my favourite apps, Deathclock, on the right. (It counts down in real time).



This might be a good central point for the kids to start from. It could allow a very open structure - lots of different stuff happening - but everything effectively tracked and visible in one place. I've done a very technical, high precision organisation diagram to show how it could work:

The strength is the interaction of RSS feeds and Google Reader - they can sign up for updats in precisely the things they need to see, be it from blogs, wikis or probably anything else we pick up.

Any thoughts?