Michael Chalk has been working as an adult language literacy teacher for over eight years. He is now working as Flexible Learning Co-ordinator at Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education (PRACE), and has participated in and led a number of projects such as the Flexible Learning Leaders program in 2003 when he researched open source software. Perhaps the most well known of Michael's projects is 'At the Beach' a fun and informative site for adult language and literacy students, built in collaboration with other teachers at PRACE.

In this opinion piece Michael Chalk reflects on the opportunities for using Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication (RSS), web logging (Blogging) and repositories in flexible facilitation, teaching and learning. Click to view.

Access the archive of the Michael's live voice online interview with Alan Levine of Maricopa Community College, Arizona and Garry Putland of EdNA Online, where we discussed how it can work in practice.

Download RSS: A Quickstart Guide for Educators, courtesy of Will Richardson, www.weblogg-ed.com