4.3: Push Technology

Push Technology is a term similar in meaning as 'to subscribe'.  It means that internet users can have access to new information without looking for them.  They basically 'subscribe' to a particular channel or site and get alerts send to them about what's new.

Many websites have this feature, like messenger, sport results, email etc.

When we browse on the web and see this symbol (RSS Feeder) it means that the user can subscribe to a particular site and have information of their interest sent to them.

It can be accessed via PCs, laptops and smart phones.  The original Blackburry was the first to adopt such a system by allowing users to communicate and share messages through the web.

This is constantly updating depending on how many feeds to subscribe to and gives you news directly when you log on to your computer or access the reader icon on your phone.

Subscriptions work in the same way where you subscribe to various websites and instead of having it directly providing a feed for your blog the information gets sent to your email.

 

Twitter is a good exemple of Push Technonology.  Users subscribe to news feeds and with the push of a button can access all the posts.

 

There are many benefits to using this system in Education and I plan on using it to inform students of new posts on the Blog I set up for them to read and comment on.

 

Another way that this can be used in my discipline is to send videos, newspaper articles and English exrecises to students and allow them to access the material and hopefully increase students interest and enrich their learning experience.