Grace's+RSS+Feed+Project+Journal

07.13.12 6:44am

Like everyone else in the universe, the first thing I did was type into Google “What are RSS feeds?” And the first choice website for the search was Wikipedia which brought me to this screen:

or BIGGER version:

So my first thought was... this is exactly what my SpEd kids feel like in English class! I mean... not only did I not understand any of the blue key words except blog and software... but this is what I tell my students about finding a text (such as a novel) which is suitable for their level of reading. “For each word you don’t understand, put up one finger,” if you have more than 2-3 fingers up the text is going to be challenging, if it’s more than 4-5 fingers, you probably want to find a different text.” Well, looking at the Wikipedia Entry, I think I wouldn’t have enough toes and fingers to put up trying to decode what it’s trying to say. Bottom line is... I’m realizing in order to figure out what a RSS feed is... I’m going to have to learn what a lot other things are. To start with the beginning of the explanation I have to figure out what: web feed, syndication, metadata, XML... are...

 proceed

Back to my beautiful bike - which I recently upgraded with a "noseless seat"it's wonderful. Now I can wear any kind of pants I want to bike, don't have to put on butt chamois and my //those parts down there// don't get assaulted.

//Anyone up for some biking? Rickeena, I know you want to...//