RSS

RSS Expert Page

This video,[| RSS in Plain English], explains what RSS is and how to set up your own feed.

-RSS feeds stand for Really Simple Syndication -RSS allows you to aggregate or collect updates from any number of sites that are of interest to you. Now longer do you have to check each individual site for updates, all of it comes to you in one place. The feed helps you search for these updates by looking for key words or focusing on certain sites that you select.
 * What is RSS?**

Use one of the many web-based readers, like - [|Google Reader] -- accessible from anywhere and linked to your gmail account - [|Google Gears] -- Allows you to take your feeds with you. You can save the text of whatever is waiting to be read and read it offline. - [|Bloglines] -- Will Richardson's choice
 * How do I set up my aggregator/reader?**

For a full list of aggregators, check out [|News on Feeds]

- Most blogs have a link to their feeds on their homepages: “Syndicate this site (XML)” or “RSS 1.0 (or 2.0)” or an orange icon that says “XML.” Copy the URL (the web address of that page). No matter what the page looks like, that URL is the feed. -[| RSS Compendium] -- List of feeds from governments from around the world, schools and universities, businesses, etc. - [|News.Google.com] -- Search news feeds
 * How do I find feeds to add to my reader?**

Use [|Google News] or [|Yahoo News] to set up an RSS feed for a particular news search. 1. Search Google or Yahoo News. Use Advanced Search to narrow down your results. 2. Click the RSS link (at the top left in Google, and top right in Yahoo). 3. Copy the URL of the absurd page of code that comes up. 4. Paste the URL into your reader. To set up a feed for a Blog search, use [|Bloglines], [|Blogdigger], [|Syndic8], [|pubsub], or [|Technorati]. To set up a feed for a website search, use [|Google Alerts] or [|MSN]. To set up a Vanity feed (who is blogging about you?), create a watchlist using[| Technorati], [|BlogPulse] or [|pubsub]. //*Feedster, mentioned in Richardson's book, is dead.//
 * Fancier:**

- Students can set up their own feeds during a research project so that they collect a variety of up to date sources on their topic.
 * How is RSS useful for students?**

- If you are requiring students to use a Weblog you can have your feed aggregate all of their work so it’s in one place to review. - Keep track of students' feeds (and therefore work flow) using [|Blogdigger] or [|RSSmix]. -Good article about how RSS can facilitate your classroom blog: http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/articles/view.php?id=6 -RSS allows you to keep track of what your friends are bookmarking. This feature could be helpful for teachers because they could bookmark certain sites to facilitate student research and then kids could check out their feed. -RSS can help teachers with professional development and collaboration: (Check out these education blogs where teachers are keeping track of their experiences, lesson plans, reflections, and then syndicating their work through RSS as a model of how we can be more digitally collaborative.) Teaching Generation Z - [] Bud the Teacher - [] Remote Access - [] Smelly Knowledge - []
 * How can RSS make a teacher's life easier?**

Good luck!