Using RSS Readers in Education: The Google Reader

Introductions What do you teach? Do you use RSS now?

What do you teach?

Do you use RSS now?

Who Here Reads Newspapers?

News Story Syndication Story is written Story is sent to “the wire” Papers pick up ‘feed’ off the wire Story appears here

Syndication

Syndication Appears in many papers

Reading Newspapers

RSS is like reading newspaper Lots of newspapers!

Lots of newspapers!

What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication

From “Push” to “Pull”

RSS in Plain English http://snipurl.com/1w8wi

“My” Google Reader

Types of Information RSS Can Bring to You News Headlines News Search Results Organizational News & Updates Clinical Guidelines Grant Opportunities Journal Table of Contents Web Searches Web 2.0 Blogs Blog Search Results Del.icio.us Flickr Groups Wikis Youtube more …

News Headlines

News Search Results

Organizational News & Updates

Clinical Guidelines

Grant Opportunities

Journal Table of Contents

Web Searches

Web 2.0

Blogs

Blog Search Results

Del.icio.us

Flickr Groups

Wikis

Youtube

more …

Examples of RSS Feeds: NIH Grants

Examples of RSS Feeds: Blogs

Examples of RSS Feeds: Pubmed Search

Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader

http://www.google.com/reader

Google Reader Sign in with free account

Sign in with free account

RSS Feed: Subscribing 1. Find a feed. 2. Find the RSS link . 3. Copy the URL or link. 4. Go to Google Reader. 5. Click on Add Subscription. 6. Paste in the link. 7. Organize the new feed into your folders or subject structure.

1. Find a feed.

2. Find the RSS link .

3. Copy the URL or link.

4. Go to Google Reader.

5. Click on Add Subscription.

6. Paste in the link.

7. Organize the new feed into your folders or subject structure.

Subscribing Some pages offer buttons you can just click on to add a feed. This allows you to skip steps 2-6!

Some pages offer buttons you can just click on to add a feed.

This allows you to skip steps 2-6!

Step 1 (Find Webpage) Google News Search

Google News Search

Step 2 (Find RSS Link)

Step 3 (Copy Link) or This skips steps 4-6

Step 4 (Go to Reader)

Step 5 (Add Feed) Click on Add subscription This expands to give you space to paste the URL.

Click on Add subscription

This expands to give you space to paste the URL.

Step 6 (Paste Link) Paste the URL in the box, then click ADD.

Paste the URL in the box, then click ADD.

Step 7 (Sort Feed) The feed might look like this Manage subscriptions allow you to group feeds

Step 7 (Sort Feed) Choose a topic folder or create a new folder. TIP: When you view a folder, you see the newest items for the topic all integrated together.

Choose a topic folder or create a new folder.

TIP: When you view a folder, you see the newest items for the topic all integrated together.

Other Neat Things to Do With RSS Environmental scanning and market research Get weather reports, daily cartoons, sports scores … Feed from social bookmarking sites like http://del.icio.us Get trends on your feeds Items per day Your reading trends

Environmental scanning and market research

Get weather reports, daily cartoons, sports scores …

Feed from social bookmarking sites like http://del.icio.us

Get trends on your feeds

Items per day

Your reading trends

“My” Google Reader

Using RSS Personally & Professionally

Credits: Britt Watwood, VCU “Using RSS Personally and Professionally” Patricia F. Anderson, U. Mich “RSS Demystified” Perter Bromberg, SJRLC