What is RSS? and Why Should You (teacher, librarian, student) Care?” Jo Ann Ponville EBRPSS Instructional Technology Facilitator

RSS Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication Lets view a short video on RSS

Rich Site Summary

Really Simple Syndication

Lets view a short video on RSS

Advantages Save time and bandwidth--You are notified when a website is updated Alerts you when a search finds new results Gives you control over information you receive Content comes directly to you at specified interval (daily, weekly) Website owners do not have access to your email address or personal information NO possibility of spam or junk mail

Save time and bandwidth--You are notified when a website is updated

Alerts you when a search finds new results

Gives you control over information you receive

Content comes directly to you at specified interval (daily, weekly)

Website owners do not have access to your email address or personal information

NO possibility of spam or junk mail

WHAT TYPES OF SITES PROVIDE RSS FEEDS? Newspapers News Services Magazines Databases and database aggregators Websites Blogs Wikis

Newspapers

News Services

Magazines

Databases and database aggregators

Websites

Blogs

Wikis

EDUCATOR & STUDENT USE OF RSS Keep track of current events or topics of interest (coastal erosion, global warming, presidential appointments…) Read favorite newpapers, journals, magazines Subscribe to blogs and websites from other educators, political or professional organizations, or based around a hobby or topic of study Search alert from subscription databases Subscribe to podcasts

Keep track of current events or topics of interest (coastal erosion, global warming, presidential appointments…)

Read favorite newpapers, journals, magazines

Subscribe to blogs and websites from other educators, political or professional organizations, or based around a hobby or topic of study

Search alert from subscription databases

Subscribe to podcasts

Finding a Feed Not all websites provide feeds 2 Formats for syndicating a website RSS– older ATOM—newer form of syndication Search Google for a term plus RSS (example: louisiana +rss) Use Technorati -- a search engine that searches only blogs Search4RSS Your reader may suggest feeds based on your subscriptions or by category

Not all websites provide feeds

2 Formats for syndicating a website

RSS– older

ATOM—newer form of syndication

Search Google for a term plus RSS (example: louisiana +rss)

Use Technorati -- a search engine that searches only blogs

Search4RSS

Your reader may suggest feeds based on your subscriptions or by category

HOW DO I KNOW IF A SITE CONTAINS A FEED? Look around the site for icons

Look around the site for icons

Find text on the site that says “ RSS Feed” “ ATOM Feed” “ Syndicate this Site (XML)"” “ Grab my XML feed” “ Subscribe to Feed” “ Add New York Times RSS feeds” Text Links

Find text on the site that says

“ RSS Feed”

“ ATOM Feed”

“ Syndicate this Site (XML)"”

“ Grab my XML feed”

“ Subscribe to Feed”

“ Add New York Times RSS feeds”

Branded icons Add to MyYahoo button Add to NewsGator button Subscribe with Bloglines button Feedburner XML button

Browser Based Internet Explorer 7 FEED tab lights up

Internet Explorer 7 FEED tab lights up

SEARCH ALERT EBSCO or other Database

EBSCO or other Database

WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBSCRIBE TO A FEED? A news aggregator A feed reader RSS Reader Aggregator features are frequently built into Portal sites such as My Yahoo! and iGoogle Web browsers (Internet Explorer 7, Firefox) and email programs (Outlook 2007)

A news aggregator

A feed reader

RSS Reader

Aggregator features are frequently built into

Portal sites such as My Yahoo! and iGoogle

Web browsers (Internet Explorer 7, Firefox)

and email programs (Outlook 2007)

Sample RSS Readers Google Reader NewzCrawler FeedDemon Netvibes Omea Reader Bloglines NewsGator FeedReader Awasu Personal Edition News Fire Blog Navigator SharpReader Internet Explorer 7 Outlook 2007 Yahoo! FireFox Live Bookmarks Safari (Mac OS X) NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)

Google Reader

NewzCrawler

FeedDemon

Netvibes

Omea Reader

Bloglines

NewsGator

FeedReader

Awasu Personal Edition

News Fire

Blog Navigator

SharpReader

Internet Explorer 7

Outlook 2007

Yahoo!

FireFox Live Bookmarks

Safari (Mac OS X)

NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)

HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO A FEED? Click the "RSS" button and copy the web site address Paste the address in the “subscribe” area of your feed reader OR…

Click the "RSS" button and copy the web site address

Paste the address in the “subscribe” area of your feed reader

OR…

OR Simply click on the “add to ____ ” button

LETS LOOK AT GOOGLE READER

GOOGLE READER RECOMMENDS FEEDS Click the Browse for stuff link on the left Recommendations tab on the left suggests new feeds based on your existing subscriptions Browse tab on right suggests pre-compiled bundles of feeds by topic, or search by keyword or category

Click the Browse for stuff link on the left

Recommendations tab on the left suggests new feeds based on your existing subscriptions

Browse tab on right suggests pre-compiled bundles of feeds by topic, or search by keyword or category

GOOGLE READER RECOMMENDS FEEDS

The Advocate newspaper A blog LETS ADD SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS

The Advocate newspaper

A blog

Click RSS Click Adds this feed to your Internet Explorer 7 reader OR for Google Reader Copy URL In reader click LETS ADD SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS

Click RSS

Click

Adds this feed to your Internet Explorer 7 reader

OR for Google Reader

Copy URL

In reader click

LETS LOOK AT EBSCO ALERTS http://search.ebscohost.comlogin.aspx?authtype=uid

RESOURCES Mary Harrsch “ RSS: The Next Killer App For Education ” Fagan Finder “ Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds ” *Will Richardson RSS Quickstart Guide for Education Brian Mull http://brianmull.wikispaces.com/RSS Tutorial http://www.rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html

Mary Harrsch “ RSS: The Next Killer App For Education ”

Fagan Finder “ Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds ”

*Will Richardson RSS Quickstart Guide for Education

Brian Mull http://brianmull.wikispaces.com/RSS

Tutorial http://www.rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html

Questions? Presentation will be posted at http://ebritrss.wikispaces.com/ Contact Jo Ann Ponville [email_address]

Presentation will be posted at

http://ebritrss.wikispaces.com/

Contact Jo Ann Ponville

[email_address]