Using an RSS Feed to Manage Blog Subscriptions Jan McGee, LMS West Monroe High School 201 Riggs Street West Monroe, LA 71291 [email_address] Ouachita Parish School System Take Me to Your Feeder:

Information Overload? Overwhelmed by

Bombarded by the Blogosphere?

Does the term “ RSS Feed ” sound like an Alien Encounter?

Let me take you to my feeder !

“ R S S ” means R ich S ite S ummary R eally S imple S yndication OR In “Oprah-Speak” . . . .

R ich S ite S ummary

R eally S imple S yndication

OR

In “Oprah-Speak” . . . .

I’m R eady for S ome S tories News Stories The New York Times The Wall Street Journal News Readers CNN News Yahoo News Blogs

News Stories

The New York Times

The Wall Street Journal

News Readers

CNN News

Yahoo News

Blogs

Old Way

RSS Way

2 Steps to using an RSS Reader Sign up for RSS Reader Account Subscribe to a website’s or blog’s RSS subscription Yes, please, send me your stories!

Sign up for RSS Reader Account

Subscribe to a website’s or blog’s RSS subscription

Types of Newsreader Services Bloglines Owned by Ask.com. Free, online news reader. Social features such as blogroll sharing and user blogs, also has a mobile version and blog search. Google Reader Free web-based news reader owned by Google. Users can share items with contacts, add a Google Gadget to their start page, and access a mobile version. Rojo Free online news reader whose name means RSS with mojo. Members can vote and tag stories, create contact lists, and see stories other people are reading.

Bloglines Owned by Ask.com. Free, online news reader. Social features such as blogroll sharing and user blogs, also has a mobile version and blog search.

Google Reader Free web-based news reader owned by Google. Users can share items with contacts, add a Google Gadget to their start page, and access a mobile version.

Rojo Free online news reader whose name means RSS with mojo. Members can vote and tag stories, create contact lists, and see stories other people are reading.

Newsreader Services NewsGator This news reader has a free online version or a desktop version that they charge for. Users can IM and email items to friends, and view podcasts and videos within the reader. Live Bookmarks This is a method of subscribing to RSS feeds via a Web browser. Users can access stories within the bookmarks folder or sidebar of their browser. Personal Start Pages

NewsGator This news reader has a free online version or a desktop version that they charge for. Users can IM and email items to friends, and view podcasts and videos within the reader.

Live Bookmarks This is a method of subscribing to RSS feeds via a Web browser. Users can access stories within the bookmarks folder or sidebar of their browser.

Personal Start Pages

BlogLines Feed List Search Reading Pane Clippings Folder Add Feed Mark as Read Date Sort Mark New Email Article Clip Indexes tens of millions of RSS feeds Available in 10 languages Features

Feed List

Search

Reading Pane

Clippings Folder

Add Feed

Mark as Read

Date Sort

Mark New

Email Article

Clip

Indexes tens of millions of RSS feeds

Available in 10 languages

To Create a BlogLines Account: Go to http://www.bloglines.com Click “Sign up now”

Go to http://www.bloglines.com

Click “Sign up now”

Create Account Fill in account information Click “Register” An email verification will be sent to your email address

Fill in account information

Click “Register”

An email verification will be sent to your email address

Subscribing to a Blog: 1

http://kathyschrock.net/blog/index.htm

Click Subscribe at Bottom of Screen

You are subscribed! Note: BlogLines will always tell you how many new entries are listed

You are subscribed!

Note: BlogLines will always tell you how many new entries are listed

Subscribing to BlogLines: 2 Locate Feed

Copy URL from Address Bar

Adding a Feed: 2 Log in to BlogLines Select “Add” tab.

Log in to BlogLines

Select “Add” tab.

Paste the URL into the Blog or Feed URL box Click “Subscribe”

Paste the URL into the Blog or Feed URL box

Click “Subscribe”

Click “Subscribe”

Subscribing to BlogLines : 3 http://heyjude.wordpress.com/

RSS Feed Link

Copy the URL

Copy the URL

Log in to BlogLines Click the “Add” tab Paste the URL into the box Click “Subscribe”

Log in to BlogLines

Click the “Add” tab

Paste the URL into the box

Click “Subscribe”

Click “Subscribe” at bottom of screen

Click “Subscribe” at bottom of screen

Other blogs use this symbol: Click the symbol to get to the URL feed. Then, copy and paste the URL into BlogLines as usual.

Additional Reading: How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html

How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way

http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html

YouTube: RSS in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU RSS In Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

Flickr Wikis Blogs YouTube Quizlet Ever wonder Where Other People get those great ideas?

My Library BlogLines A Library by Any Other Name http://alibraryisalibrary.blogspot.com/ Deliciously Clean Reads http://cleanreads.blogspot.com/ Depraved Librarian http://depravedlibrarian.blogspot.com/ For Whom the Bell Told: Ma Bell’s Blog about Librarians and Librarianship http://drmabell.blogspot.com/

A Library by Any Other Name

http://alibraryisalibrary.blogspot.com/

Deliciously Clean Reads

http://cleanreads.blogspot.com/

Depraved Librarian

http://depravedlibrarian.blogspot.com/

For Whom the Bell Told: Ma Bell’s Blog about Librarians and Librarianship

http://drmabell.blogspot.com/

My Library BlogLines Library Crunch http://www.librarycrunch.com/ Lucy & Ethel’s Library Schemes http://lucyandethelinthelibrary.blogspot.com/ Muller in the Middle http://mullerinthemiddle.blogspot.com/ Never-Ending Search (Joyce Valenza) http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html?nid=3714

Library Crunch

http://www.librarycrunch.com/

Lucy & Ethel’s Library Schemes

http://lucyandethelinthelibrary.blogspot.com/

Muller in the Middle

http://mullerinthemiddle.blogspot.com/

Never-Ending Search (Joyce Valenza)

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html?nid=3714

Library BlogLines School Library Learning 2.0 http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/ YA Authors Café http://yaauthorscafe.blogspot.com/ Isinglass Teen Read Award Booktalk Podcasts http://www.hopkintonschools.org/hhs/library/podcast.html

School Library Learning 2.0

http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/

YA Authors Café

http://yaauthorscafe.blogspot.com/

Isinglass Teen Read Award Booktalk Podcasts

http://www.hopkintonschools.org/hhs/library/podcast.html

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Brian Mull

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog

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Giveaway of the Day

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Hey Jude

http:// heyjude.wordpress.com /

Infinite Thinking Machine

http:// www.infinitethinking.org /

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Maricopa Experience

http:// maricopatech.blogspot.com /

Moving at the Speed of Creativity

http:// www.speedofcreativity.org /

ReadWriteWeb

http:// www.readwriteweb.com /

TeachingTech

http://teachingtechinfo.blogspot.com/

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Tech Savvy Educator

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