Open Classroom with Aggregator (Pageflakes) Katrin Saks EATE Summer Seminar 2009 26 August 2009

What is aggregator? Aggregator or feed aggregator , also known as feed reader or news reader , is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs (video blogs) in a single location for easy viewing.

Aggregator or feed aggregator , also known as feed reader or news reader , is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs (video blogs) in a single location for easy viewing.

Most common aggregators (1) Google Reader – www.google.com/reader . Google Reader lets you subscribe to your favorite websites so new content comes to you when it's posted. Bloglines – www.bloglines.com . A web-based personal news aggregator that can be used in place of a desktop client.

Google Reader – www.google.com/reader . Google Reader lets you subscribe to your favorite websites so new content comes to you when it's posted.

Bloglines – www.bloglines.com . A web-based personal news aggregator that can be used in place of a desktop client.

Most common aggregators (2) Netvibes – www.netvibes.com . Personal news aggregator with RSS and Atom support. Comes with a set of predefined news feeds. Pageflakes – www.pageflakes.com . Social personalized homepage - the easiest way to read, see, discover and share your favorite things on the web.

Netvibes – www.netvibes.com . Personal news aggregator with RSS and Atom support. Comes with a set of predefined news feeds.

Pageflakes – www.pageflakes.com . Social personalized homepage - the easiest way to read, see, discover and share your favorite things on the web.

How to start? www.pageflakes.com

Signing up – Logging in

Naming the page, adding and deleting pages

Designing the page

Change Layout

Change Theme

Add RSS Feed (RSS, Atom) Samples of feed URLs: http://www.postimees.ee//rss/ http://www.tiigrihype.ee/rss.php http://iktkeeleope.blogspot.com

Samples of feed URLs:

http://www.postimees.ee//rss/

http://www.tiigrihype.ee/rss.php

http://iktkeeleope.blogspot.com

Getting more Flakes

Make Pagecast

Thank you! The slides will be published at: English Teachers’ Community http://inglisekeel.ning.com Katrin Saks may be contacted by [email_address]

The slides will be published at:

English Teachers’ Community

http://inglisekeel.ning.com

Katrin Saks may be contacted by [email_address]