What is RSS and Why Should I Care? Information for K-12 Educators and Administrators Presenter: Leah Stephenson Botetourt County Public Schools [email_address] Additional Materials Located Here: www.bcps.k12.va.us/vste2008.htm

John Herndon’s Blog http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/weblog/jhendron/

Furry Bee cc licensed Flickr photo by Automania

Spider on Daylily cc licensed Flickr photo by aussiegall

Relax cc licensed Flickr photo by BlakJakDavy

Got Newspaper? cc licensed Flickr photo by Dillon H.

The Choices cc licensed Flickr photo by Orin Optiglot

Outside the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. cc licensed Flickr photo by Robert Dumas

RSS

Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?> <rss version=&quot;2.0&quot;> <channel> <item> <title>Greenfield Podcasts</title> <link>http://www.bcps.k12.va.us/greenfield/podcast002.mp3</link> <description>Greenfield Elementary Events Podcast</description> <link>http://www.bcps.k12.va.us/greenfield</link> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>2007</copyright> <enclosure url=&quot;http://www.bcps.k12.va.us/greenfield/podcast002.mp3 length=5917928 type=&quot;audio/mpeg&quot;/> </rss>

Makes me wanna jump cc licensed Flickr photo by laurenatclemson

iGoogle Account

Baby birds! cc licensed Flickr photo by .robbie

Feeds

Elements of Google Reader

Shift ?

OPML

Shared Items http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14049078780749090545

http:// www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen /

http:// blog.mrmeyer.com/?p =324

http:// thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab /

http:// zenhabits.net /

http:// photojojo.com /

http:// www.leadertalk.org /

http:// www.leadertalk.org /

http:// www.slackermanager.com /

http:// lifehacker.com /

http:// blog.ted.com /

Other Ways to Use RSS

Flickr

News Searches

Calendar

Student Blogs

Shared Items http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14049078780749090545

http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14049078780749090545

Google Document Changes

Packages, Weather. . . and many more

How To Track Packages http:// isnoop.net /tracking/

http:// isnoop.net /tracking/

Weather From http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/ Weather in Roanoke, VA, use the zip code for Roanoke (24016): http:// weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p =24016”

From http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

Weather in Roanoke, VA, use the zip code for Roanoke (24016): http:// weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p =24016”

Amazon Amazon Bestsellers Hot New Releases Movers & Shakers

Amazon Bestsellers

Hot New Releases

Movers & Shakers

Craig’s List

UVA Feeds http:// www.virginia.edu/rss.html

Virginia Tech Feeds http:// www.hokiesports.com/rssfeed.html

Capybara cc licensed Flickr photo by Schmeeve RUS Rodent of Unusual Size Princess Bride Reference

What is RSS and Why Should I Care? Presenter: Leah Stephenson [email_address] Additional Materials Located Here: www.bcps.k12.va.us/vste2008.htm