RSS For Education What is RSS? Ways RSS is being used. Ways to use RSS in Education.

What is RSS?

Ways RSS is being used.

Ways to use RSS in Education.

What is RSS ?

What is RSS? RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary Very simply, it is a web page with a .xml file type that can be subscribed to and read by a newsreader(aggregator). The aggregator will find the new content and display it when it becomes available. Newsreaders(sometimes called aggregators) are very easy to find and use. Stand Alone Applications Through a Web Browser In essence, it is content that comes to you, instead of having to search for it. It will save you an infinite amount of time.

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary

Very simply, it is a web page with a .xml file type that can be subscribed to and read by a newsreader(aggregator). The aggregator will find the new content and display it when it becomes available.

Newsreaders(sometimes called aggregators) are very easy to find and use.

Stand Alone Applications

Through a Web Browser

In essence, it is content that comes to you, instead of having to search for it. It will save you an infinite amount of time.

The Ways RSS is being used.

Ways RSS is being used:

Newsfeeds News and other content waiting for you!

Getting Started with Newsfeeds 1. Decide upon a web-based aggregator or a desktop(stand alone) aggregator. A few examples: Web based: bloglines.com Desktop: Vienna Browser: Opera 9, Safari, Firefox Plug-in

1. Decide upon a web-based aggregator or a desktop(stand alone) aggregator.

A few examples:

Web based: bloglines.com

Desktop: Vienna

Browser: Opera 9, Safari, Firefox Plug-in

2. Start subscribing to feeds! This can be done in a few ways. Generally anytime you see these symbols, it means the web site you are on has a newsfeed. Find the icon and copy the link location. Then go back to your newsreader and paste it in the appropriate place. If you want help finding newsfeeds, go to: Technorati.com or Feedster.com • Opera 9 and Safari make this VERY easy.

Blogs Updated information from the people and topics you’re interested in.

Syndicated Blogs Many blogs are now offering syndicated material. Once you subscribe to the newsfeed, anytime the blog has a new entry, your newsreader will detect the new content and make it available to you.

Many blogs are now offering syndicated material. Once you subscribe to the newsfeed, anytime the blog has a new entry, your newsreader will detect the new content and make it available to you.

Wikis Be a part of actively creating content.

Syndicated Wikis As with blogs, a syndicated Wiki would just be a standard Wiki, but anytime any of the content changed on the Wiki, all the subscribers would be notified.

As with blogs, a syndicated Wiki would just be a standard Wiki, but anytime any of the content changed on the Wiki, all the subscribers would be notified.

Podcasts Audio content on the go.

Audio/Video Content Awaits Podcasts and Video Podcasts(vodcasts) are becoming increasingly more popular, much as blogs did about 3 years ago. Basically, a podcast is an audio or video blog. It has limitless possibilities of content. Go to itunes music store and subscribe for free. (You can also use other applications to subscribe to and download podcasts.)

Podcasts and Video Podcasts(vodcasts) are becoming increasingly more popular, much as blogs did about 3 years ago.

Basically, a podcast is an audio or video blog. It has limitless possibilities of content.

Go to itunes music store and subscribe for free. (You can also use other applications to subscribe to and download podcasts.)

Create your own Feeds! It’s not hard!

You can be the source! As long as you have a website or a blog of your own, you can create your own newsfeed. In reality you can also find websites that will enable you to create a feed. Feeder: Excellent software to publish your own newsfeeds or podcasts. Garageband: Probably the simplest way to create your own podcast. Using Feedburner.com, you can turn any blog or feed address into a working feed. This is extremely easy! FeedYes.com makes it VERY easy to create your own feed or to make a feed from any website. U. of Mississippi has a great tutorial on adding an RSS feed to your website. (http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/research/publications/orspit/rss_howto/index.html)

As long as you have a website or a blog of your own, you can create your own newsfeed. In reality you can also find websites that will enable you to create a feed.

Feeder: Excellent software to publish your own newsfeeds or podcasts.

Garageband: Probably the simplest way to create your own podcast.

Using Feedburner.com, you can turn any blog or feed address into a working feed. This is extremely easy!

FeedYes.com makes it VERY easy to create your own feed or to make a feed from any website.

U. of Mississippi has a great tutorial on adding an RSS feed to your website. (http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/research/publications/orspit/rss_howto/index.html)

Ways to use RSS for Education .

Major Time Saver!

Social Bookmarking Create bookmarks of internet sites and then syndicate these findings. Great for groups researching a topic together or an instructor that wants to share great websites they have found. Others can subscribe to your bookmarks and receive them whenever the publisher adds a new bookmark. Use furl.net or de.lic.io.us to set up social bookmarking. Using de.lic.io.us you can just subscribe to a bookmark feed of any tag. Citeulike.org allows you to search academic papers and then subscribe to feeds on academic topics.

Create bookmarks of internet sites and then syndicate these findings.

Great for groups researching a topic together or an instructor that wants to share great websites they have found.

Others can subscribe to your bookmarks and receive them whenever the publisher adds a new bookmark.

Use furl.net or de.lic.io.us to set up social bookmarking.

Using de.lic.io.us you can just subscribe to a bookmark feed of any tag.

Citeulike.org allows you to search academic papers and then subscribe to feeds on academic topics.

Student Blogs Students can keep their own blogs with their own rss feed. Blogger.com, etc. Offer free services. Others can subscribe to the blog and keep up to date with content. Comment on each others blogs Teachers can easily find individual student content by subscribing to individual feeds or by combining all the student feeds into one class feed.

Students can keep their own blogs with their own rss feed.

Blogger.com, etc. Offer free services.

Others can subscribe to the blog and keep up to date with content.

Comment on each others blogs

Teachers can easily find individual student content by subscribing to individual feeds or by combining all the student feeds into one class feed.

Classroom, School, or Community Newsfeeds Classroom or School Blogs. Parents/Students will receive new content as it is made available. Classroom calendars of events Assignments sent to your news reader. server.com/communityapps/discussionapp This is a great place to set up a learning community. It will send out newsfeeds of discussion amongst a community of learners.

Classroom or School Blogs. Parents/Students will receive new content as it is made available.

Classroom calendars of events

Assignments sent to your news reader.

server.com/communityapps/discussionapp This is a great place to set up a learning community. It will send out newsfeeds of discussion amongst a community of learners.

Syndicated Photos Using a service such as Flickr , it is possible to syndicate photos. As new photos are added, newsreaders will update content. Subscribe to feeds of photos with certain tags, such as “yosemite”.

Using a service such as Flickr , it is possible to syndicate photos.

As new photos are added, newsreaders will update content.

Subscribe to feeds of photos with certain tags, such as “yosemite”.

Auditory Learners Rejoice! It is possible to transform a textual feed into audio using talkr.com or feed2podcast.com A great way to reach learners with a variety of styles. Post notes into a blog and then can receive the audio.

It is possible to transform a textual feed into audio using talkr.com or feed2podcast.com

A great way to reach learners with a variety of styles.

Post notes into a blog and then can receive the audio.

Create personalized searchable RSS feeds Create an RSS feed based upon a any topic or even combinations of topics. This is EXTREMELY COOL! Get up to the minute news on any topic as it becomes available. Go to : http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.cfm Or just go to Yahoo, Google, MSN

Create an RSS feed based upon a any topic or even combinations of topics.

This is EXTREMELY COOL!

Get up to the minute news on any topic as it becomes available.

Go to :

http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.cfm

Or just go to Yahoo, Google, MSN

Combine your feeds Combine feeds to receive one feed. Go to: feedshake.com or rssmix.com Useful for a variety of purposes.

Combine feeds to receive one feed.

Go to: feedshake.com or rssmix.com

Useful for a variety of purposes.

Syndicate your Calendar Keep a calendar and have new events sent to your newsreader. Set up a newsfeed that will let you know what events you have scheduled for that day. Google Calendar, Trumba.com, RSS Calendar

Keep a calendar and have new events sent to your newsreader.

Set up a newsfeed that will let you know what events you have scheduled for that day.

Google Calendar, Trumba.com,

RSS Calendar

To Do Lists Have your to do lists sent to you through a feed. Reminders to be more productive. Remberthemilk.com or Tadalist.com

Have your to do lists sent to you through a feed. Reminders to be more productive.

Remberthemilk.com or Tadalist.com

Resources/Links/References RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators, Will Richardson, www. weblog-ed .com , 2005 RSS Ideas for Educators, Quentin D’Souza, http://www. teachinghacks .com Data Harvesting: Using RSS for Education, Robin Bartoletti, http: //ctln . net/Members/rbart/rss

RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators, Will Richardson, www. weblog-ed .com , 2005

RSS Ideas for Educators, Quentin D’Souza, http://www. teachinghacks .com

Data Harvesting: Using RSS for Education, Robin Bartoletti, http: //ctln . net/Members/rbart/rss

Resources/Links/References Other Websites: http://localendar.com/elsie http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/may2004/0405_trends.htm http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml http://www.basement.org/archives/2006/01/taking_rss_beyond_headlines_pa.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/05/165927.php http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home http://feedshake.com/ http://www.feedster.com/ http://www.googlealert.com/ http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.cfm http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/23/how-to-broadcatching-using-rss-bittorrent-to-automatically/ http://channels.lockergnome.com/rss/ http://www.furl.net/ http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175271 http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html

Other Websites:

http://localendar.com/elsie

http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/may2004/0405_trends.htm

http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml

http://www.basement.org/archives/2006/01/taking_rss_beyond_headlines_pa.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/05/165927.php

http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml

http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home

http://feedshake.com/

http://www.feedster.com/

http://www.googlealert.com/

http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.cfm

http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/23/how-to-broadcatching-using-rss-bittorrent-to-automatically/

http://channels.lockergnome.com/rss/

http://www.furl.net/

http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175271

http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html

Resources/Links/References http://www.netvibes.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/03/technology/techspecial3/03ethan.html?ex=1142053200&en=a31c7fe76481f642&ei=5070 http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/siteenhancements/a/rssuses.htm http://www.pubsub.com/newsgroups.php http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Website-Development/Quick-and-Easy-Site-Content-with-RSS-and-PHP.html http://www.reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/features.html http://allrss.com/rssfeeds.html http://www.rssmix.com/ http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/ http://www.syndic8.com/ http://www.teachinghacks.com/ http://technorati.com/ http://www.techweb.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=57700173 http://technologysource.org/article/rss/ http://radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist http://www.trumba.com/default.aspx http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/research/publications/orspit/rss_howto/index.html

http://www.netvibes.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/03/technology/techspecial3/03ethan.html?ex=1142053200&en=a31c7fe76481f642&ei=5070

http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/siteenhancements/a/rssuses.htm

http://www.pubsub.com/newsgroups.php

http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Website-Development/Quick-and-Easy-Site-Content-with-RSS-and-PHP.html

http://www.reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/features.html

http://allrss.com/rssfeeds.html

http://www.rssmix.com/

http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/

http://www.syndic8.com/

http://www.teachinghacks.com/

http://technorati.com/

http://www.techweb.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=57700173

http://technologysource.org/article/rss/

http://radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist

http://www.trumba.com/default.aspx

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/research/publications/orspit/rss_howto/index.html