Why should I care? RSS

What is RSS? R eally S imple S yndication Or Rich Site Summary Traditional online sources of information require you to visit How do I stay in touch? RSS pushes the content you choose Automatic content aggregation and organisation

R eally S imple S yndication

Or Rich Site Summary

Traditional online sources of information require you to visit

How do I stay in touch?

RSS pushes the content you choose

Automatic content aggregation and organisation

How does it work? Sites with frequently updated content encapsulate the ‘headlines’ and make them available in a format read by RSS readers. As consumers, we subscribe in one of a number of ways. As the host site refreshes its content, your aggregated version updates too.

Sites with frequently updated content encapsulate the ‘headlines’ and make them available in a format read by RSS readers.

As consumers, we subscribe in one of a number of ways.

As the host site refreshes its content, your aggregated version updates too.

PageFlakes.com RSS Aggregator Pulls together any rss feed into one page Can be organised into topic pages Can include widgets as well as rss feeds Can include podcast feeds and video feeds You can Pagecast to an audience (or class) So what?

RSS Aggregator

Pulls together any rss feed into one page

Can be organised into topic pages

Can include widgets as well as rss feeds

Can include podcast feeds and video feeds

You can Pagecast to an audience (or class)

So what?

So much content… so little time Choose something you are interested in (not just education) How long have you been interested in it? Who are the leaders in this field? How much has it changed in the time you have been interested in it?

Choose something you are interested in (not just education)

How long have you been interested in it?

Who are the leaders in this field?

How much has it changed in the time you have been interested in it?

We must learn about this world we are teaching in... We must model learning by being learners Do your students see you learning? Close the gap Do you have a program of professional reading? Is professional reading a luxury or an imperative? We need stimlus to be reflective

We must model learning by being learners

Do your students see you learning?

Close the gap

Do you have a program of professional reading?

Is professional reading a luxury or an imperative?

We need stimlus to be reflective

Will it help me teach? Pagecasts on a particular topic Legal issues related to Stage 6 Climate change Fan fiction at www.fanfiction.com Social justice issues Sports info Science news for space and astronomy Flickr images on a topic

Pagecasts on a particular topic

Legal issues related to Stage 6

Climate change

Fan fiction at www.fanfiction.com

Social justice issues

Sports info

Science news for space and astronomy

Flickr images on a topic

You too can get syndicated Podcast your lessons to ShareCast Use a public blog and have your students subscribe Subscribe to your students’ wikis Publish your students’ writing to the world

Podcast your lessons to ShareCast

Use a public blog and have your students subscribe

Subscribe to your students’ wikis

Publish your students’ writing to the world

How to add a feed