Blogs & Blogging Thousand Oaks Library Margaret Douglas and Richard Kong

Thousand Oaks Library

Margaret Douglas and Richard Kong

Note: My colleague starts the class with a great explanation of what blogs are and how they’ve changed the world. Afterwards, I come in and explain RSS feeds, readers, and how to start your own blog…

Okay, so now what? 71 million blogs…some of them have to be good. -- Matt

71 million blogs…some of them have to be good. -- Matt

Searching for blogs

Problem: Too many blogs!

Solution: Feeds RSS = Really Simple Syndication

RSS = Really Simple Syndication

Analogy

Aggregators and Readers Stay up to date Simplify your reading experience Discover new content

Stay up to date

Simplify your reading experience

Discover new content

Google Reader

Recognizing Feeds…Yikes!

Whew! Standard RSS Feed Icon

Easy as 1, 2, 3?

RSS in Plain English Source: http://www. commoncraft .com/ rss _plain_english

Blogito, Ergo Sum

Lots of options

Now it’s YOUR turn