This document discusses using RSS feeds in the classroom and identifies goals and skills that can be developed. It explains what RSS is and its components of feeders and readers. It provides examples of how to locate, create, and subscribe to RSS feeds from sources like websites, blogs, databases and social bookmarking sites. The document suggests RSS can be used as a research, time management and professional development tool for students and teachers and helps develop skills like comparing, summarizing and evaluating sources.

1. RSS in the Classroom Joan Vincent Rick Vincent Reeths-Puffer High School Muskegon, MI.

2. Goals for this Session After this session you will be able to: Locate, create and use RSS feeds Use RSS in the classroom as a tool for gathering and managing information Use RSS to create an individualized PLC Identify reasons to use RSS in the Classroom

3. Why RSS in Education? Search Efficiencies Evaluation Skills 21 st Century Skills Information Overload

4. 21 st Century Skills National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS –R) III. Research and Information Fluency IV. Critical Thinking, Problem-solving, and Decision Making V. Digital Citizenship

5. 21 st Century Skills AASL: Standards for the 21 st Century Learner Standard I. Inquire, Think Critically, & Gain Knowledge Standard II. Draw Conclusions & Make Informed Decisions, Apply Knowledge to New Situations & Create New Knowledge.

6. HSCEs Addressed General Social Science Knowledge, Processes and Skills P1 Reading and Communication (Close and Critical Reading) P2 Inquiry, Research and Analysis (Information Processing, Technology Use) P3 Public Discourse and Decision Making P3.1 Identifying and Analyzing Public Issues

7. What is RSS? R eally S imple S yndication A RSS feed is the structure that organizes content that is regularly updated for easy retrieval. Accessed through a feed reader (aggregator)

8. …RSS’s Two Main Components Feeder & Reader

9. RSS Component # 1 Feeder

10. Sources for RSS Feeds : RSS Websites Tagging Newsfeeds Blogs Wikis Podcasts Databases

11. Recognizing Feed Sources Orange RSS button “ Subscribe to this feed” “ RSS Feeds” XML button Subscribe to this feed

12. Typical RSS Feeds … WEBSITE WITH FEEDS INDIVIDUAL FEEDS

13. RSS Component # 2 Readers

14. Feed Reader An e-mail like account which receives RSS feeds. Desktop applications FeedDemon/Newsgator Browser based applications Bloglines Google Reader Yahoo

15. Reader : Bloglines

16. Reader : Google Reader

17. RSS Shortcuts Feed Reader Shortcuts Browser Button Shortcuts

18. RSS Feeds and Readers on the Web The RSS Advisory Board composed this image and release it under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike License.

19. Creating RSS Feeds Google News Gale/InfoTrac Social Bookmarking (Delicious)

20. Creating RSS Feeds Google News

21. Google News Advanced Search

22. Google Advanced Search Results RSS RIGHT CLICK

23. Creating RSS Feed for Search Results RIGHT CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE

24. Capturing Feed Code SUBSCRIBE

25. Creating Feeds : Google Reader PASTE TO SUBSCRIBE

26. Creating Feeds : Google Reader NEWLY CREATED FEED

27. Creating RSS Feeds Google News Gale/InfoTrac

28. Creating RSS Feeds Gale PowerSearch

29. Creating Gale Search Alert/RSS RIGHT CLICK TO CREATE FEED

30. Capturing Gale Search Alert Code FEED CODE

31. Creating Gale Search Alert: Google Reader SUBSCRIBE

32. Creating Gale Search Alert: Google Reader NEWLY CREATED FEED

33. Creating Gale Search Alert: Google Reader RENAMING THE FEED

34. Creating RSS Feeds Google News Gale/InfoTrac Social Bookmarking (Delicious)

35. Creating RSS Feeds Social Bookmarking Create feeds for individual tags SELECTED TAG FEED SOURCE

36. Creating RSS Feeds Social Bookmarking SUBSCRIBE

37. Creating RSS Feeds Social Bookmarking FEED CODE NEWLY CREATED FEED

38. Wrapping it up… Why Use RSS Professionally and in the Classroom?

39. Professional Applications Time management Professional development Research tool Subscribe to Podcasts Network with experts

40. Classroom Applications Research tool Track student blogs and wikis Real world writing experience Subscribe to podcasts Create collaborative classroom hotlists through social bookmarking sites such as Delicious

41. Core Skills to Integrate with RSS Compare and contrast Vocabulary reinforcement Summarization Paraphrasing Source evaluation Search skills

42. You can now: Locate, create and use RSS feeds Use RSS in the classroom as a tool for gathering and managing information Use RSS to create an individualized PLC Identify reasons to use RSS in the Classroom

43. Contact Information Joan Vincent Library Media Specialist Reeths-Puffer High School [email_address] Rick Vincent Social Studies Teacher Reeths-Puffer High School [email_address]