learn to use blogs and rss
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Learn to Use Blogs and RSS
Brian Smith McCallumArlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML)
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847.506.2658
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Six-Point Outline
• Definition of blogs• Sample blogs• Find blogs• Definition of RSS• Newsreaders• Create a blog
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Blog: A Definition
• Fusion of “web” + “log” (i.e., online diary)• Type of website• Publishing platform• Content = in reverse chronological order• All entries/”posts” include time and date
stamp• Self-archives all content• May allow for other users’ comments
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Blogs in Plain English
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Sample Blogs
• Perennial Searcher
http://briansmithmccallum.wordpress.com/
• AHML Staff Choices
http://community.ahml.info/staffchoices
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Find Blogs
• Technorati
www.technorati.com
• Google Blog Search
http://blogsearch.google.com
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RSS: A Definition
• Rich Site Summary or
• Really Simple Syndication
• Standard for “syndicating” web content
• File extension = .rss
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Newsreaders
• Software that “subscribes” to feeds/blogs
• Web-based (recommended) or desktop-based
• FREE! registration (username and password = required)
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Bloglines
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Create a Blog: 3 FREE Tools
• Blogger.comwww.blogger.com
• Wordpress.comwww.wordpress.com
• tumblrwww.tumblr.com
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Wordpress.com
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tumblr
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Next Steps
• Find blogs of interest with Technorati and Google Blog Search
• “Subscribe” (for FREE!) to blogs with Google Reader
• Create your own blog with Blogger.com
• Learn about microblogging and Twitter
• “Follow” AHML on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ahml
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Twitter in Plain English
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Resources
• Presentation Slideshttp://www.slideshare.net/briansmithmccallum
• Presentation Linkshttp://www.delicious.com/briansmccallum/blogclass
• AHML on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/ahml