Why should I care?

Why should I care?

RSS

Why should I care?

What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication– 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

Why should I care?

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.

Why should I care?

Why should I care?

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?

Why should I care?

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?

Why should I care?

Why should I care?

Why should I care?

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

Why should I care?

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

Why should I care?

You too can get syndicated

Podcast your lessons to ShareCastUse a public blog and have your students subscribeSubscribe to your students’ wikisPublish your students’ writing to the world

Why should I care?

How to add a feed