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What is RSS?
and Why Should You
(teacher, librarian, student) Care?”
Jo Ann Ponville EBRPSS
Instructional Technology Facilitator
RSS
Rich Site SummaryReally Simple Syndication
Lets view a short video on RSS
Advantages
Save time and bandwidth--You are notified when a website is updatedAlerts you when a search finds new resultsGives you control over information you receiveContent comes directly to you at specified interval (daily, weekly)Website owners do not have access to your email address or personal informationNO possibility of spam or junk mail
WHAT TYPES OF SITES PROVIDE RSS FEEDS?
Newspapers
News Services
Magazines
Databases and database aggregators
Websites
Blogs
Wikis
EDUCATOR & STUDENT USE OF RSS
Keep track of current events or topics of interest (coastal erosion, global warming, presidential appointments…)Read favorite newpapers, journals, magazinesSubscribe to blogs and websites from other educators, political or professional organizations, or based around a hobby or topic of study Search alert from subscription databasesSubscribe to podcasts
Finding a Feed
Not all websites provide feeds2 Formats for syndicating a website RSS– older ATOM—newer form of syndication
Search Google for a term plus RSS (example: louisiana +rss)Use Technorati -- a search engine that searches only blogsSearch4RSSYour reader may suggest feeds based on your subscriptions or by category
HOW DO I KNOW IF A SITE CONTAINS A FEED?
Look around the site for icons
Find text on the site that says “RSS Feed” “ATOM Feed” “Syndicate this Site (XML)"” “Grab my XML feed” “Subscribe to Feed” “Add New York Times RSS
feeds”
Text Links
Branded icons
Add to MyYahoo button
Add to NewsGator button
Subscribe with Bloglines button
Feedburner XML button
Browser Based
– Internet Explorer 7 FEED tab lights up
SEARCH ALERT
EBSCO or other Database
WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBSCRIBE TO A FEED?
A news aggregator A feed reader RSS ReaderAggregator features are frequently built into Portal sites such as My Yahoo! and
iGoogle Web browsers (Internet Explorer 7,
Firefox) and email programs (Outlook 2007)
Sample RSS Readers
Google ReaderNewzCrawler FeedDemon NetvibesOmea Reader Bloglines NewsGatorFeedReaderAwasu Personal Edition
News FireBlog Navigator SharpReader Internet Explorer 7Outlook 2007Yahoo! FireFox Live BookmarksSafari (Mac OS X)NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)
HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO A FEED?
1. Click the "RSS" button and copy the web site address
2. Paste the address in the “subscribe” area of your feed reader
OR…
OR
Simply click on the “add to ____ ” button
LETS LOOK AT GOOGLE READER
GOOGLE READER RECOMMENDS FEEDS
Click the Browse for stuff link on the left
Recommendations tab on the left suggests new feeds based on your existing subscriptions
Browse tab on right suggests pre-compiled bundles of feeds by topic, or search by keyword or category
GOOGLE READER RECOMMENDS FEEDS
LETS ADD SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS
Click RSSClick
Adds this feed to your Internet Explorer 7 reader
OR for Google ReaderCopy URL In reader click
LETS LOOK AT
EBSCO ALERTS
http://search.ebscohost.com\login.aspx?
authtype=uid
RESOURCES
• Mary Harrsch “RSS: The Next Killer App For Education”
• Fagan Finder “Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds”
• *Will Richardson RSS Quickstart Guide for Education
• Brian Mull http://brianmull.wikispaces.com/RSS
• Tutorial http://www.rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html
Questions?
Presentation will be posted athttp://ebritrss.wikispaces.com/
Contact Jo Ann [email protected]