1. RSS
feeds
June 2013
Presented
by
Carlo
Fiorletta
TARGET
AUDIENCE: EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
Teachers,
Students,
grade
7
and
above
Parents,
Administrators

2. QUESTION:
How
long
will
this
take
????????????
ANSWER:
Just
a
couple
of
minutes.

3. What
does
RSS
mean?
Really
Simple
Syndication
You
may
also
see
it
called
Rich
Site
Summary
Online
Publishers
make
data
available
to
Subscribers

4. Blogs,
Wikis,
Podcasts
and
Other
Powerful
Web
Tools
for
Classrooms
by
Will
Richardson,
and
published
by
Corwin
Press
calls
RSS:
The
New
Killer
App
for
Educators
Setting
up
an
RSS
Feed
Reader
Bloglines.com
suggested
interfaces
with
twitter,
facebook
and
linkedin
)
Google
Reader
is
good.
Sign
up
for
Google
reader
and
find
RSS
feeds

5. but.
.
.Google
Reader
is
going
away
in
July
2013.
"Goodbye
Google
Reader"
But
there
are
other
alternatives:
www.bloglines.com
my.yahoo.com
www.newsgator.com
http://www.zdnet.com/goodbye-­‐google-­‐reader-­‐here-­‐are-­‐five-­‐rss-­‐alternatives-­‐7000012604/

6. Advantages
of
RSS
feeds:
for
Publisher:
RSS
feeds
benefit
publishers
by
letting
them
syndicate
content
automatically.
For
subscriber:
Convenience:
Can
get
automatic
email
delivery
Private:
You
do
not
have
to
share
an
email
address

7. Cons:
Information
overload
Filtering
unwanted
information
Waste
of
computer
resources.

8. Finding
and
Adding
Feeds
Sign
up
for
Google
reader
and
find
RSS
feeds
(
if
you
have
a
gmail
account
,
you
already
have
it.)
Search
for
"RSS
"
and
your
subject
and
look
for
one
of
these
icons:

9. You
LOVE
RSS
Feeds
You
want MULTIPLE
feeds
on
a
page.
you
need
.
.
.

10. AGGREGATORS
TEACHERS DISCOVERING COMPUTERS: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN A CONNECTED WORLD
by Gary B. Shelly, Glenda A. Gunter, Randolph E. Gunter
mentions
some:

11. PAGEFLAKES

12. NETVIBES

13. Some
Education
uses
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/feeds/
http://www.readingrockets.org/newsletters/rss/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/rss_feeds.htm

14. PUBLISHING
RSSpect
-­‐
offers
a
free
automated,
reliable
RSS
service
need
an
RSS
feed
for
personal
website?
popular
blog
(Web
Log)
managers
offer
built-­‐in
RSS:
Wordpress
Blogger
Radio
Easily
share
students’
work.

15. THE
END