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RSS in the Classroom

 

What is RSS?

 

 Really Simple Syndication – is a mechanism for bringing content from the World Wide Web directly to you. You no longer have to spend your time and energy checking your favorite Internet sites to see if anything new has been posted. Just set up an RSS reader (or aggregator). It will spot these new postings and collect and hold them for you in one convenient place.

 

RSS in Plain English Video

 

Why use RSS in the Classroom?

 

 

 
Time saver - everything in one place
 
Focused - You only get what you want
 
Great student tool as well as educator tool.
 
Allows for quick scanning & sorting through huge amounts of information.

 

 

How do you get started?

 

Sign up: Google Reader

 

Types of feeds: News Sites, Google News topics, blogs, anything with a RSS logo

 

Activity:     Sign up & add some feeds

 

 

Additional RSS Resources:

 

"Blogging and RSS - The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful new Web Tools" by Will Richardson - a brief overview of blogs and RSS and how they can serve education.

RSS Ideas for Educators111.pdf - an accessible introduction to RSS with ideas for teaching application - really is suited to everyone from novice to expert. 

RSS Guide.pdf RSS Guide for educators by Will Richardson

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