RSS

What does RSS stand for?
Really Simple Syndication

RSS works by having the website author maintain a list of notifications on their website, this list of notifications is called an "RSS Feed". People who are interested in finding out the latest headlines or changes can check this list. Special computer programs called "RSS aggregators" have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites you care about on your behalf and organize the results for you. (RSS feeds and aggregators are also sometimes called "RSS Channels" and "RSS Readers".) Hello how are

What is RSS
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What does Wikipedia have to say about RSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss

RSS lets you access information in a smart way - you and your students can set up RSS feeds to websites and information all over the web. To collect these RSS feeds we need to have a reader set up to collect the sites and information available. For this exercise we are going to use Google Reader as our RSS feed collector, simply because we have already established a Google account to access Gmail - which allow us to use Google Reader. To set up and access your reader view the following information...

Subscribe to Feeds
To subscribe to an RSS feed from a website you need to look for the following image:



Your tasks are to:

 * Visit the following blog "[|Learning - Thinking - Playing]" and click on the subscribe link - follow the steps to subscribe to the blog with Google Reader. Was this process simple?
 * Find other feed sites and subscribe to those that interest you.
 * How would you access your feeds at home?
 * How might we use RSS in education?
 * Locate some examples of where it has been used in education.
 * Are there any issues around RSS technology you should be mindful of?


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