RSS+Feeds

=Definitions - What is RSS?=

[|Video: RSS in Plain English | Common Craft - Social Design for the Web] - Short video that provides a rationale for RSS, shows what it does, explains how to get it and use it, all with paper and a whiteboard marker.

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This 93-slide presentation will take educators on a comprehensive tour of RSS.

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=Examples of RSS=

[|del.icio.us most popular treemap] - Interesting way to get a quick look at general trends in social bookmarking (in terms of topics) and their relative relationships to one another.

[|Newseum] - Today's front pages from newspapers all over the world

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=How do I set up RSS?=

[|RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators] - Step-by-step explanations re: the whats, whys, and hows of RSS

[|Joe Freidhoff's Tech Handouts] - Step-by-step handouts for setting up RSS feeds

=Ideas for Using RSS Feeds in Education=

[|edublogs: The "glue" of blogging conversations: RSS] - Post discusses the ways in which teachers' identities interface with blogging and RSS to create conversations and communities

[|100ideasWeb2educators] - Extremely comprehensive, 50-page document on RSS that focuses on educational uses of RSS feeds in conjunction with various web 2.0 technologies (blogs, calendars, podcasting, to do lists, etc.), plus tools for creating them.

[|Transliteracy / Participatory Media Literacy] - Interesting, wiki-based course and resources re: social media

Stevens, Vance. (2005, September). [|Multiliteracies for Collaborative Learning Environments - TESL-EJ September 2005] //TESL-EJ, 9//(2)//.//

=Related Reading=

[|A Difference: Reading Again] - Short little post that talks about downsizing your feeds based on which ones push you the most v. those that interest you.

[|Future of RSS] - Article (with diagrams) that concisely describes the history of RSS, current uses, and future implications

[|MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips] - Useful collection of articles with techie tips and tools.

=Tools=

[|Drexel CoAS E-Learning: convert email to RSS: why and how] - Instructions for converting e-mail listserv notifications and e-newsletters to RSS

[|FeedBlendr] - Allows you to aggregate a number of different feeds into a single stream

[|FeedBurner] - Create your own RSS feeds

[|FeedJournal - The Newspaper You Always Wanted] - It generates a personalized "newspaper" from your feeds as a PDF that you can print. Also allows you to "publish" your own customized newspaper.

[|FeedRinse] - Lets you filter content OUT of your RSS feeds

[|Google Alerts] - Enter your search terms, the type of results you want (blogs, news, web, etc.), and the frequency with which you want to be alerted re: updates and Google Alerts will notify you of anything that is posted to the web.

[|Google Reader] - After creating a free account, you can use this service to keep track of the feeds to which you have "subscribed" (for free) using RSS technology. Teachers can "subscribe" to their students' blogs and easily keep track of who has posted new content

[|Netvibes] - Use RSS feeds in conjunction with widgets to keep the content on your page fresh

[|Pageflakes] - Use RSS feeds in conjunction with widgets to keep the content on your page fresh

[|Pipes: Rewire the web] - "Interactive data aggregator" - drag & drop elements into relation w/ one another to create mashed up RSS feeds.

[|Protopage] - Use RSS feeds in conjunction with widgets to keep the content on your page fresh. Allows for tabbed categorization

[|SplashCast: Channel Yourself Across the Web] - Use this tool to stream channels that combine documents (PDFs and PowerPoints), images, music, text, and video. Modify your channel and will all the web pages ‘tuned’ to that channel will be updated automatically

[|StoreMedia] - Anyone who has taught a class within the last year can log in using MSU NetID. Allows uploading of video, downloading, streaming, and RSS. Links and feeds are all public, so students can view, but they can't upload.

[|Talkr -- Letting blogs speak for themselves] - "Converts text-only blogs into podcasts" that you can listen to on your iPod and access via RSS feeds.

[|The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources] - Comprehensive collection of resources.

[|xFruits - Compose your information system] - Powerful options for converting various filetypes to RSS and RSS to various filetypes. . . includes the option to pull a variety of RSS feeds into a single feed. Searchable so you can take advantage of other people's work.

[|So What is "Feed to JavaScript"?] - Updates your feeds when the URLs change

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