1. What is RSS? and Why Should You (teacher, librarian, student) Care?” Jo Ann Ponville EBRPSS Instructional Technology Facilitator

2. RSS Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication Lets view a short video on RSSshort video on RSS

3. Advantages Save time and bandwidth--You are notified when a website is updated Alerts you when a search finds new results Gives you control over information you receive Content comes directly to you at specified interval (daily, weekly) Website owners do not have access to your email address or personal information NO possibility of spam or junk mail

4. WHAT TYPES OF SITES PROVIDE RSS FEEDS? Newspapers News Services Magazines Databases and database aggregators Blogs Websites Wikis

5. EDUCATOR & STUDENT USE OF RSS Keep track of current events or topics of interest (coastal erosion, global warming, presidential appointments…) Read favorite newpapers, journals, magazines Subscribe to blogs and websites from other educators, political or professional organizations, or based around a hobby or topic of study Search alert from subscription databases Subscribe and listen to podcasts

6. Finding a Feed Not all websites provide feeds 2 Formats for syndicating a website  RSS– older  ATOM—newer form of syndication Search Google for a term plus RSS (example: louisiana +rss)Google Use Technorati -- a search engine that searches only blogsTechnorati Use Feedster-- searches any site that publishes an RSS feedFeedster

7. GOOGLE READER RECOMMENDS SITES BY TOPIC

8. HOW DO I KNOW IF A SITE CONTAINS A FEED? Look around the site for icons

10. 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

11. Branded icons Add to MyYahoo button Add to NewsGator button Subscribe with Bloglines button Feedburner XML button

12. Browser Based –Internet Explorer 7 FEED tab lights up

13. SEARCH ALERT EBSCO or other Database

14. WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBSCRIBE TO A FEED? A news aggregator A feed reader RSS Reader Aggregator features are frequently built into  Portal sites such as My Yahoo! and iGoogle  Web browsers (Internet Explorer 7, Firefox) and email programs (Outlook 2007)

15. Sample RSS Readers Google Reader NewzCrawler FeedDemon Netvibes Omea Reader Bloglines NewsGator FeedReader Awasu Personal Edition News Fire Blog Navigator SharpReader Internet Explorer 7 Outlook 2007 Yahoo! FireFox Live Bookmarks Safari (Mac OS X) NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)

16. 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…

17. OR Simply click on the “add to ____ ” button

18. RESOURCES Mary Harrsch “RSS: The Next Killer App For Education”RSS: The Next Killer App For Education Fagan Finder “Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds”Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds *Will Richardson RSS Quickstart Guide for EducationRSS Quickstart Guide for Education Brian Mull http://brianmull.wikispaces.com/RSShttp://brianmull.wikispaces.com/RSS Tutorial http://www.rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html http://www.rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html

19. LETS LOOK AT GOOGLE READER AND EBSCO ALERTS http://search.ebscohost.com\login.aspx?authtype=uidhttp://search.ebscohost.com\login.aspx?authtype=uid

20. Questions? Presentation will be posted at http://ebritrss.wikispaces.com/ Contact Jo Ann Ponville jponville@ebrschools.org