1. THE INFORMATION AGE Making the Web Work for You

2. Welcome to the Information Age  Real Simple Syndication (RSS) – technology that allows users to stream headlines from favorite websites to a blog reader.  The RSS icon (pictured below) indicates a website is RSS accessible.

3. Using RSS with Outlook

4.  Find and click RSS icon on website of interest

5.  Occasionally, the RSS icon will be replaced with these words, which will occur near the bottom of a page. Click the link.

6.  Copy the web address for this new page

7.  Go to Outlook—Tools—Account Settings

8.  Click on the tab “RSS Feeds”

9.  Click the “New” button

10.  Paste in the web address

11.  Click “Add,” then click “OK” on the “Options” screen

12.  A folder for the site should appear in the viewing pane. When the folder is bold, a new item has been posted.

13. Helpful Education-Related Sites SiteRSS Feed Address KY Dept of Education (KDE) Headlineshttp://www.education.ky.gov/kdewebsite /rss/rss.aspx?id=headlines KDE Press Releaseshttp://www.education.ky.gov/kdewebsite /rss/rss.aspx?id=pressreleases Commissioner Holliday’s Bloghttp://kyedcommissioner.blogspot.com/fe eds/posts/default Commissioner Holliday’s Twitterhttp://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ 58607988.rss KSBA News Twitterhttp://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ 51509876.rss Prichard Committeehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePrichard Blog?format=xml Courier-Journal Ed Newshttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7321232 432457031638/posts/default Lexington Herald Ed Newshttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7321232 432457031638/posts/default

14. Helpful Education-Related Sites SiteRSS Feed Address US Dept of Education Newshttp://www.ed.gov/rss/edgov.xml Education Week Newshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/EducationW eekNewsAndInformationAboutEducationIss ues Curriculum Mattershttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/Curriculum Matters Inside School Researchhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/InsideScho olResearch Digital Educationhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/edweek/di gitaled Check your Congressional Representatives Webpage for RSS Feeds http://www.house.gov/htbin/zipfind