1. Julie Hannaford Director, Information Resources & Services OISE, University of Toronto j.hannaford@utoronto.ca Image credit to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermida/1603854270 http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermida/1603854270 http://homespace.oise.utoronto.ca/~hannafo3/RCATSo cialBookmarking.pptx

2.  In a nutshell, RSS is “automated web surfing” – Dave Winer (http://www.scripting.com/2005/09/11.html);http://www.scripting.com/2005/09/11.html  The content comes to you, instead of you going to it!  Subscribing to an RSS feed means that you can easily track changes and additions; it’s a great way to stay current with blogs or other RSS-enabled content  For a little RSS history, check here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

4.  RSS newsfeed(s)  On Web pages or blogs, look for “subscribe” links, an orange square:, an XML symbol:, an RSS symbol: or  RSS feed reader or aggregator  A reader will store all of your feeds, automatically check for feed updates and allow you to read or hear the new content  Examples: Bloglines Google Reader Microsoft Outlook

5.  Edtechpost: Edtechpost

6. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Edtechpost

8. Note: you can use Manage subscriptions to organize your feeds into folders

10.  Right click on the RSS Feeds heading  Select Add a New RSS Feed…  Then paste the URL into the box

12.  RSS feeds in U of T’s databases:  Scholars Portal example Be alerted when new content is added – follow specific journals or be alerted when content matches your research interests http://www.library.utoronto.ca Popular Databases Scholars Portal Search Run search, then go to Alert Me use My Research to save alert  Similar capabilities can be found in Scopus, WilsonWeb, etc.

13.  Tagging (adding keywords) websites, videos and photos, in a way that is meaningful to you  Sharing those sites and tags with others http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

14.  Social bookmarking/tagging of websites  A good introduction: http://blog.delicious.com/http://blog.delicious.com/  Store favourites in ways that are meaningful to you  Create a network of colleagues/collaborators  Subscribe to tags in subject areas that are of interest to you  http://delicious.com/help/tools http://delicious.com/help/tools  Search hints: http://delicious.com/help/faq#searching http://delicious.com/help/faq#searching

15.  Individual/institutional tagging  Researching and storing of sites: http://delicious.com/OISEOpenAccess http://delicious.com/OISEOpenAccess  Build a learning community  Class chooses one tag and contributes to delicious using that tag  Class members recommend sites to one another  Build a class archive: http://del.icio.us/chem130http://del.icio.us/chem130  Use for group work  ‘notes’ field in delicious allow for commentary/quality notes about sites, sharing of sites during collaborative research  Use code to add list of sites or tags to Blackboard course  Course readings

16.  Go to: Settings – Blogging to get code so that you can display your Delicious websites or tags in Blackboard (or any other website)  Link Rolls allows you display your bookmarks  Tag rolls allows you to display your tags  Adjust the settings to match your preferences  Choose a title  Choose the number of sites/tags to display  Decide whether to use bullets or not  Decide how to sort your content  As you make these choices, code is automatically generated for you

18.  Copy the code from Delicious into Blackboard  Within Blackboard, you MUST use Source mode  Choose the <> icon to toggle Source mode on

20.  Site that allows you to upload, share and tag images  Find useful images  Flickr works with: fd’s flickr toysfd’s flickr toys  Display images in new ways  Use Flickr code so that your photos are displayed on your blog or website  http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne  Follow the selections to generate the code

21.  Use to explain and illustrate:  http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/in/set-129006/ http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/in/set-129006/  http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/817669/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/817669/  Allows for analysis via the ‘notes’ feature  Allows student commenting to build discussion  Search for images to support presentations – an alternative to Google Images:  http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/  Creative Commons  Virtual fieldtrips or any type of visual portfolio:  UI Design Samples UI Design Samples  Book displays: Clemens & Alcuin Book DisplaysClemens & Alcuin Book Displays

22.  A service that allows users to upload and tag videos that they would like to share with others  Search for relevant content to use in lectures/presentations

23.  Record events/lectures, allow students to comment, provide analysis  http://www.youtube.com/user/universitytoron to http://www.youtube.com/user/universitytoron to  http://youtube.com/ucberkeley http://youtube.com/ucberkeley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCd jyW8&feature=related  Tutorials : Formatting a Research Paper in APA Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFXrhdvnmw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFXrhdvnmw Information Literacy: Identify Your Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2hziLTSyU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2hziLTSyU

24.  Social Software: You Are an Access Point by Daniel Chudnov: http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/39 284 http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/39 284  Using Del.icio.us in Education by Gabriela Grosseck: http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In- Education http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In- Education  Using Flickr in the Classroom by David Jakes: http://www.jakesonline.org/flickrinclassroom.pdf http://www.jakesonline.org/flickrinclassroom.pdf  Web2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens: http://main.library.utoronto.ca/webcat/goto_catalogue_url.cfm?wh ere=ckey&what=4182726 http://main.library.utoronto.ca/webcat/goto_catalogue_url.cfm?wh ere=ckey&what=4182726