1. RSS SIMPLY MEANS… SIMPLY MEANS… REALLY SIMPLE REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATON SYNDICATON

2. WHAT IS RSS? In Simple Terms: RSS RSS is a simple yet effective way of keeping up-to-date when new information is added to a website, without visiting the website to check for updates. Why Use RSS: RSS RSS solves a problem that exist for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to stay informed by retrieving the lasted information from the sites you’re interested in.

3. HISTORY OF RSS 1997 – Dave “Winer develops scriptingNews. RSS was born. 1999 – Netscape develops RSS 0.9o (which supported scriptingNews). This was simply XML with an RDF Header. 1999 – Dave Winer at userLand develops scripting 2.0b1 (this included Netscape’s RSS 0.90 features)… 2000 – Dave Winer at UserLand develops RSS 0.92 2002 – Dave Winer develops RSS 0.92 2003 – The official RSS 2.0 specification is released

4. HOW IT WORKS RSS is used to share contents between websites. Video RSS in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/ watch?feature=player_det ailpage&v=0klgLsSxGsU

5. SETTING UP AN RSS FEED READER Set-up a mailbox or an “aggregator” to collect your RSS feeds Select an aggregator like Google Reader Select your topic(s) of interest Select your websites It’s easy – It’s simple- It’s free!

6. SETTING UP AN RSS FEED READER GOOGLE READER WEBHow it Works Using Google Reader http://www.youtube.co m/watch?feature=play er_detailpage&v=PvKF P67GwSY

7. USING RSS FEEDS IN THE CLASSROOMS

8. USING RSS REEDS IN THE CLASSROOMS Student Weblogs – The RSS allows the teacher to collect students work in you aggregator using their RSS feeds. Search Feeds – Create RSS feeds for search terms make it possible to find information quickly. Feeds for Other News Outlets – Use the feed provided by Moreover.com. It offers a hug list of predefined topic searches. http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=2Qw75JtizxU&feature=pl ayer_detailpage

9. RSS THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THE END!!! Tawana Cook Tonya Johnson Everett Young Jr.