A short presentation on using RSS in Education

1. RSS in Education
Janice Stearns
ITAF - Local District 6
LAUSD

2. Watch
RSS in Plain English
from the
Common Craft Show
by leelefever

3. RSS
• Really Simple Syndication
• A special type of file (.xml) that
syndicates new information as it is
added.
• Makes it easy to pull information as it
is published.

4. Where is RSS Used?

5. Where is RSS Used?
Text

6. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia

7. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Blogs

8. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Blogs Wikis

9. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Blogs Wikis News

10. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Blogs Wikis News Video

11. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Images
Blogs Wikis News Video

12. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Images
Blogs Wikis News Audio Video

13. Where is RSS Used?
Text Multimedia
Images
Blogs Wikis News Audio Video
Bookmarks

14. An Aggregator?
What’s that?

15. An Aggregator?
What’s that?
not this:

16. An Aggregator?
What’s that?
not this:

17. An Aggregator?
What’s that?
not this:
• A tool to subscribe to the RSS feed.
• Gather information in one place.
• Quickly access up-to-date information
and media.

18. Favorite Aggregators
Learning
Professional Podcasts
Spaces
Development

19. Google Reader
Firefox + Google Reader = Easy
Click on feed icon, subscribe in Reader.
Click
then
Subscribe

20. Google Reader
Subscribe to:
• Blogs
• Wikis
• News
• Bookmarks
• Everything with an RSS feed

21. Podcast Aggregator
iTunes
Specially designed for audio and video.
Local download for portable access.

22. • A different style aggregator
• Layout - newspaper style
• Easy to share with students
• Add feeds and other tools easily

23. Use the Power!
• Set up a Google Reader account
• Set up iTunes
• Set up Pageflakes
• Connect to the world