Getting started with Google Reader and RSS: An Introduction for Educators.

1. Getting Started with
Reader

2. Google Reader is a great tool for
exploring the latest news, opinions,
and resources in your field.
“We Feel Fine”
A Blog Visualization by Jonathan Harris
http://www.wefeelfine.org/

3. www.google.com
Get started at

4. Click to Sign in to your
existing account or to
register for the first time

5. Sign in to your
Google account
Or click here to
create a new account

6. Fill all the fields out
to create your
Google account

7. Check your email
for an account
verification link

8. Click the link in your email to verify
your email address and complete
the registration process

9. Now you’re
logged in to your
new Google
account.

10. Click on “more”

11. then on “even more”

12. Look at all the tools you get access
to with your new Google account!

13. For now, click
on “Reader”

14. This is the Google
Reader Homepage

15. But, it’s empty because
we haven’t subscribed
to any RSS feeds yet.

16. If you need some extra
explanation, check out the
getting started guide

17. Let’s find a blog to
subscribe to

18. Here’s an Educational Technology
blog that I enjoy...2 ¢ Worth,
written by David Warlick
(davidwarlick.com/2cents)

19. To subscribe, so that all updates will
automatically come to my Google
Reader page, I need to first find the
RSS icon, which is usually orange.

20. Click on
this icon

21. That takes me here, the RSS
Feed page for the blog

22. This particular blog has a nice
feature which is very common...
an “Add to Google” button.

23. Click this button

24. That takes you here. Now click
on “Add to Google Reader”

25. And now, you are subscribed

26. But before we go back to
our Google Reader page,
let’s find a different blog
to subscribe to.

27. Here’s another
Educational Technology
blog that I like...Teach42,
written by Steve Dembo
(Teach42.com)

28. Again, let’s look for the
orange icon to subscribe

29. Here it is

30. Clicking on that icon takes you here.
But, this RSS feed page looks a bit
different from the last one, there is
no “Add to Google” button.

31. Not to worry, we can still easily
subscribe. Start by copying the
feed url in the address bar

32. Now go back to your Google
Reader homepage

33. Click on the gear icon
found over here

34. This menu pops up.
Click on “Add a subscription”

35. Paste the feed url that
we copied a minute
ago into this box

36. Click “Add”

37. Voila! We are now
subscribed to
these two blogs.

38. You can see all your
subscriptions here

39. All new blog entries
will appear here

40. No need to continuously check for
updates...now they come to you.

41. Now that you’ve got
the basics, you can
play with the settings a
bit by clicking here

42. Here you can do all sorts of
things...make folders, share
subscriptions, add tags and
categories, etc.

43. Now that you’ve got your
reader set up, you just have
to find feeds to subscribe to.

44. The Google Blog Search is a
great place to start.
blogsearch.google.com

45. Learn more about RSS for Educator’s at
www.83ideas.com