Getting Started with RSS Feeds

• Use to keep up to date on websites and educational blogs
• Create feeds of news searches from Google and Yahoo
• Set up feeds from sources such as NY Times
• Search EBSCO in INFOhio and set up feed
• Use Allth.at search engine to continue to feed you search results
• Add feeds to Blackboard courses or develop Pageflake pages to share with class

Set up an account in an aggregator

• Bloglines      http://www.bloglines.com
• Google Reader  http://www.google.com/reader
• My Yahoo  http://my.yahoo.com
• Pageflakes (for projects)  http://www.pageflakes.com

Resources

• PowerPoint of screen shots of RSS feeds

          RSS OELMA NW 0307.ppt

•  Melissa's resource handout from  presentations

           What is an RSS Feed and How Do You Set One UP 1007.doc

• Feed Yourself Information with and RSS Feed from TechLearning online magazine  Feed Yourself Information with an RSS Feed.pdf
• Getting Started with RSS Feeds by Will Richardson  RSSFAQ4.pdf
• Merrily Down the Stream; RSS Makes It Easy to Gather Information

         Merrily Down the Stream RSS Richardson.pdf

• Creating a Pageflake startpage Creating a Pageflake.doc
• Lee LeFever's RSS Feeds in Plain English from YouTube

          This streaming video can also be found at http://www.commoncraft.com/

Links

• Will Richardson's Darfur project page http://www.pageflakes.com/weblogged.ashx
• Melissa's 2008 Presidential Election Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/mhiggs.ashx
• Jennifer Schwelik's National Debate Topic Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/jschwelik.ashx
• RSS Compendium Resources List  http://allrss.com/index.html
• RSS Feeds.com  to Search for feeds  http://www.rssfeeds.com/links.php
• RSS Feed Factory from the BBC for the basics  http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedfactory/

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