RSS

RSS & RSS Management
Don't waste time going from website to website - have any new content come to you and be notified when new content is published.

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 * What is RSS?** RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary). It is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – blogs, [[image:rss_icon.jpg width="214" height="195" align="right"]]news, audio, video, etc. in a standard format. This makes it easy to push and pull information from one website to another.


 * Why is RSS powerful?** It gives websites the ability to post information to a lot of different places at one time, pushing content without structure. In other words, I can pull the text of an RSS enabled page and leave the structure of the page (the HTML) behind.


 * How do I take advantage of this power?** Get an RSS Reader/Aggregator. It will make your life so much easier and save you valuable time.


 * So where does an RSS Reader fit into my PLN?** An RSS reader can be the primary tool that you use for your PLN because you are able to stay up-to-date on the information that matters most to you.


 * How do I get started?**

1. Choose a Reader (i.e. Google Reader, netvibes , ...). Microsoft Outlook can also bring in RSS feeds. 2. Find Feeds of Interest (blogs, news, feeds from other web 2.0 applications) - look for the RSS symbol, or, depending on your reader just put in the URL and the reader will look for the feed on your behalf! 3. Make your reader one of the homepages that automatically opens when your browser launches.

Leverage the power of blogs and RSS feeds
Read about other educators' experiences, discover what they are exploring, enter into conversation around practice.

Don't have time to go from blog to blog and read posts? Of course not! Use Google Reader (or a similar RSS Aggregator) to bring the content to you! Many websites update content - how will you know about it? RSS - Real Simple Syndication. To stay informed about those updates, use the RSS feed - the new content will arrive into your RSS Aggregator. Look for this icon, click on it, copy the url, then click on the Google Reader "Add a subscription" button.

Here are some blogs to get you started! You can read the author's entry, and then use the comment field to enter into a conversation with the author and other commenters. Like what you are reading? Use the RSS and subscribe to the blog's feed.

[|Chinese Teacher] [|Isabelle Jones-United Kingdom] - Isabelle Jones Langwitches Multilingual Mania [|Sarah Puglisi] - elementary immersion teacher [|Sherry Amorocho] [|Tamara Tendrop] [|World Language Lab] The World A.T. Ways - Barbara Lindsey and Kevin Gaughler
 * world language bloggers**

[|Cool Cat Teacher] - Vicki Davis [|The Edublogger] [|David Warlick's $.02 worth] [|The Fischbowl] - Karl Fisch [|High Techpectations] - Lucy Gray's blog [|Learning Blog] - Alex Ragone [|Moving at the Speed of Creativity] [|Practical Theory]- principal Chris Lehmann [|Weblogged] - Will Richardson
 * ed tech bloggers**