RSS stands for Rich Site Syndication or Really Simple Syndication.Many web pages, including most blogs and wikis, have RSS feeds which let you "subscribe" to the pages so that you are notified when a change is made to the page.
The orange icon above is the common symbol for an RSS feed.
An RSS "feed reader" or "aggregator" like Google Reader, lets you go to your account on one web page and, in that one place, read the new information from all the sites you subscribe to.
Step 1: Sign up for a free Reader account. Step 2: Add subscriptions to your reader.
In this YouTube video, Will Richardson argues for the importance of creating our own "Personal Learning Network" to learn about Web 2.0 tools. RSS offers a great way to set up and manage a personal learning network.
RSS
RSS stands for Rich Site Syndication or Really Simple Syndication.Many web pages, including most blogs and wikis, have RSS feeds which let you "subscribe" to the pages so that you are notified when a change is made to the page.The orange icon above is the common symbol for an RSS feed.
An RSS "feed reader" or "aggregator" like Google Reader, lets you go to your account on one web page and, in that one place, read the new information from all the sites you subscribe to.
Step 1: Sign up for a free Reader account. Step 2: Add subscriptions to your reader.
Watch RSS in Plain English from Common Craft at http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english or on YouTube.
there's also Google Reader in Plain English from Common Craft.
Here's a page from the blog Making Teachers Nerdy that suggests many educational blogs to which you might consider subscribing.
Will Richardson's RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators offers many reasons to use an RSS aggregator.
In this YouTube video, Will Richardson argues for the importance of creating our own "Personal Learning Network" to learn about Web 2.0 tools. RSS offers a great way to set up and manage a personal learning network.