RSS+Subscriptions

Notes

You see it everywhere online—RSS ( __r __eally __s __imple __s __yndication). What does it really mean? Participants will explore their favorite sites to find media (blogs, videos, podcasts, articles) to subscribe to. In addition, participants will bring all of their subscriptions to a personalized home page (with PageFlakes) for easy viewing and time saving. Participants should have a comfort level with the Internet. All attendees are expected to create FREE accounts in each application.
 * __Ready to Subscribe? How the Use of RSS Can Assist Everyone __** ( June 23 or August 5, 8:30-3:30)

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__**RSS in Plain English**__  =====

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__RSS__: Really Simple Syndication (also known as Rich Site Summary). XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites/shows. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">__HTML__: Hypertext Markup Language. Commonly referred to as the 'language of the Internet' (coding). Provides a means to the structure of a text-based document online. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">__XML__: Extensible Markup Language. Allows the user to define the markup language and serialize data. Used commonly for setting up a continuing program such as a blog, podcast or Internet show. The user can subscribe to these types of 'shows' through the codes in the XML language. =====

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** AGENDA **
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. RSS Introduction

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Exploring Aggregators // (we will use web-based software) // <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hunt your feeds
 * RSS for Research?
 * Desktop installed versus Web-based Readers
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|GoogleReader] (account needed, free)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|PageFlakes] (account needed, free)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Yahoo News] (account needed, free)

4. Click on the RSS/XMLs Feeds

5. Group and Organize

6. Happy Reading


 * RESOURCES**


 * __**RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators**__. (c) Will Richardson, March 29, 2009. [|www.weblogg-ed.com]. [[file:RSS Guide.pdf]]
 * **The Creative Commons** - [|www.creativecommons.com]
 * List of Aggregators from Wikipedia (not a complete list) - []
 * List of online Newspapers. [|The Media Drop]
 * RSS Blog Search Tool. [|Blog Search]