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=It Really Is Really Simple: An Introduction to RSS in Eduation=

Presentation Slides
[|Slides] (Quicktime Format)

Read the [|It Really Is Really Simple] article on the Infinite Thinking Machine blog.

RSS Has Changed My Life!
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Real Simple Syndication
Subscription is free! Subscribe to the updates that are relevant to you! Stop browsing the web! Quickly skim updates: River of news Three panels

What can you subscribe to?
News Feeds Blogs Podcasts Wikis Social Bookmarking Picture Sharing And More...

Podcasts
Podcasts are blogs with audio or video. Podcasts are like Internet radio shows or TV shows. Podcasts are consumed on demand. RSS Feeds! Free podcasts for all - http://www.podomatic.com

Educational Podcasts
Lectures & lessons Just-in-time learning School News Classroom News Final Projects Presentations Performances Foreign Languages Music Find more educational podcasts - http://www.epnweb.org

Other Services
[|FURL.net] or [|del.icio.us] - Annotate, save, and share bookmarks online! [|Flickr.com] - Upload, tag, and share images online! Search Feeds - Notifications from Google, Technorati, and More! And many many more...
 * Web Search: Run a search at [|MSN search]. Add &format=RSS to the end of the search URL. Cut and paste this URL into your feed reader. You now have a feed for that search!
 * News Search: See the instructions for Custom News Feeds at [|Google News]
 * Technorati: Run a search at [|Technorati], a blog search engine. Then click on the orange subscribe link near the upper right (above the search results).

RSS Feeds
HTML RSS Enclosures

RSS Readers
Web-based: Applications:
 * [|bloglines.com]
 * [|reader.google.com]
 * [|NetNewsWire] (OS X)
 * [|Feedreader] (WinXP)

Using RSS
Find a favorite frequently updated site. Does this site have a feed? Copy the feed URL Open Your Reader Paste in the URL Or… one-click?

Live RSS Demo
With [|Google Reader]

Reflection
How might you use RSS in your work? What might your first step be?

This wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by: [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation