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Using RSS Readers in Education: The Google Reader

Using RSS Readers in Education: The Google Reader. Introductions. What do you teach? Do you use RSS now?. Who Here Reads Newspapers?. Story is sent to “the wire”. Papers pick up ‘feed’ off the wire. Story appears here. Story is written. News Story Syndication . Syndication .

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Using RSS Readers in Education: The Google Reader

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  1. Using RSS Readers in Education:The Google Reader

  2. Introductions • What do you teach? • Do you use RSS now?

  3. Who Here Reads Newspapers?

  4. Story is sent to “the wire” Papers pick up ‘feed’ off the wire Story appears here Story is written News Story Syndication

  5. Syndication

  6. Syndication Appears in many papers

  7. RSS is like reading newspaper • Lots of newspapers!

  8. What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication

  9. From “Push” to “Pull”

  10. RSS in Plain English http://snipurl.com/1w8wi

  11. “My” Google Reader

  12. News Headlines News Search Results Organizational News & Updates Clinical Guidelines Grant Opportunities Journal Table of Contents Web Searches Web 2.0 Blogs Blog Search Results Del.icio.us Flickr Groups Wikis Youtube more … Types of Information RSS Can Bring to You

  13. Examples of RSS Feeds: NIH Grants

  14. Examples of RSS Feeds: Blogs

  15. Examples of RSS Feeds: Pubmed Search

  16. Google Reader • http://www.google.com/reader

  17. Google Reader • Sign in with free account

  18. RSS Feed: Subscribing • 1. Find a feed. • 2. Find the RSS link . • 3. Copy the URL or link. • 4. Go to Google Reader. • 5. Click on Add Subscription. • 6. Paste in the link. • 7. Organize the new feed into your folders or subject structure.

  19. Subscribing • Some pages offer buttons you can just click on to add a feed. • This allows you to skip steps 2-6!

  20. Step 1 (Find Webpage) • Google News Search

  21. Step 2 (Find RSS Link)

  22. Step 3 (Copy Link) or This skips steps 4-6

  23. Step 4 (Go to Reader)

  24. Step 5 (Add Feed) • Click on Add subscription • This expands to give you space to paste the URL.

  25. Step 6 (Paste Link) • Paste the URL in the box, then click ADD.

  26. Step 7 (Sort Feed) The feed might look like this Manage subscriptions allow you to group feeds

  27. Step 7 (Sort Feed) • Choose a topic folder or create a new folder. • TIP: When you view a folder, you see the newest items for the topic all integrated together.

  28. Other Neat Things to Do With RSS • Environmental scanning and market research • Get weather reports, daily cartoons, sports scores … • Feed from social bookmarking sites like http://del.icio.us • Get trends on your feeds • Items per day • Your reading trends

  29. “My” Google Reader

  30. Using RSS Personally & Professionally

  31. Credits: Britt Watwood, VCU“Using RSS Personally and Professionally”Patricia F. Anderson, U. Mich“RSS Demystified”Perter Bromberg, SJRLC

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