Social Bookmarking & Newsfeeds RCAT, June 17, 2009

1. Social Bookmarking & NewsfeedsRCAT, June 17, 2009 Julie Hannaford Director, Information Resources & Services OISE, University of Toronto j.hannaford@utoronto.ca http://homespace.oise.utoronto.ca/~hannafo3/RCATSocialBookmarking.pptx Image credit to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermida/1603854270

2. What is RSS? • In a nutshell, RSS is “automated web surfing” – Dave Winer(http://www.scripting.com/2005/09/11.html); • The content comes to you, instead of you going to it! • Subscribing to an RSS feed means that you can easily track changes and additions; it’s a great way to stay current with blogs or other RSS-enabled content • For a little RSS history, check here: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed

3. RSS in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

4. What do you need? • RSS newsfeed(s) • On Web pages or blogs, look for “subscribe” links, an orange square: , an XML symbol: , an RSS symbol: or • RSS feed reader or aggregator • A reader will store all of your feeds, automatically check for feed updates and allow you to read or hear the new content • Examples: • Bloglines • Google Reader • Microsoft Outlook

5. Example • Edtechpost:

6. Edtechpost’srss feed http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Edtechpost

7. Subscribing in google reader

8. Aggregator example:Google reader Note: you can use Manage subscriptions to organize your feeds into folders

9. Aggregator example: microsoft outlook 2007

10. Aggregator example: microsoft outlook 2007 – subscribing manually • Right click on the RSS Feeds heading • Select Add a New RSS Feed… • Then paste the URL into the box

11. Aggregator example:outlook

12. Educational examples • RSS feeds in U of T’s databases: • Scholars Portal example • Be alerted when new content is added – follow specific journals or be alerted when content matches your research interests • http://www.library.utoronto.ca • Popular Databases • Scholars Portal Search • Run search, then go to Alert Me • use My Research to save alert • Similar capabilities can be found in Scopus, WilsonWeb, etc.

13. What is Social bookmarking? • Tagging (adding keywords) websites, videos and photos, in a way that is meaningful to you • Sharing those sites and tags with others http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

14. Delicious • Social bookmarking/tagging of websites • A good introduction: http://blog.delicious.com/ • Store favourites in ways that are meaningful to you • Create a network of colleagues/collaborators • Subscribe to tags in subject areas that are of interest to you • http://delicious.com/help/tools • Search hints: http://delicious.com/help/faq#searching

15. Educational examples • Individual/institutional tagging • Researching and storing of sites: http://delicious.com/OISEOpenAccess • Build a learning community • Class chooses one tag and contributes to delicious using that tag • Class members recommend sites to one another • Build a class archive: http://del.icio.us/chem130 • Use for group work • ‘notes’ field in delicious allow for commentary/quality notes about sites, sharing of sites during collaborative research • Use code to add list of sites or tags to Blackboard course • Course readings

16. Delicious to blackboard • Go to: Settings – Blogging to get code so that you can display your Delicious websites or tags in Blackboard (or any other website) • Link Rolls allows you display your bookmarks • Tag rolls allows you to display your tags • Adjust the settings to match your preferences • Choose a title • Choose the number of sites/tags to display • Decide whether to use bullets or not • Decide how to sort your content • As you make these choices, code is automatically generated for you

17. Delicious settings & code

18. Embedding in blackboard • Copy the code from Delicious into Blackboard • Within Blackboard, you MUST use Source mode • Choose the <> icon to toggle Source mode on

19. Final result in blackboard

20. flickr • Site that allows you to upload, share and tag images • Find useful images • Flickr works with: fd’s flickr toys • Display images in new ways • Use Flickr code so that your photos are displayed on your blog or website • http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne • Follow the selections to generate the code

21. Educational examples • Use to explain and illustrate: • http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/in/set-129006/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/817669/ • Allows for analysis via the ‘notes’ feature • Allows student commenting to build discussion • Search for images to support presentations – an alternative to Google Images: • http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ • Creative Commons • Virtual fieldtrips or any type of visual portfolio: • UI Design Samples • Book displays: Clemens & Alcuin Book Displays

22. Youtube • A service that allows users to upload and tag videos that they would like to share with others • Search for relevant content to use in lectures/presentations

23. Educational examples • Record events/lectures, allow students to comment, provide analysis • http://www.youtube.com/user/universitytoronto • http://youtube.com/ucberkeley • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCdjyW8&feature=related • Tutorials: • Formatting a Research Paper in APA Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFXrhdvnmw • Information Literacy: Identify Your Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2hziLTSyU

24. Additional information • Social Software: You Are an Access Point by Daniel Chudnov: http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/39284 • Using Del.icio.us in Education by Gabriela Grosseck: http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In-Education • Using Flickr in the Classroom by David Jakes:http://www.jakesonline.org/flickrinclassroom.pdf • Web2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens:http://main.library.utoronto.ca/webcat/goto_catalogue_url.cfm?where=ckey&what=4182726