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DESCRIPTION

RSS allows you to manage, create, and share web based content pertinent to your area of interest. RSS content can be text, audio (podcasts), video.

RSS feeds are available for content created by individuals to content compiled by the big guys -- Google.

As with all sources of web content -- "Let the buyer beware!" Anyone can create and RSS feed and "anyone" does. If you plan to incorporate RSS feeds into a website which is accessed by students, ensure that the content is valid and appropriate!

When you "subscribe" to an RSS feed, information in the feed is "pushed" to you whenever the feed content is updated.

A tool called an aggregator collects and displays your feed. There are aggregators that are web-based and those that are downloaded to your personal computer.

LEARN...

• More About RSS
• How to Find RSS Feeds
• How to Subscribe to Feeds
• How to Syndicate Feeds

RSS in Plain English

MORE ABOUT RSS

• Tutorial on RSS
• RSS Feed Factory
• RSS Quick Start for Educators
• All About RSS at FaganFinder
• The ABC's of RSS

FINDING FEEDS

Find our what's new online -- weblogs,, news sites, breaking news etc. For example, if a feed is submitted to Technorati, an alert of a new content item hits that feed, it’ll start appearing in Technorati search results. I can take days, weeks, or months for Google to index that content.

• Technorati
• RSS Compendium ~ links you to information about RSS readers, resources, tools, etc...
• RSS Feeds.com
• Icerocket
• Blogpulse

Some Feeds to which I subscribe:
See them all on one page... & maybe a few more over time!

Remember, read the next section "Subscribe to Feeds" to set up your own subscriptions -- it's all free.

• TechLearning ~ http://feeds.feedburner.com/TechlearningBlog
• The Fish Bowl ~ http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/atom.xml
• Around the Corner ~ http://feeds.feedburner.com/mguhlin
• Connect Learning ~ http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/?feed=rss2

SUBSCRIBE TO FEEDS

Web Based Aggregators / Readers (Demonstrations Created with Captivate)

• Bloglines ~ Click Camera to Watch Me Do it (Another Video TutoriaI)
  
  
• Google Reader

• Feed2JS Using a small snippet of code you can incorporate RSS feed content any web page. As an example, I went to Google News and searched for "Chimpanzees".
  Click Camera to Watch Me Do it

And are two feeds using Feed2JS script ... 5 minutes to create from start to finish!

• Solosub ~ Use one button (or text link): and point it to your solosub page. Your solosub page is: http://solosub.com/sub/http://YOUR_RSS_FEED_URL. On that page your readers can pick which RSS reader they use, I will keep it updated with the most popular options. Your readers gets a quick definition of what a FEED is, I call them content feeds, not RSS feeds or ATOM, because those terms are hard to market. (feel free to suggest a better definition than mine)
  
  
• Super Glue
  
  
• Netvibes
  
  
• Pageflakes ~ I have a Pageflakes page and I love it!
  
  
• Squeet
  
  

Desktop Aggregators

SYNDICATING FEEDS

• Dapper - Create feeds for any website.
• Make Your Rss Feeds
• Feed Burner & Video Tutorial
  
• Feed For All (PC & Mac)
  create RSS feeds & podcasts; edit RSS feeds & podcasts; manage RSS feeds;
  publish RSS news feeds
  
• many others