Real Simple Syndication. You may have heard the term before, but did you know what the letters stood for? RSS is a powerful tool that can help bring information to you. Take a look at this YouTube introduction to rss.The video mentions the following rss aggregators or feed readers Google reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo, NewsGator .
You should already have a Gmail account. You will be using it in the following activity.
Discover:
1. Set up an account in Google reader (click here for a video tutorial).
2. Once your account is created, add at least 5 RSS feeds to your account. Make sure that one of them is the
Some others you might consider are:
- ABS for librarians
- Beyond the button (Science Museum of Minnesota, a blog about how museums can use technology, media, and the web
- Librarybytes (Helene Blowers blog)
- Sydney Morning Herald has a range of blogs
If you need extra help contact slnsw2.0@gmail.com or your learning advocate.
Explore: - In your blog, create an entry that reflects on what you searched for and what you found. If you are stuck, you can use these questions to help start you out:
- What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
- What sites did you select for your RSS reader?
- How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work?
- How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
- Did you find any good examples of other library, or other relevant, blogs?
Explore (part 2): Share your thoughts and comments on someone else’s blog.
- Add a news feed to your own blog.
- Sign in to your blog
- Go to layout
- Click on ‘add a page element’
- Add a ‘feed’ to your blog (eg an ABC news feed)
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