RSS

What is RSS?

Lets call it “Real Simple Syndication”

Content that is important to you, delivered to you

Fast, Effective and Free

How can I use RSS?

Create resources and research to share (del.icio.us)

Collate student writing from many blogs (a year 6 example)
Track student writing development in blogs
Share quality RSS feeds with staff
Grab content specific resources and deliver them to students (a news example using DarFur)
Use peer networks to develop knowledge
Tracking the authors, journalists and news that are important to you
Audio Professional Learning on demand – Podcasts, Talkr, audio books. Try The Education Podcast Network, iTunes, or some of these Great Podcasts for Professional Learning

Video Professional development on demand – conference presentations, Vodcasts. (some on my favorites)

Collaborate with other educators
Track student collaboration on Wikis and Blogs

Tracking people, places, things
Conduct searches 24/7 pages, movies, images

How do I view my RSS feeds?

Via Email

Software Aggregator (like Flock)

Web Based Aggregator (Like Google reader )
I would recommend a web based aggregator like google reader or Pageflakes for a number of reasons

Where do I look for feeds?

the premier Blog search tool