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If you had to work on this project individually, you would already have started working. You don't have to wait for your team to get started. Look at the kinds of information you need to research and then do a Google Search. Try combinations of the following keywords: RSS, aggregators, newsfeeds, education, classroom, definition, advantages, disadvantages,

 

Also check out these sites to get you started:

Web based RSS Readers for Elementary Students - Classroom 2.0

RSS Feed for Elementary Students

PowerPoint: RSS in Education

RSS Ideas for Educators 

RSS in Education

Basic/Advanced Training  “RSS for Educators (Advanced)”   K12 Online Conference presentation

 


Introduction:

You’ve heard of RSS? You’ve seen those small funny tags on websites? You’ve heard co-workers and acquaintances swear by it, but still have no idea what RSS is? Well don’t worry, according to a recent survey you’re still in the majority, but this is changing rapidly. In the information world, RSS is not only revolutionizing the way news, media and content creators share information, but it also is swiftly changing the way everyday users are consuming information.

RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and is a file format for delivering regularly updated information over the web.

Just think about the websites and news information sources you visit every day. It takes time to visit those sites and scour the ad-filled and image-heavy pages for just the text you want to read, doesn’t it? Now imagine if you could visit all those information sources and web pages in just one place and all at the same time … without being bombarded with advertising… without having to search for new information on the page you’d already seen or read before… and without having to consume a lot of time visiting each site individually. Would that be valuable to you? Well, it’s available now through a newsreader and RSS.

 

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Definition:

 

 


Aggregators:  RSS allows users to subscribe to online information using an "RSS Reader" or an "Aggregator".  These check subscribed web pages and automatically download new content.

 

 


Advantages:    

 

 

 


Disadvantages:  You can have too many feeds.  You don't want adult news feeds coming in from CNN, ABC, CBS, etc.

 

 

 


Examples of Classroom Uses:  A teacher can have a blog for students on a site and can add RSS feeds to that blogsite.  RSS feeds deliver updated web content to subscribed users.  The teacher would have the students subscribe to all of the feeds in the course.  He or she could have the students work in groups of about five.  They could have their own blog that they work together on.  Example:  If the children were to be working on an experiment together; when they've finished, they could report their results in their blog.

 

 

 

 


Resources for Classroom Use:  Nancy Bosch, a retired teacher after 25 years, recommended that the following RSS feeds are appropriate for kids:

"CBBC Newsround" - Frontpage

"Science Buzz" - Science

"Why Files" - Science

"Cybils" - Literature Books

"Discovery Channel Headlines" - Science News

"Nova Science Now" - Science News

"Patent Pending Inventions" -  (Blog written by a 15 year old boy)

"PBS Newshour" - News

"Wands and Worlds" - Fantasy Book Reviews

"Surfing the Net With Kids"

 

 

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References:

Le Feever, L. (2007). RSS in Plain English. Common Craft. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU>

RSS Feed For Elementary Students

7 Things You Should Know About RSS <http:net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELi7024.pdf 

 

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