RSS+Feeds+How+to

Deborah's notes pageDeborah's notesDeborah's notes Today's Web is about collaboration, interaction, and about individuals adding to the content of the internet cloud of information. Today there is so much information on the web, you don't have time to revisit every website you find with good content. So for sites that regularly update you can use RSS feeds to bring content to you.

What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is **a format for delivering regularly changing web content**. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an **RSS Feed** to whoever wants it. (Many educators are included in this group.) RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to **easily stay informed** by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You **save time** by not needing to visit each site individually. You **ensure your privacy**, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.

RSS Feed from the Site:
The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly. A large number of sites you visit regularly have a button like this somewhere on the site. Sometimes it is on the address bar and sometimes in a panel to the right or left of the page. When you find a site you want to keep up with new content, click this button and you will see the window below. Choose Google if you have an iGoogle account set up and then **Subscribe Now**. The feed will come to your computer with no more actions from you. The hardest thing is to limit yourself to content you have time to read. You can always delete content that you grow tired of.

RSS Feed From Google Reader:
To subscribe to sites directly from your Google Reader, view the tutorial videos that are on Deborah's notes page of this wiki.

I have found Educator gurus who have blogs about how to use technology in the classroom and subscribe to their Feeds.