RSS/Atom Aggregators & Feeds

RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Ready for Some Stories) is a Web content syndication format that allows users to receive updates of frequently modified content from various sites, such as news sites and blogs.

Using RSS feeds, people can track updated content from a variety of sites in a central location. To access the syndicated content, users commonly employ a reader or agrregator which collects and displays the feeds to which they subscribe. RSS feeds can also be archived by browsers, such as IE 7.

Common Features:

search/add for feeds from within the aggregator
manually add feeds
organize/group feeds
take notes/annotated postings
push specific entries out into another feed

Aggregator Tools: Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/) —web based agregator Bloglines.com (http://www.bloglines.com)--web based Newsgator (http://www.newsgator.com/)—web based aggregator Gritwire (http://my.gritwire.com/)—web based aggregator with social elements. SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/)—downloaded desktop based aggregator Snackr (http://www.snackr.net/)--download desktop based "ticker" aggregator Feedburner (http://feedburner.com) - burn your feed to create email subscriptions or republish the feed as HTML. To keep track of their feeds and display them, users can also build their news aggregator into a portal, such as iGoogle (http://www.google.com/ig), Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com/), or Pageflakes (http://www.pageflakes.com/) Blog-o-Sphere Search Tools: Google blog search (http://blogsearch.google.com/) Technorati (http://www.technorati.com/) Blogarama (http://www.blogarama.com/) Blogdigger.com (http://www.blogdigger.com)

Aggregator Tools:

Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/) —web based agregator
Bloglines.com (http://www.bloglines.com)--web based
Newsgator (http://www.newsgator.com/)—web based aggregator
Gritwire (http://my.gritwire.com/)—web based aggregator with social elements.
SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/)—downloaded desktop based aggregator
Snackr (http://www.snackr.net/)--download desktop based "ticker" aggregator
Feedburner (http://feedburner.com) - burn your feed to create email subscriptions or republish the feed as HTML.

To keep track of their feeds and display them, users can also build their news aggregator into a portal, such as

Blog-o-Sphere Search Tools:

Google blog search (http://blogsearch.google.com/)
Technorati (http://www.technorati.com/)
Blogarama (http://www.blogarama.com/)
Blogdigger.com (http://www.blogdigger.com)

Resources: RSS in Plain English, YouTube: v=0klgLsSxGsU Needing a Gentle Intro to RSS Feeds (http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/05/06/needing-a-gentle-intro-to-rss-feeds/) RSS: The Next Killer App For Education (http://www.technologysource.org/article/rss/) Countdown to RSS: The Gateway Technology (http://idea.zanestate.edu/rss/) RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators (http://weblogg-ed.com/, click the "RSS Guide" tab) The Media Drop: Newspapers with RSS (http://www.themediadrop.com/archives/001588.php#more) Copyright, RSS, and Common Sense (http://www.rss4lib.com/2007/09/of_the_many_interesting_cans.html) Embed RSS on Any Webpage w/Java Script (http://feed2js.org/) The Ultimate RSS Toolbox (http://mashable.com/2007/06/11/rss-toolbox/) RSS and Education (http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-and-education.htm) RSS in Education (http://www.slideshare.net/leonardstern/rss-in-education)	Although this video is titled "what is podcasting?" it is really describing RSS.

Resources:

RSS in Plain English, YouTube: v=0klgLsSxGsU
Needing a Gentle Intro to RSS Feeds (http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/05/06/needing-a-gentle-intro-to-rss-feeds/)
RSS: The Next Killer App For Education (http://www.technologysource.org/article/rss/)
Countdown to RSS: The Gateway Technology (http://idea.zanestate.edu/rss/)
RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators (http://weblogg-ed.com/, click the "RSS Guide" tab)
The Media Drop: Newspapers with RSS (http://www.themediadrop.com/archives/001588.php#more)
Copyright, RSS, and Common Sense (http://www.rss4lib.com/2007/09/of_the_many_interesting_cans.html)
Embed RSS on Any Webpage w/Java Script (http://feed2js.org/)
The Ultimate RSS Toolbox (http://mashable.com/2007/06/11/rss-toolbox/)
RSS and Education (http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-and-education.htm)
RSS in Education (http://www.slideshare.net/leonardstern/rss-in-education)

Although this video is titled "what is podcasting?" it is really describing RSS.

*How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Scholarship?* Follow what other scholars are doing Syndicate updates on your own research processes *How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Teaching?* Provide updated content to students Use an aggregator to organize all your students’ blogs and keep track of students' new posts Have students follow a specific line of information (another scholar’s blog, Google search as RSS feed, writing resources, etc.) Facilitategroup/class collection of sources about specific topics or common readings from particular sites/blogs Teach students to create their own feeds in advanced classes (try FeedJournal or Tabbloid to make a "newspaper" out of RSS feeds) *How might your students* use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in their lives?** Keep track of updates to blogs, news sources, and other electronic resources importantant to their work, hobbies, or lives Enhance their portal sites with important content and share that content with friends and family Maintain connections with organizations or causes about which they are passionate or interested

How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Scholarship?

Follow what other scholars are doing
Syndicate updates on your own research processes

How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Teaching?

Provide updated content to students
Use an aggregator to organize all your students’ blogs and keep track of students' new posts
Have students follow a specific line of information (another scholar’s blog, Google search as RSS feed, writing resources, etc.)
Facilitategroup/class collection of sources about specific topics or common readings from particular sites/blogs
Teach students to create their own feeds in advanced classes (try FeedJournal or Tabbloid to make a "newspaper" out of RSS feeds)

How might your students use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in their lives?

Keep track of updates to blogs, news sources, and other electronic resources importantant to their work, hobbies, or lives
Enhance their portal sites with important content and share that content with friends and family
Maintain connections with organizations or causes about which they are passionate or interested

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