using rss feeds

Objectives

• Know how RSS feeds are used in everyday life to keep users up-to-date with information.

• Recognise, find and subscribe to a range of RSS feeds

• Organise the feeds in structured folders• Update your E-Portfolios with evidence

1. Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk

2. Click on the RSS feed logo

The URL of all RSS feeds ends with

“.xml”

This is the BBC News RSS Feed. You can see that it is regularly updated

3. Click “Subscribe to this Feed”

4. It is a good idea to organise your RSS feeds

into Folders. Select “New

Folder”

5. Call your new folder “News”

and click “Create”

6. Select “Favourites” and “Feeds” to see

your News feeds.

Now it’s time to look for your own!

Type Name URL

News BBC News Http://news.bbc.co.uk

Blog Year 9 ICT Http://MrGordonICT.blogspot.com

Weather MetCheck Http://MetCheck.com

Video Games Your choice! Your choice!

Film Star Your choice! Your choice!

Add and organise the following feeds to Internet Explorer

E-Portfolio

Remember to add print screens & annotations explaining how you recognised, found and

subscribed to your RSS feeds

To earn a higher NC Level, you need to explain each stage in as much detail as possible!

How did we do?

• Know how RSS feeds are used in everyday life to keep users up-to-date with information?

• Recognise, find and subscribe to a range of RSS feeds?

• Organise the feeds in structured folders?• Update your E-Portfolios with evidence?

Homework

Write an e-mail to the Head Teacher, Mr Moriarty, explaining how the use of RSS feeds

on the school website would help keep parents, teachers and pupils aware of

important news and events at St Augustine’s High School. This can be e-mailed to me (

rgordon@staugustineshigh.org) or handed in on paper. Deadline: Friday 23rd October