using rss
DESCRIPTION
Overview of Google Reader and RSSTRANSCRIPT
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Using RSS Readers in Education:
The Google Reader
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Introductions
• What do you teach?
• Do you use RSS now?
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Who Here Reads
Newspapers?
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News Story Syndication
Story is written
Story
is se
nt to
“the
wire”
Papers pick up
‘feed’ off the
wire
Story appears here
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Syndication
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Syndication
Appears in Appears in many papersmany papers
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Reading Newspape
rs
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RSS is like reading newspaper• Lots of newspapers!
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What is RSS?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication
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From “Push” to “Pull”
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RSS in Plain English
http://snipurl.com/1w8wi
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“My” Googl
e Reade
r
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Types of Information RSS Can Bring to You
• News Headlines• News Search Results• Organizational News
& Updates• Clinical Guidelines• Grant Opportunities • Journal Table of
Contents • Web Searches
• Web 2.0– Blogs– Blog Search
Results– Del.icio.us– Flickr Groups– Wikis– Youtube– more …
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Examples of RSS Feeds: NIH Grants
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Examples of RSS Feeds: Blogs
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Examples of RSS Feeds: Pubmed Search
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Google Reader
• http://www.google.com/reader
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Google Reader
• Sign in with free account
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RSS Feed: Subscribing
• 1. Find a feed.• 2. Find the RSS link .• 3. Copy the URL or link.• 4. Go to Google Reader.• 5. Click on Add Subscription.• 6. Paste in the link. • 7. Organize the new feed into
your folders or subject structure.
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Subscribing
• Some pages offer buttons you can just click on to add a feed.
• This allows you to skip steps 2-6!
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Step 1 (Find Webpage)
• Google News Search
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Step 2 (Find RSS Link)
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Step 3 (Copy Link)
or
This skips steps 4-6
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Step 4 (Go to Reader)
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Step 5 (Add Feed)
• Click on Add subscription
• This expands to give you space to paste the URL.
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Step 6 (Paste Link)
• Paste the URL in the box, then click ADD.
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Step 7 (Sort Feed)The feed might look like this
Manage subscriptions allow you to group feeds
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Step 7 (Sort Feed)
• Choose a topic folder or create a new folder.
• TIP: When you view a folder, you see the newest items for the topic all integrated together.
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Other Neat Things to Do With RSS
• Environmental scanning and market research
• Get weather reports, daily cartoons, sports scores …
• Feed from social bookmarking sites like http://del.icio.us
• Get trends on your feeds– Items per day– Your reading trends
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“My” Googl
e Reade
r
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Using RSS Personally & Professionall
y
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Credits: Britt Watwood, VCU
“Using RSS Personally and Professionally”Patricia F. Anderson, U. Mich
“RSS Demystified”Perter Bromberg, SJRLC