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RSS in Plain English

Bio
The Common Craft Show is written, directed, produced, etc. by Lee and Sachi LeFever using basic materials. The Show is presented by Common Craft, a social design consulting company.

Description
There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don't. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don't know where to start. "We made this video for our friends (and yours) that haven't yet felt the power of our friend the RSS reader. We want to convert people... if you know someone who would love RSS and hasn't yet tried it, point them here for 3.5 minutes of RSS in Plain English."

Presentation
www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
or
www.blip.tv/file/205570
(Viewing time: 3.5 mins approx)

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Using RSS Feed: Bringing the Web to You

Added to TeacherTube, 26 April, 2007 From jutecht, Jeff Utecht, http://www.utechtips.com


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Description
In this video for educators, Jeff Utecht explains what RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are, and how they can simplify your online life. He walks you through the process of setting up your first RSS Feed Reader so your favourite websites come to you, rather than you hunting for them on the web.

Presentation
Using RSS Feed
(Viewing time: 15 mins approx)




Support Files

BloglinesDavid Warlick: 2 Cents Worth blog
NetVibesWill Richardson: Weblogg-ed blog
Feed IconsFeedburner
Google Docs (Combines the features of two services, Writely and Spreadsheets. Allow users to create and edit documents and spreadsheets online while collaborating in real-time with other users.)

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RSS: A Four Part Series

By James Gates, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA Blog: TipLine: Gates' Computer Tips
and Kurt Paccio Blog: Tech Ruminations

Description
This screencast presentation from the 2006 K-12 Online Conference is designed to teach the new learner about RSS and includes practical information about the use of Bloglines, Netvibes, Del.icio.us that enable students and teachers to share web resources. This four-part series includes:
  1. Bloglines
  2. Netvibes / Pageflakes
  3. Social Bookmarking / Tagging
  4. More Tagging and Summary
Presentation
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=44


Introduction | Background on Social book-marking | Greg Carroll | Participation | Support material