Use RSS to store and retrieve information


 * library of resources
 * learning activities

RSS webfeeds
Web feeds are a form of syndication in which a section of a website is made available for other sites to use. Commonly a regularly updated website will make a feed available so other people can subscribe to or display the content in another website, such as a personal news reader. This technology is mostly offered by news and web-log (blog) sites. Web feeds are very useful to people who obtain media and information from a number of online sources on a regular basis. The feeds help the reader to bring a wide variety of information sources into one place instead of having to manually go to each website to obtain the information.

Uses for web feeds
 * Video - RSS in plain English
 * RSS feed - A good one is Bloglines.
 * Students can subscribe to a teacher's website and receive updated content to their personal web spaces (blog, start page, news reader).
 * Teachers can subscribe to their student's personal web spaces and have student's work arrive centrally.
 * Students can subscribe to each other's feeds enabling them to share resources and perspectives.
 * Teachers and students can subscribe to other experts in the field, broadening their field of reference, building a personalised reading list, and bringing it back to their teaching and learning contexts.
 * Librarians can subscribe to feeds relevant to topics taught by the school faculties, and filter information and offer quality assured resources to teaching staff.
 * Professional development units can subscribe to feeds related to teacher training and filter information and build PD resources for their staff.

More information about web feeds
 * http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/Learning+with+a+News+Reader
 * http://networkedlearning.wikispaces.com/knowledge+sharing
 * http://screencasting.blogspot.com/2005/05/everything-you-need-to-teach-and-learn.html
 * Practical introduction to Web browsing and Web feeds

This unit is used in the following courses

 * Digital information literacy
 * Computer Literacy Resources for Teaching
 * Peer tutoring
 * Designing for flexible learning practice

Objectives

 * Understand the uses and applications of RSS
 * Set up a news reader and subscribe to RSS feeds
 * Use RSS in a start page, personal web page, or weblog
 * Combine RSS feeds to create a unique set of information