A quick activity to get started

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Objective

Understand what RSS is commonly used for
Set up an account with Bloglines and/or Google Reader
Subscribe to a number of blogs and RSS feeds

Activity

Watch this video called RSS in Plain English by CommonCraft.
Set up an account on Bloglines or GoogleReader
Use the search techniques mentioned earlier in this prior actibities to find at least 3 blogs that interest you - use your Bloglines or GoogleReader account to subscribe to them

Resources

http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english - RSS in Plain English by CommonCraft
http://www.google.com/reader/view/ - GoogleReader
http://bloglines.com - Bloglines

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