RSS Feeds & Aggregators

Readers can subscribe to Really Simply Syndicated feeds with their RSS aggregator (reading tool).

Aggregator Tools:

• Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/)—web-based agregator
• Newsgator (http://www.newsgator.com/)—web based aggregator
• Gritwire (http://my.gritwire.com/)—web based aggregator with social elements.
• Sage (http://sage.mozdev.org/)—Firefox browser based aggregator
• SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/)—downloaded desktop based aggregator

Blog-o-Sphere Search Tools:

• Technorati (http://www.technorati.com/)
• Blogarama (http://www.blogarama.com/)

Resources: RSS in Plain English, YouTube: v=0klgLsSxGsU RSS: The Next Killer App For Education (http://www.technologysource.org/article/rss/) Countdown to RSS: The Gateway Technology (http://idea.zanestate.edu/rss/) RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators (http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf)

How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Scholarship?
Follow what other scholars are doing
Syndicate updates on your own research processes

How might you use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in Teaching?
Use an aggregator to organize all your students’ blogs
Have students follow a specific line of information (another scholar’s blog, Google search as RSS feed, etc.)

How might your students use RSS Feeds & Aggregators in their lives?
Keep up on current events Follow what their friends and families are doing (subscribe to their blogs)