Blogs,+RSS+Feeds+and+Aggregators

toc =[|What is an RSS feed?] Really Simple Syndication=

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RSS Feed Aggregators

 * [|Pageflakes]
 * [|Google Reader]
 * [|My Yahoo]
 * [|My Msn]
 * [|IGoogle]
 * [|Bloglines]
 * [|Grazr]

So Let's Set Up an RSS Feed Aggregator

 * 1) At Home: Choose one aggregator from the list or use one of your own.
 * 2) I use [|IGoogle]. I set up an IGoogle account, following the directions, using my usual login name and password.
 * 3) Then I made two tabs. One is home and one is blogs.
 * 4) My home tab brings me information about local weather, local, national, and world news, stock market information, etc. Set it up for you - add sports, entertainment info, etc.
 * 5) My blog tag brings all my blogs to me.
 * 6) When I want to add a feed, I just click on the feed tag on the site. Let's try that together. Here's a blog I like that has feeds to choose from. http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/ Let's follow along.
 * 7) Click on the link to Teaching Every Student.
 * 8) Scroll down the page until you find the "Subscribe to" button on the right sidebar.
 * 9) Click on the arrow next to "Posts".
 * 10) Now you get to choose your aggregator. If your reader is not there, then choose Atom or Universal Subscription Mechanism. Copy that feed URL and paste it into your reader.
 * 11) In IGoogle, I add a Slim RSS Reader and use that to add the feed.

=Blogs to Follow=

http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Blogs - This wiki, created by Dr. Scott McLeod, has dozens of excellent links to check out. I find only a few blogs to be must-reads. The rest of the blogs on my blogroll are personal - teachers I have met online whose writing speaks to me. Find some of your own. When reading a blog that is linked to another, follow the link. See if this is someone you'd enjoy reading.

My Must-Reads: [|David Warlick's 2cents Worth] [|Will Richardson's Weblogg-ed] [|Wes Fryer's Moving at the Speed of Creativity] [|Vicki Davis' Cool Cat Teacher Blog] [|Kristin Hokanson's Connected Classroom]

Using Blogger
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