1. All About RSS Marlborough ICT PD – August 2008 A Hatley

15. Google Reader – works like email essentially. Folder list to the right can be organised by drag and drop. Items can be starred as good articles. Add subscriptions by copy and pasting the RSS URL into the “Add Subscription” box. Discover to find lists of feeds based on topics….see next slide….

16. Search for feeds by keyword.

18. RSS feeds come into Igoogle as well. You can also add ‘gadgets’ that suit your needs. All you need is a Google account to get started. Igoogle can read your Google Reader feeds, Gmail and any other feeds you find on the net.

20. To receive RSS feeds from a blog all you have to do it copy the URL of the blog itself into your subscriptions.

21. You can edit your blog to add content to the page. > Layout > Page Elements Add a Gadget…

22. Add a gadget…blog list, subscription links, etc.

25. Once you have clicked onto subscribe you can copy this URL into your feed reader, and your students can as well.

29. This will find the top ranked sites for the search terms “Marlborough Girls College” so you could be first to know you are in the media!

30. Hover over the Subscribe button. Then click on the RSS symbol in the bottom right corner.

31. This is the RSS feed from your search terms…copy the URL into your subscriptions.