Uses+of+RSS



We understand that RSS is a great time saver. Rather than checking all of our Web sites of interest, RSS searches for new content and brings it to us. For educators, who are time-challenged anyway, this is like having someone else make your photocopies while you eat your lunch.

The following thoughts are some of the ways educators can save time with RSS:


 * ===Monitoring student weblogs/wikis===

According to Richardson (2006), rather than checking the blogs of each of your students, RSS will bring all the changes to your aggregator, so that you can scroll through it. Comments can be added by selecting specific entries. Parents and counselors can create their own feeds from pertinent information, by themselves, or with minimal assistance (p. 81).


 * ===Distribution of information===

see http://www.rss-tools.com/

Information can be distributed to students, families, and community such as homework, announcements, cancellations, meeting minutes, student projects, items of interest, principal's blog.


 * ===Connection to professional development sites===

Notices of upcoming classes, conferences, online events.


 * ===Sharing/showcasing===

see also http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-and-education.htm


 * ===Additional examples can be found at these Web sites:===

[|willrich's Public Archive]

[|RSS and Education]

[|RSS: The Next Killer App for Education]

[|The ABCs of RSS]