Monday June 18, 2007 RSS Everywhere
Recently some Blerners were discussing how we keep up with all the information we need to feel relatively up-to-date in our fields (i.e. instructional technology, distance education, librarianship, higher ed in general). Nothing's better than RSS, which allows you to bring the information to you rather than go out to find it. Check out the Ultimate RSS ToolboxIf you find that list a little daunting (it is to me), you might want to start with Google Reader or BlogLines. I love Google Reader which I have imbedded into my iGoogle homepage.
Interesting developments in the NCSU library using RSS include RSS feeds from the library catalog, which allows you to get a feed for any search, and another new service in development which will allow users to get an RSS feed of new articles published in journals.
I think there's a lot of potential to use RSS to bring information into courses through feeds from blogs and news sites relevant to the course. It could also be interesting to create RSS feeds for journal articles and use them as part of a graduate level course so students can get a birds-eye-view of what's happening in a sphere of academic publishing. Just some food for thought...
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I had an e-mail exchange with some colleagues just a few days ago related to RSS; here are some links that might be useful to folks in that context.
RSS in Plain English video
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
ListGarden (for creating feeds)
http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/
FeedForAll (for creating feeds)
http://www.feedforall.com/
Creating RSS Feeds by hand
http://www.make-rss-feeds.com/
http://www.petefreitag.com/item/465.cfm
And here's a whole collection of articles and links:
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-articles.htm
Posted by swatkins on June 19, 2007 at 10:29 AM EDT #
Hey, this is a great blog!
Kim, I think you're right that RSS has a lot of potential. I just started using Bloglines and am now wondering why I waited so long. I used to use del.icio.us, but I hate checking blogs and such only to find there are no new updates.
The next step is compartmentalizing work interests from personal interests. There's overlap, but, for example, I don't need to read Parent Hacks at work or the LIS blog at home. I'm thinking of maybe using Google Reader for personal stuff.
Are there other brilliant suggestions out ther?
Posted by Joan on June 27, 2007 at 09:28 AM EDT #
I've been addicted to RSS for a few years now, and I'm beside myself with joy as I see it becoming more mainstream. These are some excellent links, thanks for posting. I think it's absurd to develop anything online now that cannot feed its data out through RSS.
Posted by Chris on July 09, 2007 at 12:02 PM EDT #