Module 7

Keeping up to date - using RSS feeds to simplify your online surfing

A. To get your badge for this module you need to:

• Subscribe to at least 4 websites using the Google Reader, at least 2 being audio/video RSS feeds.
• Create a post in your blog about which RSS feeds you subscribed to (which and why – briefly)
• In the post show a snapshot of what you have subscribed to in the blog.

B. Resources

• To find out what RSS feeds can do for you, look at this short entertaining video:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

• To see some examples of how to subscribe to an RSS feed, look at this video:

https://www.box.com/s/ed16cbaa11e186233cf7

• If you scroll down to the bottom of this page you will get a video that will give you lots of information on RSS feeds:

http://www.themobileclassroom.com/page/3?s=RSS&task=search

• Here are some websites that you may find interesting which do have RSS feeds:

http://www.abc.net.au/services/podcasting/programs.htm#health

http://www.thenational.ae/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/bizdaily
http://lifehacker.com/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/