Thursday, January 17, 2013

RSS Feed Assignment

Part 1:  After watching the two videos RSS Feed and IGoogle Reader complete the following questions on a Word document:


  1. What does RSS stand for?
It stands for Really Simple Syndication

  1. How does it Work?
It gives you the information instead of you trying to find the information

  1. What are 2 benefits to using one?
Easier to find what you’re looking for, and its free

  1. Compare and contrast “RSS Feeds”, “Feed Reader”, or “Aggregator”?
They make it easier to locate a web site. RSS feed is free, the others are not.

  1. What Google product is an RSS Feed?
blog

  1. What do you need in order to sign up for an RSS feed?
An igoogle account

  1. What does it cost?
It’s free

Copy and Paste the above as a Post on your personal blog.  Publish



Part 2:  Open your iGoogle and create a reader for yourself.  You need to go to the list of Google products and click on “Reader”. 

Subscribe to the following RSS Feeds on you iGoogle Reader.

  1. Subscribe Our Class blog

  1. Subscribe to Bedford Now newspaper and/or Monroe Evening news

  1. Search for sites on new technology – subscribe to at least one.

  1. Subscribe to at least one news feed of your choice.

  1. Subscribe to two sites of your choice (could be student blogs or other interests).

  1. Create another post on your blog – list sites you created RSS feeds for.  Publish your post.

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