Google Reader and RSS

Session Times: Wednesday and Thursday at 1:00-1:50

Ashlyn DeWitt and Katie Christo

Keep track of your favorite websites

Stay up to date

Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.

Simplify your reading experience

Google Reader shows you all your favorite sites in one convenient place. It's like your inbox, for the web.

Discover new content

Millions of sites publish feeds with their latest updates, and our built in feed search makes it easy to find new content that interests you.

http://www.google.com/help/reader/tour.html

What IS RSS and What does it do?

Click below to play the  video: "RSS in Plain English" from Common Craft.org  

Click To Play

or if that doesn't work try RSS in Plain English 

Blogs We Read

2¢ Worth - David Warlick - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

Weblogg-ed - Will Richardson - http://weblogg-ed.com/

Dr. Carlson's Science Theater - http://sciencetheater.blogspot.com/

Dangerously Irrelevant - Dr Scott McLeod - http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

Some other places to start -

Mark Alhness- an elementary teacher

Tim Lauer- an elementary principal

Bob Sprankle- an elementary technology integrator

Vicki Davis- a middle school teacher

Jen Wagner- about collaborative online learning projects

Sharon Peters- a high school technology teacher

Dr. Cheri Toledo- an education professor . many resources, blogs,

Science Friday Podcast

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4822271

History Hints Podcast

http://www2.ccboe.com/publicinfo/historyhints.cfm