RSS Feeds in Education

RSS Feeds is an application that has many great uses in the classroom. Because information is constantly changing and being updates, RSS feeds provides a simple way to sift through information quickly and easily. This is also good for students who need instant information and feedback and do not want to waste their time. When a student subscribes to a feed, the information will automatically be provided when updated. RSS feeds for news searches come in handy. Students can be provided information immediately not only for classroom information, but for topics they are interested in as well.

RSS Feeds also provides a way for teachers to communicate more with parents. Parents can simply subscribe to the classroom site and be constantly updated on their child’s academic information.

http://www.feedforall.com/academia-and-rss.htm

This article is titled, “Academia Adds RSS Feeds to Their Teaching Tool Kit.” It provides a list with explanation on how to incorporate RSS Feeds into classroom instruction. The list includes: Shared resources, class blogs, podcast lectures, monitor research, professional development, job searches, collaboration, study guides, scholarships, grants, school news, and student financial aid news.

http://www.techteachers.com/rss.htm

This site features an article, “RSS Feeds in Education,” and is from the www.techteachers.com site. Here it lists several pieces of information on using RSS feeds. This information includes links to background information, school feeds, and news aggregators. You can click on any of these links that will provide up to date information on information for using RSS Feeds to simply looking at how the feeds are used.

http://www.flairandsquare.com/archives/3

The title of this article is “RSS Feeds in Education?” and is from the flair & square website. This article explains, in simple terms, what RSS Feeds are and provides some examples on how to use the feeds. It also gives good information on how to subscribe to a class RSS feed that will allow the teacher to check those feeds provided from students.

http://blogs.earthlink.net/2006/08/how_do_you_use_rss_in_the_clas.php

This is a blog titled, How Do You Use RSS Feeds in the Classroom.” This is an interesting blog because it comes straight from a teacher who has actually used this Web 2.0 tool in the classroom successfully. The blog discusses the way the RSS Feeds help to communicate with parents and the community. Some other ways the RSS Feeds have been used is in the classroom for digital storytelling with classmates and parents, peer project evaluation, and classroom podcasting.

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/rss/

This site, titled, “Information Avalanche Rescue: RSS Feeds in the Classroom” is a great source for teachers. It provides activities and information on ways to use and incorporate RSS Feeds into your own website. There are links provided for information from science to poetry. This article gives links for the basic of RSS Feeds, aggregation tools, and feed creation tools. It also provides ten tips for using RSS Feeds in your classroom.

As an educator, these links provide the information I need to properly incorporate RSS Feeds into instruction. Many of them are step- by- step guides that would be useful for those teachers who do not think of themselves as technologically savvy.