Now that you have an RSS Reader, and a couple of feeds, you can continue adding other feeds that interest you. There are several ways you can locate RSS feeds:
When visiting your favorite websites -- look for RSS feed icons that indicate the website provides it. Often a feed icon will be displayed somewhere in the navigation of the site.
Read a bit from the Official Google Reader Blog and discover what Google engineers are reading about.
Technorati - Technorati is a popular blog finding tool that lets you search for blogs. Since RSS feeds are inherent to all blogging tools, Technorati Blog Search can help you find RSS feeds for topic specific blogs you may be interested in.
Blog Pulse - Tracks conversations (try putting "Grand Rapids" in the search to see who mentioning us), or put your school district name in the search box - you may find something interesting.
Task:
1: Explore some of the search tools noted above that can help you locate some news feeds. Add a few new feeds to your Google Reader.
1: Explore some of the search tools noted above that can help you locate some news feeds. Add a few new feeds to your Google Reader.
2: Create a blog post about your experience and your biggest learning that has occurred with regard to RSS feeds.
Don't know what to blog about?
Here some questions to think about ...Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? Which Search tool was the easiest for you? Which was more confusing? What kind of non-useful feeds did you find in your travels? Or what kind of unusual ones did you find? What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
Don't know what to blog about?
Here some questions to think about ...Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? Which Search tool was the easiest for you? Which was more confusing? What kind of non-useful feeds did you find in your travels? Or what kind of unusual ones did you find? What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
[Note: Please remember to include THING# in your heading posts.]
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