Tamara's Blog » RSS and Aggregation http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org E-Learning Design and E-Learning Experiences Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Bookmarking and Aggregation http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/26/bookmarking-and-aggregation/ http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/26/bookmarking-and-aggregation/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:59:44 +0000 tamaraauer http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/?p=58 What is social bookmarking?
Social bookmarking allows users to share links to different articles, blogs, music, reviews and websites.

How could it be used in this subject?
In this subject, social bookmarking could be used to save and share important links related to subjects studies, so that students could immediately access links that fall under certain categories when they need to access information. Students could also recommend links to other students by posting notes that comment on relevance and reliability.

Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English

The setting up of my Netvibes account
Refer back to my older post (28 March 2008):
http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/rss-and-aggregation/

RSS

My definition of RSS –
RSS is a way of receiving new and efficient information quickly and efficiently, it takes updated information from a number of websites and consolidates this information into a list of short summary headings.

Another definition of RSS - http://www.elearnmag.org/elearn.xml
“RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for sharing and distributing content on the Web. Using an RSS reader, you can view receive regular feeds as new content is posted to eLearn magazine. A number of RSS readers are widely available as downloads on the Web, many for free. Most require that you cut and paste the url below into the reader”.

How can RSS be used in this subject?
It possible for teachers and students in this subject to subscribe to blog post updates. This will provide students access to other students’ blogs to see their latest blog posts and contribute to comments. For teachers, it can act as a tool to assist in keeping tabs on when students have posted blog entries.

]]> http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/26/bookmarking-and-aggregation/feed/ 0 Resources http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/24/resources/ http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/24/resources/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:49:06 +0000 tamaraauer http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/?p=55 What is an e-Zine?
An ezine (electronic magazine) is a periodic publication distributed by email or posted on a website. Ezines are typically tightly focused on a subject area.

What is an e-Journal?
An electronic version of a journal that is found and read on the Web.

What is an e-Newsletter?
An electronic newsletter, published on-line, often distributed through e-mail to a list of subscribers.

Why read other people’s weblogs?
Reading other people’s weblogs helps you to stay in contact with them and up to date with current news. For example I read my cousin’s blog to keep up to date with the happenings that go on in his life over the other side of the world. This blog is a way for him to share not just news but also thoughts and feelings on current issues. Many of his friends write back expressing their thoughts through comments. http://eliamariutti.spaces.live.com/blog/

How do you judge their relevance? Credibility? Authenticity?
Unless a blog is an official blog that is published by a credible entity then it is not credible or authentic.

Official Blog examples that are credible:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
http://blog.secondlife.com/
http://www.blogtoplist.com/rss/deutsche-bank.html

Where do you start searching?
Blog Search Engines:
http://blogsearch.google.com/
http://www.blogsearchengine.com/

How do you subscribe?
You can subscribe to the RSS feeds by looking for this symbol:

RSS is a way of receiving new and efficient information quickly and efficiently, it takes updated information from a number of websites or blogs and consolidates this information into a list of short summary headings, which you can view on sites such as netvibes.

]]> http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/08/24/resources/feed/ 0 Netvibes: RSS and Aggregation http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/rss-and-aggregation/ http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/rss-and-aggregation/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:00:15 +0000 tamaraauer http://tamaraauer.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/rss-and-aggregation/ This week I opened a Netvibes account and explored the different widgets and RSS feeds I was able to subscribe to. I found that the time I spent checking my email accounts was greatly reduced. Netvibes offered me the opportunity to draw into a single page, information from a number of different sites. For example to help with my Italian study, I was able to subscribe to news headlines from Italian newspapers. On the same page I was also able to see my facebook account and see a list of upcoming Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concerts.

My Netvibes Page:

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Video: CommonCraft “ RSS in Plain English”  http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english 

What is RSS? How does it work?

RSS is a way of receiving new and efficient information quickly and efficiently, it takes updated information from a number of websites and consolodates this information into a list of short summary headings.

How can RSS be used in this subject?
It it possible for teachers and students in E-learning design to subscribe to blog post updates. This will provide students access to other students' blogs to see their latest blog posts and contribute to comments. For teachers, it can act as a tool to assist in keeping tabs on when students have posted blog entries.

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