Using RSS Feeds

Feedzilla

http://www.feedzilla.com

Real Simple Syndication, also known as RSS feeds, are effective tools to receive updates from a variety of sites which saves instructors the need to send updates about content to their students. Your students can also select professional sites and resources and always be up to date with the new and most current topics.

Pros:

  • Allows students and instructors to always be up to date with current information. For professionals this is an important requirement that assists them to keep up with new research and topics of interest.
  • Register to their classroom website (blogs or wikis) RSS feeds and be informed each time the instructor updates the website with new information.
  • Use RSS feeds to keep informed about new ideas for teaching that are shared on the web.
  • Have news coming directly to their emails or social websites and use the information for class discussion and research topics, as well as, discovery of new terms for vocabulary building purposes.

Cons:

  • Is the potential for feeling overwhelmed by the number of news items that you may receive regularly and so you must select fewer more relevant RSS feeds.
  • May require support in understanding how the feeds work and how to ensure they use them correctly.

How To:

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    Go to the tool home page at: http://www.feedzilla.com.

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    Click on the top right menu and select Canada as your news feed choice.

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    Browse the site based on categories.

  • Watch this short video as an introduction to the tool.

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    This RSS feeds list includes specific content websites related to a variety of fields. Images here show examples in a variety of industries, like Health.

  • Watch this short video about the use of RSS feeds and how to build your own on Feedzilla.

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    You can access the links directly from this list or place the RSS tool into a number of different websites and social interactive sites.

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    If you select the Oil Industry you will see a list like in the image. These news of course will change as updates are automatically added to the list.

  • Watch this short video to review some categories of RSS feeds in Feedzilla.

  • Watch this short video to learn about teaching ideas using this tool.

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