Module 8

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

I must admit I have not used RSS feeds much because I do not regularly search the web and most educational websites I use, do not have them. However, I do see the value if you are a regular blogger and for busy teachers such as ourselves, this would save a lot of time.
Google Reader was very easy to use and I have set up a couple of feeds. When I get more time and am able to regularly search the web, RSS feeds will be really valuable.