Transcript LB_RSS_Delicious - Blakefield Tech-Knowledge

del.icio.us
Social Bookmarking & RSS
February 15, 2008
Presented by Mike Lackner
Professional Development days are rough but
there are worse places you could be today…….
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/221/35/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2E2F0DmyE
So what does it all mean?
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience
can never go back to its old dimensions.”
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
What is del.icio.us ?
• Website that helps you save, organize and
share your bookmarks online
– Internet Explorer Favorites (Web 1.0)
– Social Bookmarks (Web 2.0)
• Links organized by “tags” or keywords
• Links have descriptions and notes
What is del.icio.us ?
• Can access from any computer with Internet
• Data on how many others have tagged each
link
• Current bookmarks / favorites can be easily
imported
• Bookmark(s) can be marked as private
(imported links marked private by default)
What is del.icio.us ?
Access to so much more…..
• Discover what others are saving
• Many collaboration friendly features (Web 2.0)
– Easy to share links with others
http://del.icio.us/mlackner
add this as a tag “for:mlackner” (for:username) to send
bookmark to another user
– Build “network” of other users
– Create subscriptions to tags of interest
– Search and browse others bookmarks
– Subscribe to RSS feeds of specific tags or other users
del.icio.us Anatomy
List vs. Cloud
List Visual:
Number
represents # of
links under
each “tag”
“tag” list can be
arranged
alphabetical or
by # of links
Cloud Visual: The darker
and larger the “tag” the
greater amount of links
So what is a “tag” ?
tag is a (relevant)
keyword or term
associated with or assigned
to a piece of information
(i.e. picture, article, music
or video clip), thus
describing the item
and enabling keywordbased classification of
information
So what is a “tag” ?
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One word descriptors
Chosen by you
Flexible & Fluid
Not locked into folders
Find a link about Cakes
– “tags” recipes, sweets, yogurt, baked_goods
– Others have saved links with same “tags”
• http://del.icio.us/tag/sweets
• http://del.icio.us/popular/sweets
link description,
Adding New BookmarksAddnotes,
and tags
The Wisdom of Crowds: Wikipedia ~The Free Encyclopedia
Click on the “Post”
button.
Recommended
tags are a
combination
Copy and
Paste the of
URL of thetags
link you
thathave
you
already used
and
want to bookmark
here.
tags that other
people have used.
Popular tags are
what other people
have tagged this
page as
Browser Buttons: “Easy Button”
FIREFOX
http://del.icio.us/help/firefox/extension
INTERNET EXPLORER
http://del.icio.us/help/ie/extension
Tagging
How Many Others?
Link Info
You can use the edit/delete
button to easily update link
“tags”, “description”, or info.
Click “delete” to remove link
from list.
List of “tags” used to organize
this particular link.
Date link was first
saved.
Educational Implications
• Students gather resource bookmarks on assigned topic,
or ongoing research
– Create a common tag (i.e. “LBcompsci” )
– Add your own subscription to it
– Track what students are saving
• “Action” -assist students to study topics in more depth,
collaborate on a project, or connect with others
Educational Implications
• Easily add link to teacher website on Intranet
http://del.icio.us/mlackner link to all of my bookmarks
http://del.icio.us/mlackner/webdesign all of my bookmarks on webdesign
• Great way to find valued websites that others have
already marked (“wisdom of crowds” phenomenon )
• Reserve the AV lab and let me help you get your students
started…
http://del.icio.us/mlackner
Sample Bookmark
Highlight Text
-added to notes
What is RSS ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
new
content
feed
collector
RSS = Feeds + Aggregator
i.e. NewsGator
& Google
Reader
Benefits of RSS
One Stop Shopping, for your most visited web content
Reduces unnecessary searching and surfing
Everything in aggregator is something you want
~Because you subscribed to it
~No Spam, No Ads
No waiting for annoying Flash Animation Ads to load
RSS helps reduce email “inbox” clutter
Save a few trees
RSS: “Outside the Box”
Use RSS feeds to track the following……..
• Specific News Headlines
– i.e. local, world, financial, political, etc.
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News Search Results
Web Searches
Weather Alerts
Traffic Alerts
Track Packages
Pictures, Videos, & Music
Sports News, Schedules, and Scores
Podcasts, Weblogs, & Wiki’s
Travel & Shopping Deals
TV Listings
Much More……
http://flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/
RSS: Educational Implications
Way to provide students with diverse “Experiences”
and information
“Action” -assist students to study topics in more
depth, collaborate on a project, or connect with
others
Ongoing collection of information gathering (research)
RSS: Educational Implications
Track the authors, experts, journalists, news related
to your curriculum
Assign students to stay abreast of content related
“Current Events” to help stimulate greater depth in
class discussions
Build students’ Information Literacy Skills
newsgator Anatomy
My Feeds
List
Feed Title
Article Title
# of new
articles
since last
reading
Article
Summary
Tool Buttons:
~Mark Post as Read
~Add to Clippings
~Email Post
CNN
News
Google
News
newsgator: Adding Feeds
Click
“Add Feeds”
To paste RSS
feed (url) link
click here
Click the
“Add Feed”
button
Paste url in
the blank field
Newsgator: Adding Feeds
If you are searching
for a Feed:
1. Click “Find Feeds”
2. Next you can
search for feeds by
category and subcategory names
3. Or you can enter a
“Search Term(s)”
such as
“usatoday.com
money” to locate
specific RSS
Feeds.
Newsgator: Adding Feeds
Yet another way to search
for feeds using
NewsGator:
1. Click on
“Recommended Feeds”
2. Next you can choose
from the following list:
~Editor’s Choice
~Recommended for Me
~Popular Feeds
~Highly Rated Feeds
3. Browse feeds by clicking
on “HTML” button or
simply click “Subscribe”
to add the feed to your
list.
CNN
News
Google
News
TV Example
NewsGator
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