Using RSS Feeds
description
Transcript of Using RSS Feeds
Objectives
• Know how RSS feeds are used in everyday life to keep users up-to-date with information.
• Recognise, find and subscribe to a range of RSS feeds
• Organise the feeds in structured folders• Update your E-Portfolios with evidence
1. Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk
2. Click on the RSS feed logo
The URL of all RSS feeds ends with
“.xml”
This is the BBC News RSS Feed. You can see that it is regularly updated
3. Click “Subscribe to this Feed”
4. It is a good idea to organise your RSS feeds
into Folders. Select “New
Folder”
5. Call your new folder “News”
and click “Create”
6. Select “Favourites” and “Feeds” to see
your News feeds.
Now it’s time to look for your own!
Type Name URL
News BBC News Http://news.bbc.co.uk
Blog Year 9 ICT Http://MrGordonICT.blogspot.com
Weather MetCheck Http://MetCheck.com
Video Games Your choice! Your choice!
Film Star Your choice! Your choice!
Add and organise the following feeds to Internet Explorer
E-Portfolio
Remember to add print screens & annotations explaining how you recognised, found and
subscribed to your RSS feeds
To earn a higher NC Level, you need to explain each stage in as much detail as possible!
How did we do?
• Know how RSS feeds are used in everyday life to keep users up-to-date with information?
• Recognise, find and subscribe to a range of RSS feeds?
• Organise the feeds in structured folders?• Update your E-Portfolios with evidence?
Homework
Write an e-mail to the Head Teacher, Mr Moriarty, explaining how the use of RSS feeds
on the school website would help keep parents, teachers and pupils aware of
important news and events at St Augustine’s High School. This can be e-mailed to me (
[email protected]) or handed in on paper. Deadline: Friday 23rd October