Activating+Resources+with+RSS+and+iGoogle

Let's get activated! Linking to prior knowledge is a great way to activate thinking. Using current and relevant information can help students make connections between classroom content and their lives. Learn to use RSS and a personalized home page to harness information that will hook your students and get them more engaged in the classroom. Once created, your personal home page can give you ideas for using KWL, wordsplashes, brainstorming, and other activating strategies.

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Resources
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 * ===Activating Strategies=== || ===Research Based Strategies=== ||
 * Recall || KWL ||
 * Make Predictions || KWL Plus ||
 * Game || Wordsplash ||
 * Humor or Mystery || Anticipation Guide/Prediction Guide ..................... ||
 * Exploration or Experience || Brainstorm ||
 * Role Play or Simulation || Brainstorm or Categorize ||
 * Video Clip, Music, Literature, Art .................. || Draw a Picture or Diagram ||

= What is RSS?=

RSS = Really Simple Syndication [|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. [|RSS.doc] - Note Sheet media type="youtube" key="0klgLsSxGsU" height="364" width="445"

//Discussion//
How can RSS be used to activate thinking? -Activating Strategies -Research Based Strategies Enter your thoughts [|here] and see results [|here].

//Collecting Feeds//
[|Learn about Aggregators]

What is iGoogle?
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 * iGoogle
 * [|Current Events Example]
 * [|Netvibes]
 * [|PageFlakes]
 * - [|Example Site]
 * - Example Site - [|Educational Technology]
 * - Example Site - [|Docfish]

//It's Your Turn!//

 * 1) Create a [|Pageflakes], [|Netvibes] or [|Google] account.
 * ([|Pageflakes YouTube Tutorial])
 * ([|Netvibes YouTube Tutorial])
 * ([|iGoogle YouTube Intro])
 * 1) Add flakes, widgets or gadgets to get started.
 * 2) Find a site you want to subscribe to. (Learn more in the Finding Feeds section below.)
 * 3) Look for the RSS icon or the add to Google button.
 * 4) Click the icon or Add to iGoogle button.
 * 5) It may be necessary to copy the 'feed' url and paste it onto the iGoogle page.
 * 6) iGoogle - Click Add Stuff and then Gadgets.
 * 7) iGoogle - The Add feed box is on the lower left side.
 * 8) iGoogle - Paste the URL in the box and click Add.

 =Finding Feeds= [|MSNBC] [|CNN] [|Google Blog Search] [|Alltop] [|Digg] [|Technorati]

=RSS Links= (Click the popout arrow to open link in a new window.) rss url="http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mmkrill/rss" link="true" description="true" number="10"

=Preview Video=

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=Agenda= Activating Strategies Preview/Review What is RSS? Discussion - How can RSS be used to activate thinking? Enter your thoughts [|here] and see results [|here]. What is iGoogle? (Pageflakes, Netvibes) Build a personalized home page. Activating Strategies [|Review]

Click [|here] to grab a username and password.