Web 2.0 Training - Lesson 2: RSS and Feedreaders

Go to the Bakers Dozen Lesson 2: RSS and Feedreaders

When you get to the video, come back here and click on the link below. (Their video was no longer there when I tried it.)

See the Video: RSS in Plain English (3:44 min.)

Your assignment:

1. Register for a free Bloglines account.

2. Find and subscribe to a minimum of 5 feeds. (You can always unsubscribe afterwards.)

Hint: Use Bloglines’ search box to find feeds. You’ll need to change the default "Search for Posts" to "Search for Feeds." Then try to find feeds for your favorite news outlets such as CNN, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, etc. Once, you find a feed that you like, click on "Subscribe to feed."

And guess what? You can even find and subscribe to the Baker’s Dozen blog and the Darling Library News & Events in your Bloglines account. If you watched the video on RSS Feeds in Plain English, you will know the first step is to sign up for an RSS Reader (i.e., Bloglines) and then go to your favorite sites (i.e., Darling Library News & Events). Look for the orange icon in the right column. Then you will be given a choice to subscribe with Bloglines. Click on the Bloglines icon or choose it from the dropdown menu... scroll to the bottom and click the Subscribe button. Done!

Also I recommend the Blogs in Plain English (2:58 min.) as an excellent explanation of blogs from the same guys that brought you RSS in Plain English.