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Software based. Most are free. eg Feedreader
Some deliver content to your email eg NewsGator
Web based – Personalised Start Pages on your internet browsereg iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes, My Yahoo
Either
Use iGoogle without a google account (machine specific)
Use a Google account to sign in to iGoogle (can be viewed on any machine)
(25000 gadgets available!)Useful
WeatherBookmarksDictionary/thesaurus (Ask a word )Wikipedia
Education
Lesson PlansQuotesWord of the DayWikipediaYoutubePromethean
Tabs
Moving your gadgets
Grab handleand drag
Editing your gadgets
Drop downMenu
Editing your gadgets
Options
News MagazinesBlogsDel.ico.usYoutubeTV GuideSchool NewslettersPicasa Web Albums
Many sites contain RSS content you just need to know what it looks like.
In my blog the RSS feed looks like this!
In Internet Explorer 7 the RSS button changes colour to indicate that there is a feed on the page
In Mozilla Firefox the RSS button pops up in the address bar
Open a second browser
Google :Discover Magazine
Click on the RSS tab
Left click on the feed
Locate the RSS icon or the word RSS on the page
Click on the feed want and you will get a page that looks like this…
Copy (Ctrl C) the URL in the address bar
Cut and paste the address in the browser.
Paste (Ctrl V) the URL in the feed box.
Cut and paste the address in the browser.
News www. theaustralian.news.com.au/Naked Scientist www.thenakedscientists.com/Magazines www. newscientist.comBlogs www.cyberspaced.blogspot.comSchool Newsletters eg Unley High School
Podcasts published to the web also generate XML RSS feeds.
Podcatching software downloads the latest podcast episode automatically.
Most popular free cross platform software
iTunes (very commercial)Juice - formally iPodder (open source)
Equivalent to an on-demand radio or TV
show.
Can be listened to on portable devices.
Can be copied, shared or archived.
Can be used in the classroom.
The Naked Scientist60 Second Psych Scientific American - 60 Second Science
Dr Carlson’s Science Theater (physics)Ecogeeks (biology)NOVA vodcast (science) eg atomsABC Catalyst
Most popular free cross platform software
iTunes (very commercial)Juice - formally iPodder (open source)
START All Programs Media Juice
Example : ABC
Vodcasts.tv
podcastdirectory.comfindpodcasts.com
Many search sites !
Use the google search function Specify “filetype:xml” Eg: to search for the gruen transfer…
Depends on your internet speed.
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