Why Subscribe: An RSS Feed Sales Pitch for CFF Coaches

Overwhelmed by information, resources, and the amount of cool new Web 2.0 apps you want to learn and hopefully share? It can be too much some days. Between the listserv and your log you are left with little time to find valuable info that might actually fit into the various curricula of your CFF teachers.

Why not let the the internet work for you?? Use a Web aggregator and RSS feed.
Aggregators - (def.) Let the information you want come to you!!!! (Web 2.0 knows how busy you are.) Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper." Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed. -To put this is a simply as possible - it is much like your newspaper arriving on your front porch. Only digitally!

*BloglinesStudents can learn how quickly information changes if they allow Bloglines to deliver the RSS (short for "real simple syndication") feeds for whichever sites they register. This is especially appropriate if they are researching current events, science, and other swiftly changing topics. The site allows users to share their feeds with others.

Google ReaderWith Google Reader, keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. Stay up to date Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. You can also use Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family. Google Reader is totally free and works in most modern browsers, without any software to install.

Check out this video from Common Craft about RSS feed and how it works!