Title:
RSS for Educators : Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom
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Publication Information:
International Society for Technology in Education, 2008
Physical Description:
xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781564842398
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Summary
Summary
Let expert John Hendron show you how to use a news aggregator to harness the power of RSS for a variety of purposes, including classroom projects, professional development, and keeping students and parents informed. Learn how to use free and inexpensive software such as Garage Band and Audacity to manipulate audio files and create podcasts. Explore the pros and cons of various blogging platforms. Have your students blog, and use RSS to deliver their assignments to you automatically. With RSS and the Read/Write Web, the possibilities are endless.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction: Welcome to the New Web | p. 1 |
| A New Era | p. 1 |
| The Read/Write Web in Education | p. 8 |
| Connecting People Together | p. 10 |
| The Importance of Communication Between School and Home | p. 11 |
| Read/Write in School | p. 13 |
| Moving Forward | p. 15 |
| Book Organization | p. 16 |
| Part 1 School Applications | p. 19 |
| Chapter 1 Weblogs (Blogs) | p. 21 |
| Chapter 2 Wikis | p. 33 |
| Chapter 3 Podcasts | p. 47 |
| Chapter 4 VoIP and Synchronous Communication | p. 69 |
| Part 2 Core Software Applications | p. 89 |
| Chapter 5 Basic Editing with Audacity | p. 91 |
| Chapter 6 Editing with GarageBand | p. 101 |
| Chapter 7 Blogging | p. 113 |
| Chapter 8 Using News Aggregators | p. 133 |
| Part 3 Classroom Applications | p. 149 |
| Chapter 9 Blogging with Students | p. 151 |
| Chapter 10 Wikis for the Classroom | p. 175 |
| Chapter 11 Podcasts in the Classroom | p. 201 |
| Chapter 12 Newsfeeds in the Classroom | p. 229 |
| Chapter 13 Advanced RSS | p. 253 |
| References | p. 257 |
| Screenshot/Artwork Credits | p. 258 |
| Appendix A Web Resources for RSS, Podcasting, and Social Computing | p. 259 |
| Appendix B Glossary | p. 273 |
| Appendix C National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS[middle dot]S) and Teachers (NETS[middle dot]T) | p. 285 |
| Index | p. 291 |
