Curricular+Applications

=Curricular Applications=

Ideas! (please feel free to add your own)

 * Students can compare information from multiple news sources by using feeds
 * Students can cover the election news from a global perspective by using feeds from foreign newspapers
 * Students can listen to podcasts of commentary, literature, music, etc.
 * Bellringers: a daily poem, photo, song
 * Incorporate feeds into your classroom blog or website in order to provide updated content
 * Students can use feeds for research, giving up to the minute and diverse sources of information
 * Students and teachers can use an RSS Feed to keep up with bookmarks on a del.icio.us or other social bookmarking account
 * Teachers can use RSS Feeds to keep up with new student entries to blogs
 * Students and teachers can use RSS Feeds to keep track of new websites on a topic of interest. Simply search for a topic and on the bottom of the results page you should see a link to subscribe to an RSS Feed.

Websites to check out:

 * http://www.bloglines.com/public/eduscapes Has lots of feeds in every discipline, some of which could be very useful to you and your students.
 * http://eduscapes.com/sessions/rss/ Huge lists of useful sites and feeds at the bottom for different subjects and grade levels.