Week 16 - Final Class

Presentation Schedule for December 11th

Starla R
Jenny W
Jennah M
Emma S
Hannah B
Ryan L

Check out the Pen Pad Wireless Tablet. We will have one to play with on Tuesday night!

GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU AS A TEACHER

Proverbs 2:1 - 11

“My sons (and daughters), if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, Turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
And if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
And if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just and fair – every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.”

RSS Feeds

Amanda mentioned in her presentation that a RSS feed could be added to a blog and those who subscribed to the RSS feed would be alerted when something new was added. Here is some information on RSS Feeds.

A RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed provides for the delivery of updated information from multiple sources to one location. The setting for the blog needs to allow the RSS feature and the recipient needs to use a RSS Reader to collect the updated material. The RSS default for Blogger.com is that "blog feeds" are allowed (see Settings then Site Feed).

The other part of setting up a RSS feed is that you need a place to collect all the blog that you subscribe to. These are called RSS Aggregators or Readers. There are many available but the most common is Bloglines. Google Reader is another option.

Using Bloglines as an example here is how you would set up a RSS Reader.
- Create or log into Bloglines account
- Click on "Feed" tab
- Click on "Add"
- In "Blog or Feed URL" type in URL for the blog you want to add
- If more than one site appears on next page, click in the box of URL you want to add
- You have a number of options: You can create folders. You also have a private or public option
- Click on Subscribe
- On left side of screen you will see the name of the blog that you subscribed to
- Click on name of the blog and you will see the new posts to this blog.

Some Tools & Resources:
Bloglines
Google Reader
It's Really Is Really Simple: RSS for Educators
Add RSS feeds to your Bloglines account (YouTube podcast)