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This content was created for TIE Membership by Lennie Symes || Everyone has experienced it--the internet is overwhelming! The analogy that most people can relate to: taking in the internet is like drinking from a firehose. Trying to keep up with the information of the internet can be enormously time consuming.
 * ==Web Literacy for Educators== || [[image:http://membership.tie2.wikispaces.net/file/view/Tie_logo.gif/193089062/Tie_logo.gif width="152" height="80" align="center" caption="Tie_logo.gif"]]

RSS is arguably the greatest tool for saving time and improving efficiency. While there is some time for setup, it will pay in the long run. Educators who feel they don't have enough time will embrace RSS as a great tool.

RSS Feeds
There are 3 ways to collect content from RSS feeds: 1) use a website designed for collecting feeds, e.g. Bloglines or Google Reader 2) use the RSS feed feature in your browser, e.g.Safari or Firefox 3) use software designed for collecting RSS feeds

Now You Chose:
Below are instructions for using Safari as your RSS reader. You also have two other options:
 * If you wish to use Bloglines as described in the book Web Literacy for Educators, a handout from the author's website is [|here].
 * [|Google Reader] (Google account required). If you are an iGoogle user, Google reader feeds can be pushed to your iGoogle page.

RSS Tasks for this Activity
Here are the RSS sites I would like you to start with: [|TechLearning] | [|RSS Page] || [|WebLog-Ed] || [] ||
 * Education news || [|eSchoolNews]| [|RSS Page]
 * Education Blogs || [|Free Tech For Teachers] | [|RSS Page]
 * Miscellaneous || []

Now go to this website and **add three RSS feeds** on your own: [|Educational Blogs You Should Be Investigating]

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Using Safari for RSS
Safari using the bookmark system to store RSS feeds. These are the steps to setting up RSS feeds within Safari:

Set Up a Folder to Hold the Feeds
Click on the Bookmarks Menu and choose Add Bookmark Folder. Put the folder in the Bookmarks Bar folder and call it RSS. You should now see the RSS folder in the Bookmarks Bar.

Go to a website and look for the RSS icon in the Address Bar. Click the RSS icon and choose the feeds you want to save. With this page, click the Bookmarks Menu and Choose Add a Bookmark. Be sure to choose the RSS folder to save the bookmark. You should now see a webpage that lists the feeds from the site: