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Aggregators / Newsreaders


Definition:
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 An aggregator or news reader is a place to pull in all the blogs and newsfeeds that interest you. It is like creating a personalized newspaper.
You can subscribe to a variety of blogs and the aggregator, or news feed collector, will show you all the blogs in your personal window.
You have to register and then subscribe to any blogs you wish to receive.
Some aggregators are simple and just allow for pulling in feeds; others let you embed widgets that add functionality (e.g. calculators, to do lists)
Tools:
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 There are a number of aggregators or newreaders that people use.
Click here to learn about a few

How to:
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 Each aggregator is slightly different but all allow you to pull in information.
Learn about rss feeds
  • You need to know the feed address of the site you want to pull in.
  • Depending on the aggregator or reader, you click on add feed and then add the address
  • Now when you go to your aggregator, you will see any updates that come in
  • Many aggregators also have widgets which allow for notes, todo lists and more.
Pedagogical uses:
learn_idea		 You can make a page of your aggregator public so that your students have access to the feeds you pull in.
Students can manage aggregators to pull in information for projects as well as to maintain links for subjects of interest to them.
Collaboration in the community:
collab3		  Make your page public to share with another class on a specific topic.


















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