2. Babak Daneshvar
Master of Apllied Linguistic
babakdaneshvar@vu.iust.ac.ir
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Iran University of
Science & Technology
IUST
Weekly Assignment
No.2
Aggregators
1. Educational values
2. Are they useful for
education
3. How useful are
they
4. Why should we use
RSS
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Running a project with
feedly aggregator
application and its
tutorial
https://feedly.com/
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3. What is RSS?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication
A technology that helps you subscribe to frequently updated web content like blogs, news feeds,
podcasts, and vodcasts.
You need to use an specific application to collect all these subscriptions in one place
4. What is Aggregator?
Aggregator or feed collector is a kind of application gathering information from your favorite sites
The Aggregator checks the feeds you subscribe to and collect all the new data content from those
sites you are subscribed to
And it can be software or web-based
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6. In simple terms, Weblogs ( and an ever-growing number of other sites) generate a behind-the-scenes
code in a language similar to HTML called XML. This code, usually referred to as a “feed”, as in “news
feed”, make it possible for readers to subscribe to the content that is created on a particular weblog so
they are no longer have to visit the blog itself to get it. RSS is technology that will change your life, if you
let it.
There is an even better reason, I think, to use RSS. Not only can you have the news and ideas of the day
come to your aggregator, you can also use RSS to let you know when someone out there on the web has
published something with certain keyword that you might be interested in.
Richardson, Will (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other powerful Web Tools for classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
RSS
7. AGGREGATOR
The aggregators check the feeds you subscribe to, usually every hour and it collects all the new content
from those sites you are subscribed to. Then, when you are ready, you open up your aggregators to read
the individual stories, file them for later use, click through to the site itself, or delete them if they are not
relevant.
In other word, you check one site instead of thirty. An aggregator is like a personal information filter.
Without it the web is a big and scary place. Having a well-stocked, well-fed aggregator is like having a
personal guide.
Richardson, Will (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other powerful Web Tools for classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
8. How useful are Aggregators?
Time management
Read more content from more
sources in less time;
Meanwhile, you access to the
up to date news from all over
the world in your aggregator.
Eliminate irrelevant Websites
For the sake of effectiveness, we
filter out websites that are not
related to our profession.
Create an organizational
scheme
Create new folders based on
your interested topics: Education,
Culture, Sport, Technology,
Economy, and so on
Metamorphosis of printed
stuff to online digital ones
Whenever you are, it is possible
to access to your account through
aggregator apps
9. RSS feeds for various purposes:
Bookmarks and Twitter
Once someone posts on his/her
twitter account you will be notified.
Keeping track of what other people
are reading and tweeting about
and bookmarking as well.
Without student weblogs
Instead of weblogs students can
create account in google reader
Search engine
I think, creating RSS feeds for
search might be remarkable and
outstanding feature of it .
Gathering news from every corner
of the world
Student weblogs
Collect their work: weekly
assignment in your
aggregator using everyone’s
RSS feed
10. Why Should we use RSS?
What makes RSS so valuable is its ability to gather contents from specified sources into one place.
Instead of going out to find breaking news the breaking news comes to you.
RSS is a technology that will change your life, if you let it; Furthermore, teachers should pay more
attention to the education and teaching various techniques of RSS and its aggregators.
