2d.+Resources+for+Resource+Sharing

Resouces for Resource Sharing

[|What is a RSS]?

[|How to create a custom RSS feed.]

LDS Sites: - [|Official LDS RSS Feeds] - [|LDS Scriptures Daily] - [|Custom Scripture Podcast] (for iTunes)

Technology and Education Feeds: - [|The EduBlogger] - Edutopia - [|Kathy Schrock's Ed Tech Blog Picks]

Try Content Sites for Feeds: - NASA - earth and space science - National Geographic Videos - biology and social science - Utah Educational Network (UEN)

How to Add a RSS feed to your own sites

Blogger: If you have used Blogger to create your PLE WikiSpaces: If you have used wikispaces to create your PLE
 * 1) goto Layout tab->Page Elements
 * 2) click on the "Add a Gadget" Button
 * 3) select the Feed gadget
 * 4) enter one of the RSS feeds you found
 * 1) edit a page and click on the Widgets icon (looks like a little TV).
 * 2) click on the RSS Feed widget
 * 3) follow instructions to add an RSS feed to your site.

PBWiki: If you have used PBWiki to create your PLE


 * 1) edit the page where you want to put the RSS feed
 * 2) click on insert plugin->productivity->any Google gadget
 * 3) click on the "here" link to access the Google gadget directory (this should open the directory in a new browser tab or window)
 * 4) type in the search term RSS
 * 5) select a google gadget like Slim RSS Reader, or Simple RSS Reader (I had some problems with CustomRSS gadget)
 * 6) click on the button that says "add to your webpage" (this will give you a page where you will customize your gadget)
 * 7) cut and paste the RSS feed URL where prompted
 * 8) click the button at the bottom of the page that says "get the code"
 * 9) a box should open with text in it that begins with "
 * 1) click on insert->more
 * 2) this will take you to a list of google gadgets
 * 3) type in the search term RSS
 * 4) select a google gadget like CustomRSS, Slim RSS Reader, or Simple RSS Reader
 * 5) cut and paste the RSS feed URL where prompted
 * 6) save the page

Blogger: If you have used Blogger to create your PLE
 * 1) goto Layout tab->Page Elements
 * 2) click on the "Add a Gadget" Button
 * 3) select the Link List gadget
 * 4) Enter the Title of the list and the link URLs with their titles.

WikiSpaces: If you have used wikispaces to create your PLE
 * 1) select or create a page to edit
 * 2) highlight text that is on the page
 * 3) click on the link icon in the editing tool bar
 * 4) select the external link button
 * 5) enter the link URL
 * 6) click OK

PBWiki: If you have used PBWiki to create your PLE
 * 1) select or create a page to edit
 * 2) highlight text that is on the page
 * 3) click on the link icon in the editing tool bar
 * 4) select URL under link type
 * 5) enter the link URL
 * 6) click OK

Google Sites: If you have used Google Sites to create your PLE
 * 1) select or create a page to edit
 * 2) highlight text that is on the page
 * 3) click on the word "Link" in the editing tool bar
 * 4) select the Web Address option
 * 5) enter the link URL
 * 6) click OK


 * Remember that you have to find resources that match specific curriculum objectives. These general repository sites may be a good place to start looking.

[|Utah Educational Network (UEN)]
 * check out link buttons next to each [|core curriculum] standard.
 * check out the [|student interactives]
 * check out the [|pioneer library] (student id=pioneer password=home)
 * check out the videos available on e-media
 * check out culture grams

MATH:
 * [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives]

LANGUAGE ARTS:
 * [|Starfall.com]
 * [|Poetry for Kids]

SCIENCE:
 * [|NASA K-4]

SOCIAL STUDIES:
 * [|EASE History videos]