Yes, it is a wonderful feature to share. <br><br>Try some of the ABC news feeds. You can easily add these in using the tags that you can select to list particular news feeds. For example, I am interested in Science-Technology<br>
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/science-and-technology">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/science-and-technology</a><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/science-and-technology/rss.xml">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/science-and-technology/rss.xml</a><br>
<br>Another could be health<br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/health">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/health</a><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/health/rss.xml">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/health/rss.xml</a><br>
<br>A senior chemistry class could add this one<br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/chemistry/">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/chemistry/</a><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/chemistry/rss.xml">http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/chemistry/rss.xml</a><br>
<br>Before I forget, EdNA have a detailed list of RSS feeds for teachers who want to keep in touch with various events.<br> <a href="http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events">http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events</a><br>
The best part about their website is that you can filter the requests to create your own custom RSS feed. Here is one for Victorian events,<br> <a href="http://api.edna.edu.au/service/noticeboard?action=item&q=&from=&until=&location=vic&sector=school&calendar=all">http://api.edna.edu.au/service/noticeboard?action=item&q=&from=&until=&location=vic&sector=school&calendar=all</a><br>
<br>I manage much of this using an online RSS reader. The best one I have found is Google Reader that comes with my Google Gmail account. When promoting this to teachers, it is wise to point out that RSS is a bit like a newspaper .. just something to skim occasionally, not read in depth from cover to cover, every day.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/25 Donald Hew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:HewD@vermontsc.vic.edu.au">HewD@vermontsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I have been experimenting adding external RSS feeds to my site <<a href="http://moodle.vermontsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://moodle.vermontsc.vic.edu.au</a>> and I think it is a fantastic feature. So far, I have added News (Herald Sun and The Age) onto the front page and IT related feeds from The Australian for my senior classes.<br>
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It would be really nice if you have come across some really useful RSS feeds you would like to share.<br>
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