RSS FEED ASSIGNMENT:
What is an RSS feed? And why should I want one? Watch the video below.
RSS FEED & SIDE BAR ASSIGNMENT:
1. Weebly has an RSS FEED icon you can add to your site. It is under MORE on your menu.
Go to your BLOG page. Drag the RSS Feed icon to your Blog's side bar. Publish. Now people visiting your blog can subscribe and view your blog on their Google + Home page or other web syndication feed readers such as My Yahoo, Net Vibes; Bloglines, etc.
Go to your BLOG page. Drag the RSS Feed icon to your Blog's side bar. Publish. Now people visiting your blog can subscribe and view your blog on their Google + Home page or other web syndication feed readers such as My Yahoo, Net Vibes; Bloglines, etc.
SCREEN SHOT OF GOOGLE HOMEPAGE: note you have to create a gmail account then you can access your Google + home page. Mine is "yaptoyou", and you can see it below.
GOOGLE + ASSIGNMENT
GOOGLE+ - Create Circles of Friends To Share Sites
First you need a gmail account from Google. Go to http://www.gmail.com and sign up.
Now once you have activated your account by clicking on the confirmation email Google sent to an alternative email address you provided at sign up, you can enter the GOOGLE+ world.
In your Gmail account click on your name in the far right of the menu bar (mine is "yaptoyou" in the screen shot below. This takes you to the Google+ Home page.
On my page you can see a post by SCOTT KELBY, a photographer. He is in my circle: photography.
You are to find 5 different famous people to add to circle/s on your Google + page.
Click on EXPLORE. Click on the CATEGORY TITLE, i.e "PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART" and NOT on FOLLOW otherwise you will instantly be following ALL people in that category! Find someone whose site interests you. Now you will see thumbnail images of all the famous people you can follow
Now click ADD TO CIRCLES. Then Click CREATE NEW CIRCLE and give it a title, i.e. Photography, Music, etc. Put all 5 people in the same circle or create multiple circles if you have different interests.
Now go to CIRCLES on Google+ home page. Hold down the shift key and select and 5 people. Drop the combined circle down to the empty circle icon. It should show you have 5 people. Now click CREATE CIRCLE. Add my email address: [email protected]
I will be able to view your circle of 5 people when I am logged in to gmail and click on my name in top right to view my Google+ page. Look forward to seeing what each of you select!
GOOGLE READER ASSIGNMENT
GOOGLE READER
GOOGLE ALSO HAS A READER!
What is that? It is a page where you can easily locate and view all sites that you subscribe to via RSS FEED icons on people's sites. For instance, if I click on YOUR RSS button you added to your Weebly site, I can now go to GOOGLE READER page after logging in to my GMAIL and see your site listed on my Google Reader page.
Go browse the web. Subscribe to ONE of your favorite sites that has the RSS FEED icon on their site. Look for the orange button! (See the graphic above under RSS FEED.) You will select the +GOOGLE option when you subscribe to an RSS FEED.
BLOG POST: Create a new blog post. Write why you feel this site is worthy. Discuss the site design, the interactivity, the content--don't just say "I like it because it is awesome." Give us a link to go to the site and a photo that is either from the site or is related to the site that will get us interested in going to view your favorite website.
DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 6 PM TO POST YOUR BLOG LINK ON OUR NEW FORUM ON OUR CLASS SITE (NOT ON ANGEL). You will only have 1 POST to our Forum. It is to your blog. Post it when you have finished this assignment & your PODCASTING assignment.
DEADLINE TO REPLY TO CLASSMATES: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 6 PM
What is that? It is a page where you can easily locate and view all sites that you subscribe to via RSS FEED icons on people's sites. For instance, if I click on YOUR RSS button you added to your Weebly site, I can now go to GOOGLE READER page after logging in to my GMAIL and see your site listed on my Google Reader page.
Go browse the web. Subscribe to ONE of your favorite sites that has the RSS FEED icon on their site. Look for the orange button! (See the graphic above under RSS FEED.) You will select the +GOOGLE option when you subscribe to an RSS FEED.
BLOG POST: Create a new blog post. Write why you feel this site is worthy. Discuss the site design, the interactivity, the content--don't just say "I like it because it is awesome." Give us a link to go to the site and a photo that is either from the site or is related to the site that will get us interested in going to view your favorite website.
DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 6 PM TO POST YOUR BLOG LINK ON OUR NEW FORUM ON OUR CLASS SITE (NOT ON ANGEL). You will only have 1 POST to our Forum. It is to your blog. Post it when you have finished this assignment & your PODCASTING assignment.
DEADLINE TO REPLY TO CLASSMATES: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 6 PM