Get Information Delivered To You Rather Than Having To Find It

This post is primarily targeted to my primary student teachers, however, if you do not use iGoogle or do not have live feeds from blogs and news then this might be of interest.  On the other hand, if you do the above with iGoogle or using a different method then you might want to share with us.

When was the last time you had to go to the Post Office and collect your mail that could be delivered through your letterbox?  Do you do this on a daily, weekly basis?  Do you ask yourself - Why can't this mail be just delivered to me rather than waste my time and energy collecting mail that can be delivered?

The same questions can be asked regarding the information we keep going back to online that could be delivered to our online mail boxes or an area online that becomes your hub of information gathering.  One method, that I use, is my iGoogle page, that I customise to pull all the latest blog post and news feeds rather than clicking on each site to find out if an update post is available.  This page is accessible via my Mac, iPad and iPhone to adhere to my premise that information is delivered anytime, anyplace, anywhere.  The first two devices provide a very slick interface with the later device, the iPhone, providing a very basic interface that suits more instant retrieval than deep engagement.

The video below provides a brief overview of iGoogle:



If you have a Google account you can start using iGoogle, however, if not you might want to create one.  For all those students who have created a blog account you maybe able to use this.  The video below provides an overview of how to edit your iGoogle Homepage:




The following link provides a brief overview of How To Add Google RSS Feed to your iGoogle page.

http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-RSS-Feed-to-Your-iGoogle-Page

Setting Your Blog's RSS Feed

So that people can find your RSS feed on your own blog you should make this available by going to the Dashboard of your blog the select:

1.  Design
2.  Add A Gadget
3.  Select the gadget - Subscribe to my Blog
4.  Save

When you view at your blog you will now have an RSS feed for comments and posts which other people can select to keep up-to-date with your blog.

Following Another Person's Blog

If you visit a blog and wish to subscribe to their feeds so you can have their latest posts placed in your iGoogle account you should look for the RSS feed on their page and subscribe to it by selecting 'Add to Google'.  Any new posts will now appear in your iGoogle page as a summary.