Modules 7 and 8 - Delicious and RSS

Another day, another two modules! Today we looked at a social bookmarking site called Delicious. Scott talked us through it  and was able to show us exactly how to create a Delicious account. It was unanimous - this would be a fantastic site for staff to share their bookmarks. I often email valuable websites to myself or my grade partner, or I add them to my favourites. Having them all in the one place (and whichever computer I like) would make life much easier. The only downfall I saw, was creating yet another email account! So many addresses, passwords, user names to remember!!!

The next module we looked at today was RSS. Something that sounded complicated at first, until Scott explained exactly what it was. RSS (or Rich Site Summary) is basically a "subscription" to a website, blog or page that has constantly changing content. Anytime you see the above icon, then you know that RSS is available to for that site. After we learnt this, we started browsing for websites that had this icon. All websites have this icon, but they aren't all orange. A lot of the ones I came across today were black and white which means I am unable to "subscribe". RSS is valuable as it allows you to stay "in touch" with relevant information that is important to you. I will definitely be more aware of the icon now that I know what it means. It will also be beneficial if I come across any interesting educational sites that I would like to hear from on a regular basis.