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Overview : What are feeds?
Why use Google Reader?
Live demonstration
Step by step instruction
On your own activity
Questions? Overview
What are feeds? : “Feeds” are lists of updates published by websites
Feeds indicate that new content has been posted to a website What are feeds?
Why use Google Reader? : Google Reader monitors feeds for updates
Any new content posted to your subscriptions appear in Google Reader
Keeps you up to date with your favourite websites in one place Why use Google Reader?
Live Demo : Live Demo
Step by Step Instruction : Open your web browser
Go to www.google.com/reader
Log in with your user name and password Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Click add a subscription Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Finding feeds
Let Google Reader find it
Search for Subscription links on the webpage
If all else fails… Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Let Google Reader find your feed
Copy the address of the website (for example, http://www.ecu.edu.au/) and paste it in to Google Reader’s Add a subscription box.
When you find the feed click subscribe
Modern browsers like firefox usually display icons such as in the address bar if the site has a feed. Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Search for subscription links on the webpage
Look for
Search the webpage, ie in Internet explorer try edit, find on this page and search for words like subscribe, syndicate, feed, rss, xml and atom
Click the most obvious link, copy the address and paste it into the Google Reader Add a subscription box Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : If all else fails
The website may not have feeds
Try contacting the site owner Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Your subscriptions appear on the left Step by Step Instruction
Step by Step Instruction : Click the updates to read them Step by Step Instruction
Where to now? : Can anyone think of examples of where Google Reader might be useful either personally or in the workplace? Where to now?