An interesting video that explains RSS in 3.5 minutes.
Truth in theory. The hoax that leads to learning. Jamie O'Neil.
"This paper analyzes which pages and topics are the most popular on
Wikipedia and why."
The latest addition to the EDUCAUSE briefing documents about new
technologies for educators is finally about RSS.
7 Things you should know about virtual worlds
I keep coming back to these excellent briefing documents. Blogs, Wikis,
With people spending so much time connecting in the virtual world, their online identities are becoming as important as their offline ones. "As silly as it may sound, your avatar essentially reflects you or who you would like to be," said Krista Callahan. For some people, their avatars are simply an extension of their offline selves. For others, they are pure fantasy, said Anastasia Goodstein.
Open source software has changed the rules of the game, impacting significantly the economic behavior of stakeholders in the software ecosystem. In this new environment, developers strive to be committers, vendors feel pressure to produce open source products, and system integrators anticipate boosting profits.
This short paper presents different types of blogs, the blogging process,
and the educational uses of blogs.