Thomas ‘Tad’ McIlwraith

The links on this page are related to discussions at a workshop on using RSS in teaching and research. The links were discussed during a workshop at Douglas College (October 10, 2007; May 20, 2008).

Tad’s RSS Primer Used in the Classroom (pdf version)
Tad’s RSS Primer Used in the Classroom (Word version; for modification)

Feed Readers

Bloglines
Google Reader

Research Sites with RSS Feeds

Google News
– Google News stories on “Education+Pedagogy” (RSS Feed button on left side)
Del.icio.us (Free bookmark storage and organizer)
– Tad’s bookmarks (used for teaching)
– Tad’s methods bookmarks
– Del.icio.us sites tagged with “DouglasCollegeResearch”
– Del.icio.us sites tagged with “Anthropology”
– Del.icio.us sites tagged with “Education+Pedagogy”
CiteULike (Citation Manager)
– CiteULike Articles Tagged with “Anthropology”
– CiteULike Articles Tagged with “Pedagogy”

Blogs: General Ideas and Information with Feeds

Fieldnotes; my teaching and research blog
Inside Higher Ed
Rate Your Students

Specialized Search Engines with Feeds

Microsoft Live Books
Google Books
Google Scholar

News, Stories, Media

RSS in Plain English (video)
Social Bookmarking in Plain English (video)
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us (video)
Is Web 2.0 Like Logo? (Blog post with links to using Web 2.0 services in teaching)