| If you read a lot of blogs and/or news sites, you know that it becomes tedious to visit each one of them every day to find new content. RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a technology that brings all the new content from your favorite blogs to you automatically. |  |
| RSS is a system of content distribution that automatically sends the newest content from your favorite sites--in a format called a "feed"--to you. In turn, you read your feeds inside a feed reader (sometimes called an "RSS aggregator"). So the first thing you'll need is a feed reader. I use Google Reader because it's web-based--so I can read it anywhere--and it's free. You can read more about how RSS works, and find an extensive list of readers here. |  |
| Once your reader is up and running, it's easy to subscribe to your classmate's feeds. On right hand column of each blog, under the "Recent Posts" heading, you'll see a link called "Subscribe to this blog's feed". If you left-click on this link, you'll get a bunch of code. Instead, you want to right-click on it. On Windows, right-click on the link and choose "Copy Shortcut". |  |
| On a Mac, right-click (Ctrl-click on a laptop) on the link and choose "Copy Link Location". |  |
| Load up your RSS reader and find the function called "Add subscription" or "Add feed". Paste the feed's address--the one you copied from the blog--into the dialog box that pops up (right-click->Paste or Ctrl-V). Once you've clicked "Add" or "Done", you'll be subscribed to the blog's feed. This means that every time a new entry is posted to the blog, it will automatically be sent to your RSS reader. |  |