Organize your sources of information!

 What are RSS feeds, and why do I want them?

• RSS feeds are headlines sent directly to you, from any news source and from many web pages
• Clicking on the title takes you directly to the article, blog or podcast
• If your favorite site has the orange rectangular box or the letters RSS (or sometimes XML), this means it has an RSS feed
• Think of RSS as 'Really Simple Syndications' or 'Really Simple Subscriptions'

iGoogle

• Organize the web-based information you want in one spot
• Can be used as a start page
• Can be accessed from any computer via your Google account

• Organize info by tabs, and you can add multiple tabs
• Google will put modules on the page for you, or you can add your own
• Can add RSS feeds, organized by content in your tabs (see Education RSS Feeds page, for example)
• Many handy Google Gadgets can be added- a calendar, to do list, the weather, traffic maps, quotes of the day, cheap gas, etc.
• Can share and access personal Outlook Calendar
• Can link Mail, Facebook/MySpace, Skype, YouTube, IM and chats, etc.
• Very easy to set up with click and drag editing, Add Content button (to go get your personal RSS feeds) and by searching the Gadgets.
• Click on the link above, or from the Google home page click on iGoogle, and get started!

 Netvibes

• Very similar to iGoogle, but will not find modules for you in new tabs

   

• Module size can be edited
• Widget (Gadget) choice is different
• By scrolling mouse over RSS feed headlines, a box pops up with a brief synopsis of the article

At del.icio.us organize your bookmarks by applying electronic tags

• Can search by tag
• Bookmarks can be marked with multiple tags, so will pop up in any related search
• Bookmarks can be added or used from any computer by logging in to your account
• Can search other people's bookmarks by tag to find related sites they like (see Social Networking page)
• Most tagged sites come up first, so you get the most popular sites in your search
• Easy to set up: click on the link above and follow the directions