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Welcome to the Information AgeReal Simple Syndication (RSS) technology that allows users to stream headlines from favorite websites to a blog reader. The RSS icon (pictured below) indicates a website is RSS accessible.

Using RSS with Outlook

Find and click RSS icon on website of interest

Occasionally, the RSS icon will be replaced with these words, which will occur near the bottom of a page. Click the link.

Copy the web address for this new page

Go to OutlookToolsAccount Settings

Click on the tab RSS Feeds

Click the New button

Paste in the web address

Click Add, then click OK on the Options screen

A folder for the site should appear in the viewing pane. When the folder is bold, a new item has been posted.

Helpful Education-Related Sites

SiteRSS Feed AddressKY Dept of Education (KDE) Headlineshttp://www.education.ky.gov/kdewebsite/rss/rss.aspx?id=headlines KDE Press Releaseshttp://www.education.ky.gov/kdewebsite/rss/rss.aspx?id=pressreleases Commissioner Hollidays Bloghttp://kyedcommissioner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Commissioner Hollidays Twitterhttp://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/58607988.rss KSBA News Twitterhttp://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/51509876.rss Prichard Committeehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePrichardBlog?format=xml Courier-Journal Ed Newshttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7321232432457031638/posts/default Lexington Herald Ed Newshttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/7321232432457031638/posts/default

Helpful Education-Related Sites

SiteRSS Feed AddressUS Dept of Education Newshttp://www.ed.gov/rss/edgov.xml Education Week Newshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/EducationWeekNewsAndInformationAboutEducationIssues Curriculum Mattershttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/CurriculumMatters Inside School Researchhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/InsideSchoolResearch Digital Educationhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/edweek/digitaled Check your Congressional Representatives Webpage for RSS Feedshttp://www.house.gov/htbin/zipfind