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I would define a killer application as a program that provides the capability for an average person to use technology to solve every day problems and enrich their lives.

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define a killer application as a program that provides the capability for an average person to use technology to solve every day problems and enrich their lives.

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Really Simple Syndication

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RSS, Rich Site Summary

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Weblog applications equipped to generate an RSS file, like Blogger Pro, enables anyone to produce a custom news feed by simply posting your thoughts, ideas, and experiences to an online daily journal. [Figure 1. Configuring Blogger Pro to produce RSS files]

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Example 1. You are a teacher looking for content that can be used in the study of the Spanish conquest. You find a Web site that has excellent biographies of the cultural leaders, profiles of the different native cultures, and even some patterns for ceremonial masks that can be reproduced for a class activity. You e-mail several of your friends about your ideas to incorporate some of the site's materials into your curriculum plan.

The important aspect of your communication, as opposed to information provided by a simple web search, is that you shared your ideas as a teaching professional as well as a link to the Web site. If, instead, you post your finds with your ideas for implementation to a Web log equipped with RSS generation capability, you provide a unique information source that can be accessed by thousands of teachers like you that are looking for ways to improve their learning environments. In essence, you have helped to establish an online community of practice specific to teachers of social studies.

We all have unique experiences and solutions that can benefit others. There are no rules that say only professional textbook publishers should be allowed to create or suggest how to use curriculum materials.

Example 2. You are teaching a class in science fiction and its parallels to developing technology. You teach this class each term and want to use timely examples. Like most instructors, the time you have available for searching out new technologies on the Web is limited. So, you subscribe to a free news feed from Sci-Fi Today that brings the latest news in science and science fiction to your desktop news reader.

Example 3. You are the superintendent of a school district with 49 schools. Each school maintains a Web site but it is very time consuming to visit each Web site periodically to review each schools news and events. The schools begin to post their news to a Web log that is incorporated into each school's Web site, much like Bryant Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. The weblog tool also produces an RSS news feed. You install a news reader and subscribe to each news feed. Each day you can quickly review all the news and events at each school in one place without having to visit all 49 Web sites.

Example 4. You are a researcher working on an archaeological dig on a Greek island. You have uncovered an artifact that puzzles you. You post your progress each day to a weblog. You include a picture of the puzzling artifact. The next day you are contacted by a German archaeologist that you have never met. He subscribes to your project news feed along with news feeds from other similar digs. He was on his way to a conference in Cairo and was browsing his news headlines on his PDA. He tells you the object is a physician's instrument. Now, with a potential context, you are better able to interpret some epigraphic fragments you have collected.

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you shared your ideas as a teaching professional as well as a link to the Web site. If, instead, you post your finds with your ideas for implementation to a Web log equipped with RSS generation capability, you provide a unique information source that can be accessed by thousands of teachers like you that are looking for ways to improve their learning environments. In essence, you have helped to establish an online community of practice specific to teachers of social studies.

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There are no rules that say only professional textbook publishers should be allowed to create or suggest how to use curriculum materials.

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We all have unique experiences and solutions that can benefit others. There are no rules that say only professional textbook publishers should be allowed to create or suggest how to use curriculum materials.

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Each day you can quickly review all the news and events at each school in one place without having to visit all 49 Web sites.

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enables anyone to share their comments, news headlines, links to recent articles, descriptions and even images, with, not only other web content providers, but users of a variety of devices such as PDAs, cell phones, email ticklers, and voice update pagers

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It is also a way to leverage the talent of millions of individuals to identify truly useful information in the tidal wave of data the internet has become. You can review and select news feeds for customized news portals, enabling students, faculty, and staff to stay abreast of discoveries and developments in their particular area of interest .

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Lists of existing feeds, along with search tools to help you sort through the thousands of feeds available are provided by such sites as Syndic8, which presently lists over 10,000 feeds.

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Hearing the truth is no longer a matter of being controlled by a media outlet. Speaking for yourself truly becomes possible. A lot of people who currently control what we hear would like you to think what you say doesn't matter."

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A lot of people who currently control what we hear would like you to think what you say doesn't matter.

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news from professional news organizations, but I am also hearing from people and non-news organizations who make a difference to me

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Rarely an hour goes by without something interesting happening, my mind is stimulated, I get new ideas, and of course I share them. It's all about choice, customization, and communication." 

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all about choice

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