This links to a page I've built which aggregates RSS feeds from all of the LORs that I know of that produce them.

There's been a lot flying around recently concerning the use of RSS to syndicate RLOs. I've been trying to wrap my head around the implications but haven't fully managed to. This list, rather than being an attempt to create some sort of authoritative resource on the subject, is instead a way for me to see with my own eyes, all in one place, the results of current efforts to match RSS technology with LORs/RLOs. I need to do this because when the topics get this complex, my brain seems to need to work at the problem from both ends - both by trying to construct a theoretical model of the problem based on my understanding of the issues, the technologies and concepts at play, and also by literally looking at examples of what exists or what a solution could look like and then trying to bring these two together into some fit. In any case, that's my motivation for throwing this together. - SWL

Anyway, today I was sitting in a meeting of well-meaning administrators who were discussing potential solutions to a perceived lack of communication between parents and the school, and all I could think about was RSS. I know I wrote about this before, but somewhere on this new site we're (hopefully) creating, I want a page where parents can 1.) learn about the whole RSS concept in easy to understand terms, 2.) get a list of every departmental RSS feed that we have, and 3.) be able to check and subscribe to whatever they want. Heck, the implications for how we communicate with each other within the school are equally as HUGE (and to be honest, even more of a selling point.) If everyone managed their knowledge on a Web log, and all of those feeds were available to whomever wanted them, e-mail around this place would be cut in half, and we'd all be a heckuva lot more well-informed about what's going on here. Accessible information easily made available to the consumers who need/want it. What a concept, huh? I know I have no life, but all of this really does blow me away. [weblogged News]

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