Comments on: Homework-casting using del.icio.us

By: Teaching Hacks.com

Teaching Hacks.com — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:12:55 +0000

Homework-Casting…

Tags: No TagsI read an excellent post for using rss feeds in order to post and download homework content through the use of an rss feed from del.icio.us, through Doug's blog . Doug call's it homework-casting, I'm not so big on the nam…

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:26:21 +0000

Quentin’s expanded the above idea over at his blog. He’s correct about the term ‘homework-casting’ - ‘file-casting’ is probably better…

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:28:22 +0000

Quentin’s having problems adding another reply - here’s what he wanted to say:

I was just taking a longer look at box.net and realized that you can get a rss feed from the online storage account to any group. This could be of course a group of students. You could store homework files directly to the online storage area for download.

So to expand on your idea, what I might do is mashup the del.icio.us feed with an online storage feed and then give that feed to my students. I can then either bookmark directly to the content or upload content depending on my needs as a classroon teacher.

PS (from me) I think I may now have solved the ‘Slow down cowboy!’ problem that has plagued some commenters. If you do receive this message please get get in touch via the contact form to let me know…

By: Quentin D'Souza

Quentin D'Souza — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:55:38 +0000

Doug,

This is an awesome idea! What about adding in an online file storage system (like http://box.net/) and then bookmark directly to del.icio.us. Another great use of RSS.

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560294 Blog Verification — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:15:32 +0000

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