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=Subscribing to the "Thing 4" Feeds in Google Reader=

Different sites present their RSS subscription links in different ways. With a little bit of experience, finding these links or icons becomes pretty easy. On this page, you will find step-by-step directions for subscribing to the required and stretch feeds listed in the Thing 4 Discovery Exercise, using a simple **copy/paste** routine that will work for most any site.

[[image:2010_new_reader.png width="551" height="300" align="right" caption="This is how Google Reader looks when you first log in."]]

 * After** you have subscribed to the feeds, watch this brief video showing how to use Google Reader to read and manage your subscription feeds.

**The Five Required Feeds**
> [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com] > [] > [|http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com] > [|http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com]
 * 1) **Free Technology For Teachers**
 * 1) **Instructify**
 * 1) **TechLearning Advisor Blog** []
 * 2) **Successful Teaching**
 * 1) **Teach Paperless**

**How to Subscribe to the Required Feeds**
Blogs and sites using RSS feeds typically have an easily identifiable RSS icon or Subscription link.

First, log into Google Reader using your Google/Gmail account:[| http://reader.google.com]

Then, in a **separate browser tab or Window** go to each of the required sites, look for the RSS or "Subscribe" button/link and subscribe to their feeds as follows:



Stretch Feeds
Sometimes, you will need to be a bit cleverer in your RSS-subscribing, as in our stretch feeds:
 * If there are LOTS of feeds on a page, **right click the** **RSS icon or** **Subscription link for the specific feed that interests you**, and select **Copy Link Location** (Firefox) or **Copy Shortcut** (Internet Explorer) -- See New York Times RSS Feeds instructions below
 * Sometimes, you will need to highlight and copy the URL of the feed (as opposed to the web page) -- see NPR Podcasts instructions below

**New York Times** - []
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**NPR Podcasts** - []