Scoop it

In last month's post on ipads for learning  you might have noticed that other educators had used Scoop.it to collect articles about ipad usage in schools.Scoop.it has become a popular  social networking platform that allows you to curate and dissemminate information.It is basically a website that allows you to collect relevant or interesting articles from the web  based around your topic of choice.It differs from other social bookmarking sites in that rather than you trawling the web looking for resources it  trawls the web searching for content which it then suggests to you.Other Scoop.it users who are following your topic can also suggest new resources to you.A quick way to build up you resources.It would be great for research work and an excellent tool to develop students 'critical thinking skills as they would still have to decide which articles are worth collecting.
Its layout is "magazine" style and so is visually far more appealing than the Delicious and Diigo curating tools.I like the way you can click on the articles and go straight to the article itself, and have websites suggested.  You can even follow other peoples' Scoop.it.
You can subscribe to Scoop.it for free if you limit your topics to five.However, the ISC will subscribe to an education account which is US6.99 per month, allowing us to  have 20 topics.This will be a great way to provide access to resources for our students and share professional learning resources with teachers.

Watch the You tube video below for a quick introduction or for more detail  click on the link below.
Scoop it training video