LESSON TWO

How many of you bookmark sites that you're interested in or that you want to look at more closely later?  I use to do the same thing but it presented me with a problem.  When I was at home I needed the bookmarked sites on my classroom PC and vice versa.  What to do, what to do?  Well with the advent of "the cloud" my problem was saved.  I started to save my bookmarks in the cloud so that I could access them anywhere that I had a computer and the internet.  Want to know how?  The answer is by using a site called Scoop.it.

 

Let me show you a photo of my dashboard which contains the topics that I'm constantly scooping.  So far I am scooping three topics:  Instructional Technology, AIG Learners and Artists I Like.  NOTE: Now you're allowed to have only one topic for free.  Any more than that now will have a monthly or yearly fee.  Look at the following URL for a closer look at one of my topics.

http://www.scoop.it/t/instructional-specialist

Here is a Scoop.it that should tell you everything you need to know about it.

http://www.scoop.it/t/what-is-scoop-it

You might also want to check out YouTube for video tutorials.such as the one below.



There's hardly a day that goes by that I don't scoop something and I get email notifications when someone rescoops one of my scoops.  Sound confusing?  Well once you sign up for a free account and get started, you'll probably use it quite a bit.  Scoop topics about the subjects you teach or your hobbies, or whatever.  Good luck scooping.

I decided to do a quick tutorial on the very basics of Scoop.It.  Hope it might clear up some of your questions.


ASSIGNMENT:

Sign up for a free Scoop.it account.  Choose the topics that you want to scoop.  Remember you can only have one free with the new account system.  Then start scooping.  If you need to check out the site I attached or the YouTube videos.  Make sure the videos are current because Scoop.it has changed within the last year.   If you need to ask me a question email me.  I listed my email address on m first post.

Once you get everything set up and start scooping, copy the URL to your account and send it to me via email.  I'd like you to have at least two topics with four scoops per topic.  Now go forth and scoop.