Sunday, 16 October 2011

A curator in the web 2.0 hemisphere...

As I navigate through my Google Reader, I am, once again, drawn to Joyce Valenza's blog, Neverendingsearch.  Recently, she has been blogging about curating with students.  This week, she highlights "A few good scoops for us," teacher-librarians.  Scoop.it is a new to me, but I can already see the value in it.  Using Scoop.it, one can get feeds from a variety of sources on any given topic and start curating.  In her post, Joyce Valenza shares some Scoop.its for teacher-librarians.  Using, Jing, I took a picture of one of the Scoop.its recommended under the heading, Education and Technology.  This is a screencast of the heading of Kim Tairi's Scoop.it, Educational Technology and Libraries.
http://www.scoop.it/t/educational-technology-and-libraries
The screencast below captures a few of the snipets Kim Tairi has chosen to curate.  It's visually appealing and user-friendly.  I can see myself using Scoop.it as a communication tool with my colleagues.  
http://www.scoop.it/t/educational-technology-and-libraries
On a side note, I am pleased that I was able to capture a screen shot of the Scoop.it above.  In lieu of, or in addition to, providing a link to this Scoop.it, I can highlight parts for discussion using Jing.  Very handy!

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