Scoop.it

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With [[image:http://icthinking.pbworks.com/f/1331426394/Scoop.it%20logo.png width="111" height="41"]] be the curator of your favourite topic.
Unlike RSS feeds, **Scoop.it** lets you pick the articles that appear on your page.
 * Scoop.it** delivers real-time articles from social media and the news for you to publish into a professional looking, online magazine.

I've built 2 pages: Creative Nonfiction: readers and resource and Longreads: stories, authors, craft Greg Harris at Ardaugh Bluffs built Books for Elementary Schools. And, once you've built your own, you can follow other people's **Scoop.it** topics. Don't limit yourself to academics - make a music page, a quilting page, a mountain biking page, ...anything you want!

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[|April 29, 2011 Silicon Filter] Written by: **Frederic Lardinois**

//How it Works//
//"So how does it all work? To get started, you simply decide on a name for your curation site (you can manage more than one) and install the bookmarklet. Then, whenever you see a story or site you want to feature, simply click on the bookmarklet and Scoop.it will automatically pre-populate its form with the title, an image from the story and the first few sentences of the text (you can modify these, too). Once you’re done with this, you send the snippet over to your page on Scoop.it and either call it a day or decide where to place it on the grid and modify the size and position of the image. Scoop.it also offers a second method for curating content, as the service itself will suggest stories to you based on the keywords you have entered for your page."//

YouTube: Everyone is a publisher

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**How can Scoop.it encourage critical thinking?** Teacher creates a Scoopit online magazine with two opposing viewpoints of one issue. Students read the scooped articles, discuss and evaluate the two sides of the argument.
 * Example 1.** //Students work within a teacher-created Scoop.it//

Working independently, students find 3-5 websites that support both sides of a current issue or debate (e.g., Kony 2012, Toronto Mayor Ford) Students enter comments in the Scoop.it edit section to explain the merits of each of their scoops.
 * Example 2.** //Students create their own Scoop.it//

Each student develops and maintains a long-term personal choice Scoop.it. that explores a unit theme. Students identify the target audience, choose articles to support understanding of the topic, and guide the audience through the topic's development in the news. The objective will be to present the "big picture". In a summative presentation students explain the significance of their topic, choose and demonstrate how keystone articles from the timeline of their scoops map the trajectory of the topic in the media.
 * Example 3.** //Independent Study Scoop.it (High school)//