Name of the Tool
Scoop.it
URL of the Tool
Please select the one, primary category for this tool: Communication Tool, Collaboration Tool, Productivity Tool, Creativity Tool, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Tool, Reflection Tool, Feedback Tool, Networking/Social Tool, Presentation Tool
Creativity Tool
Please describe this tool in your own words in about 250 words.
This is a great tool. It is truly a Web 2.0 tool that is useful for topics that you might want to "scoop" and make available to friends or customers on your personal/company Facebook page, microblog or "tweet" out via your Twitter feed, or make others aware using some other popular social media website of your choice.
What do you need to know before using this tool? (What skills do you need to have?)
In order to use this tool, you will need to have knowledge of popular social media websites such as Facebook or Twitter. If not, you may sign up for an account by simply completing a user profile application. Being familiar with bookmarklets and how publishing web content would be useful.
What do you need to have before using this tool? (Resources)
As stated above, it would be best for you to have an account on a popular social media site such as Facebook or Twitter in order to quickly sign up for an account.
How do you use this tool? (Write the basic steps using a numbered list)
1) Sign up for a Scoop.it account.
2) Create a topic that you want to "scoop".
3) Gather or "curate" the content sites that you want to add to your scoop topic/post by visiting the sites or articles that you want to add.
4) Click the "Scoop it!" bookmarklet that you dragged onto your bookmark bar within your browser.
5) Write a review of the content you are scooping (optional)
6) Post the content to your Scoop it site
7) Make the content available on your social media sites
If applicable, please create an example with this tool and either embed in your blog or submit the URL.
Please describe a scenario of how you might use this tool in a teaching environment (about 500 words).
If I would like for students to familiarize themselves with the concept of "curation", then this is an excellent tool to get them started with. If they are already familiar with this concept, then all I need to do is create a lesson that enables them to curate content on a favorite topic that they want to share. Or, even better would be to create a Scoop.it topic that defines who they are. The whole idea of Scoop it! is that they student can actually create a Flip-Board type site of their own that they go out and generate. Once they have this content and their Scoop.it URL, then the lesson can go deeper into the who concept of using social media to generate traffic/awareness or a "buzz" about a topic. They can send out their new Scoop it! post URL to a group of friends via a microblogging account such as Twitter. After that, they can then monitor the popularity or "Reactions" to different pieces of curated content right there on their Scoop it! post. Content can then be shared via email, other social network sites by friends using the various interaction buttons at the bottom of each item scooped. Content can even be "rescooped" by others who have a Scoop it! account very much like re-Tweeting works on the Twitter site.
What are the advantages of using this tool in a teaching environment?
This allows students the freedom to curate content that they are interested in and to post it when and where they want. They can post it directly to a blog, a social media site such as Facebook or Tumblr, or they can microblog the content to friends or other people in their interest group.
What are the disadvantages of using this tool in a teaching environment?
Students can get "lost" in the technology and begin to equate all social media technologies as the same even though the application of different Web 2.0 can be quite different.
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