Scoop.it!
Google is an answer to all problems, questions and information. But endless hours of surfing relevant data can be quite tedious and tiring. Scoop.it! is a FREE web tool which allows you to collect all the information relevant to your 'topic' and suggests materials related to your field of interest.
So, Scoop.it! allows users to collect and store content in one place and also share it with others either through social websites or e-mail.
Scoop.it! can be extremely handy for teachers to gather and store content of interest as a repository for self use. The teacher can also make use of Scoop.it! to share pre or post class reading materials with students to either familiarise them with a topic to be soon done in class or an in-depth information after the topic has been introduced and discussed in class.
Scoop.it! is very user friendly. Lets take a look at it:
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The topic is the field you are interested in and the keywords are the elements user is interested to gain content about. For example, the topic is English Language teaching and keywords are: writing skills, tasks, speaking skills, ict tools for teaching, reading skills, task based learning, etc.
Scoop.it! will suggest the contents related to the keywords. The user can browse through the content and then scoop the one of interest.
The user can also share the 'scooped' contents with others :
I feel Scoop.it! is a bank, reservoir and a repository of all the materials that cater to the needs of the user which can be accessed very easily. However, the most can be utilised after buying the features it has to offer.
Following video will help you understand the tool better:
Write in and let me know what you think about this tool.
It can really save a lot of time. I think one of the biggest advantages is the searching results are more relevant than in google. I always get many irrelevant results when searching in google, I can try this tool next time.
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