Information Curation

Scoop it is a web tool that allows its users to create a webpage with personalized topics of interest.  It is great because you create something that is based on your likes and personal touches.  This information curation tool would be great for teachers to use to make a webpage dedicated to various topics.  It is really easy to create a web page and edit to the users specifications.  Simply sign in using your Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.  You can simply edit what types of information you would like to include and the tool gives the user suggestions for the topics they selected.  Easy and neat to work with. 

 



Paper.li is a webtool used to create an online newspaper.  Think of the countless ways teachers could use this tool.  Plus it is free.  Can't get any better than that.  Users can sign up through Twitter or Facebook.  You are able to import information from Twitter, Google, You Tube, Facebook or RSS. 
It was really effortless to create the newspaper. 

 

 

Prismatic is a tool that users can use to create a webfeed.  There is an option of logging in via Facebook, Google, Twitter, or use the creation of the users own preference of name and password.  I like that this webtool allows users to sign in with a choice or creating their sign ins.  I found this tool to be a little more difficult to work with.  It is not as user friendly as the other two so far.  It is a little similar to Pinterest. 

 

 

Zite is an application for creating a personal magazine in which the user picks the topics to be addressed in the magazine.  It is obviously personalized to the extent of the topics selected.  However, there are times when the feed does not work or when the types of feeds do not necessarily fit the personal selections.  It is a creative ap that can allows the users to filter information to their personal desires. 

 

 

 

 

Flipboard is similar to Zite but the interface is a very different. It is more creative and is more interactive than that of Zite.  Users can save articles for a later read.  Users flip through the different pages making more like that of a magazine.  I find the information a little hard to read at times, but of course there is an option to have it on an Ipad or larger screen smart devices.  This one seems to be my favorite simply because it is user friendly and acts more like an actual magazine. An added plus is being able to listen to music when browsing.   

 

 

Google Currents is my least favorite application.  It is the least creative visually.  I like that you can save the articles.  I find it difficult to read some of the articles.  It is a great tool to be able to change it to different languages.  On another positive note, it can be linked to users other Google accounts.