TL-May-2012

=Welcome to the May Technology Liaison Meeting=

Tools to Curate and Elegantly display "your Stuff"
As the web becomes more and more inundated with blogs, videos, tweets, status updates, news, articles, and countless other forms of content, “information overload” is something we all seem to suffer. It is becoming more difficult to weed through all the “stuff” out there and pluck out the best, most share-worthy tidbits of information.  The demand for timely, relevant content that is specific to our unique interests and perspectives has given rise to a new generation of tools that aim to help individuals and companies curate content from the web and deliver it in a meaningful way. These new tools range from simple, application-specific types such as social media aggregators and discovery engines, to more complex, full-blown publishing solutions for organizations.  3 Tools to develop beautiful and user friendly digital magazines Scoop.it Paper.li Zite (iDevice App) Flipboard(iDevice App)  Agenda
 * Welcome and Round Table Discussions
 * Vendor Presentations
 * "What Level are you?" - The 5 Levels of technology Integration
 * Activity
 * <span style="color: #515151; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Containing the Web - A review of 3 tools
 * <span style="color: #515151; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scoop.it
 * <span style="color: #515151; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paper.li
 * <span style="color: #515151; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zite
 * Resources
 * <span style="color: #515151; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluation


 * Opening Round Table Discussions **


 * The 21st Century Educator: What's your level? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 1 : Standard Lesson: no integration of Technology
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 2 - Technology used to automate or simply present same material electronically
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 3 - Introduction of Web 2.0 Tools - Work being published to the Web
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 4 - Students beginning to collaborate with others locally
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Level 5 - Lesson/Project has gone global, student work is thriving and building legacy

Lesson Plan Makeover


 * Containing the Web**

Scoop.it

Scoop.it is a **FREE** publishing-by-curation platform. We provide a service making curation a simple and new form of expression on the Web. Thus, you can easily create your online magazine. We want everyone to be a publisher and be heard everywhere.

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 * Resources:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">BlogBooker <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> is a free site that turns your blog into a PDF book from all the blog's entries and comments. It works with WordPress, LiveJournal and Blogger blogs.