TL-April-2012

=Welcome to the April 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.

Tools to develop beautiful and user friendly digital magazines
 * Scoop.it
 * BagtheWeb
 * Paper.li (Can only sign up with Twitter or Facebook account)
 * Storify - Pull the best of the Web from various Social Networks such as Youtube, Twitter, Flickr and create your Story to share with an audience
 * Zite (iDevice App)
 * Flipboard(iDevice App)

Welcome and Round Table Discussions
 * Vendor Presentations
 * Sussman Sales - NearPods


 * Ahead of those meetings, can each participant to do the following…
 *  Log on to [] on any iOS or Android tablet or phone
 * Download the student app
 * This will allow each of their devices to receive my presentations in real time during my presentation. Thanks again and see you soon.
 * Feedback
 * "What Level are you?" - The 5 Levels of technology Integration
 * Activity
 * Containing the Web - A review of tools
 * Scoop.it
 * Paper.li
 * BagtheWeb
 * Storify
 * Zite
 * Insta-Paper
 * Resources
 * Evaluation


 * Opening Round Table Discussions **

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 * Information Overload: **


 * The 21st Century Educator: What's your level? **
 * Level 1 : Standard Lesson: no integration of Technology
 * 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**
 * It's about solving the problem**

**Scoop.it**
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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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BagtheWeb
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; text-align: left;">BagTheWeb creates and supports a new Web curation tool called bag. Via bags, users can collect, publish, and share curated Web content in a simple and exciting way. Web content forms content networks, users form social networks, and content and social networks further connect. That's our vision of an evolving Web. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; text-align: right;"> //from Bag the Web// Take the Tour with us.

Paper.li
Paper.li is a content curation service. It enables people to publish newspapers based on topics they like and treat their readers to fresh news, daily.

You need a Twitter or Facebook account to use Paper.li. Paper.li pulls the content you are interested in from these networks and displays them in an elegant Paper.

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 * Here is an example of our Office Paper:**

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Storify
Storify helps its users tell stories by curating social media.

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 * Demo:**

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 * Sample of our Office Storify:**


 * 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.