Monday, November 7, 2011

Scoop.it is new.
1) Watch the two videos
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Scoop.it (1.47)
2) Go to Scoop.it, and sign up
3) Pull down the dropdown next to your name on the upper right of the screen, and select Bookmarklet and store it on your IE or other Browser Favorites Bar.
4) Choose Create a topic 
Give it a name, a brief description and as many keywords as you can think of.  Selecting keywords is critical for scoop.it recommendations.
Choose to Scoop if you like any suggestions, you can always delete.
5) Choose Explore on the right of top menu.
Put in a search term on the upper right.
A drop down of Scooped topics appears which you can select but more is to be found if you press enter of the little magnifying glass to the right.
Select something that looks interesting
Follow (on the upper right) some of the Scoop topics that intrigue you  (again, you can delete what you don't like any more)
If you want a to put a scooped article on one of your topic pages, click the the it! button below.

6) Try out some of the icons on the bottom 
7) Click on the name of the person who scooped something you liked to see their other scoped pages and follow those if they interest you (you can always UNfollow)
8) Now because you've done step 2 (and installed a Bookmarklet) when you on a site you want to remember and share click on the scoop.it on our favorites bar.
9) Repeat the process for a different topic starting on step 3.  I have several topics cause I have several interest: learning, travel.
10) Click on your name and Edit your profile.  See how things that you scoop can appear on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr.
This page is part of CIS120 - The Internet taught by Maureen Greenbaum at Union County College   Page updated 11/7/2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

I just tried something really cool.
I have seen this odiogo icon  on web sites so I decided to use this interesting FREE service that reads blog post AND lets folk subscribe to them via itunes!
I resurrected an old blogging site http://njinternetprof.blogspot.com and added the icon.
I plan to put all announcements there and many pages from Angel and the CIS120 wiki.
Since you already have a blog, try it.
  1. Log onto your blog
  2. Go to odiogo and sign up.
    And with Blogger odiogo did all the work!
  3. Make a post announcing that you are using odiogo
  4. Go to the Students' Blog page on the wiki and note you have added it so fellow student can go to your blog and sign up via itunes.