Content Curation

  The vast amount of information on the internet can be not only overwhelming but can eat up hours of your time before you are able to get any significant amount of usable data.  Content curation is a way to get valuable information about a topic that is relevant and current without wasting hours of time searching the internet.  I downloaded Scoop.it to try content curation.  I was able to give a topic title and keywords for the site to search for.  It quickly came up with sites containing information I could use.  The applications for this in education are endless.  Students researching a topic for any class could employ scoop.it for a quick and efficient way to collect information to be used.  This tool will decrease the amount of time they spend on the computer searching for sites pertaining to their topic.

For more information on scoop.it, click the following link.
http://www.toprankblog.com/2011/10/scoop-it/