There are an abundance of online resources available to teachers, but not all of them are useful to teachers in the way they were intended to be. Especially in cases where teachers already have online resources they rely on.
As an aspiring teacher (graduation is in two weeks time) I already have sites I rely on to assist me, adding more to the list sometimes helps as they are more focused on education, while others are just another 'type' of resource, very similar to others. One such example would be, 'Scoop.It' - it is a very good resource, but preferably for someone who doesn't already have a Pinterest account as it is basically Pinterest. You do the exact same thing you would do on Pinterest on this site - where you 'pin' or as they would say, 'scoop' different resources you like onto your board, and you also have the option of sharing it to other social networking sites, for instance your Facebook page or Twitter account. With Pinterest you can create different boards, so if you already have an education board, Scoop.It seems unnecessary.
As one of the girl's in the short course so nicely put it, "it just becomes another password to forget", and this is especially true if you are already an avid user of the internet.
Here is the link to Scoop.It: http://www.scoop.it/ - check it out and let me know what you think.
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