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June 6, 2013 at 9:20 am
Hello Seth,
Just saw ScoopIT and your wall here. Looks really useful. I chair a languages department and wonder if you think ScoopIT would be useful as a way for my department to show events, items of interest, etc.
Also, do you have a favorite mapmaking site? I’d like to create one that we can put on our department’s website, moderated, with brief messages/profiles from current and former students, maybe a photo of each. Thanks for any suggestions.
Jeff Ruth
June 10, 2013 at 8:50 am
Hi Jeff, I’m a huge fan of http://www.arcgis.com maps as a way to create interactive, hyperlinked maps that you can embed on your website. Google Maps is simpler to make a crowdsourced map, but not as powerful a platform.
I’m a huge fan of scoop.it and I see it as a great way to organize a set of materials that you’d like to share, but also archive for the future (digital curation if you will). I think it’ll be increasingly important in education in the near future.