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Scoop.it as a Newsletter Creator

Author: Cindy Powell

Creating a Newsletter using Scoop.it

Publishing an online newsletter couldn't be simpler with Scoop.it if your content can be curated from websites, blogs or other online sources. I am going to use our district's technology newsletter which I produce as my example. This began as a Microsoft Publisher product using one of their templates. I already archive these as PDF files on my "teacher" page so I could go back and add the earlier issues to the Scoop.it curation. A South Carolina EdTech Conference session featured Scoop.it and I looked for a way to use it as a sample for teachers. I began using my research sites for the hard copy of the Tech Cadre Corner as my curated sites in Scoop.it. I use part of the "Insights" section to identify which issue and article along with a blurb of the article 

Source: Cindy Powell

What is Scoop.it?

In case you aren't familiar with Scoop.it here is an overview.

Source: Scoop.it tutorial on YouTube

How to join and use...

Although this video shows Scoop.it as a research portfolio for a paper the directions are the most recent I could find. The company's videos use the old interface..
There is a shorter way to scoop which I will explain later, but the 3 scoops assignment at the end of Ms Mills' video is a good start for us.

Source: YouTube video by Cindy Mills

Scoop.it Tools

This slide show points out the current tools available on Scoop.it and their uses.

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Sites Used in this Tutorial

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