Have you discovered Learnist boards? Try creating one...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDkaNukvPsvi9xAKsIA_EM_fbD3D_iCTkJ3jJ5ZlNdjlA_mHVCYnTdEqP53cxQTbYAKmImBv7QuCmTQz2gSS1ILO9WvxQurT5CjPGrWOM40_v2kWiqOTcYhCqELoNhYCe8D0E-clziKc/s1600/learnist.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDkaNukvPsvi9xAKsIA_EM_fbD3D_iCTkJ3jJ5ZlNdjlA_mHVCYnTdEqP53cxQTbYAKmImBv7QuCmTQz2gSS1ILO9WvxQurT5CjPGrWOM40_v2kWiqOTcYhCqELoNhYCe8D0E-clziKc/s320/learnist.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">With the Internet being so HUGE educators have to become master curators of content. I like this definition  from Robin Good (<a href="http://goo.gl/j3yVL" title="http://goo.gl/j3yVL">http://goo.gl/j3yVL</a>) </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQPZ0y3aAAaKKW2kfNoLVoqzJv7SI7mbx8qkXViz119b9-_LYL-3dG57kFC9ddyaOfMmXSHkI2YPf-OZaxONkVQuk51bs4uH6eAncHScBxdBmsIASgY7rzmmI_qBbE_IaaT7XybAzNB8/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHflgWtEDCCwlwe3ofNqhUJFPAAUqrqobsk7itZ8PE-bB9ZfD7gbJkZsjaG0Wj0Nwl_PRreumC3u5gi58YywduEaNzWlBZScEpLA9nOE_1ZZLxdLx5fStWSkcMXYQiDbnO5E02AA7JTNA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A Learnist Board is a really useful way to curate the information that you need. I love using Pinterest and I love using Scoopit, but what I like about Learnist is that it is only one column and you can set it out in steps of your own choosing. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Take a look around a Grade 1 teacher’s Learnist Boards</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Take a look around Carrie Sorenson’s Learnist boards. This is a screencast (without voice) just showing how this teacher has used Learnist to curate information that she wants to keep.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe frameborder="0" height="338" scrolling="no" src="http://screencast-o-matic.com/embed?sc=cI1irdVvNX&w=420&v=3" width="420"></iframe></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>How to create a Learnist Board</strong></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a presentation on creating a Learnist Board that I made as a recent TeachMeet presentation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/22735240" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; margin-bottom: 5px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/have-you-considered-creating-a-learnist-board" target="_blank" title="Have you considered creating a Learnist Board?">Have you considered creating a Learnist Board?</a> </strong>from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></strong> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Embed your Learnist board in your</span></span> <span style="background-color: white;">blog</span></span></strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the newer improvements in Learnist boards is that you can embed them in your blog. So, to date I have created two Learnist boards and I am going to try embedding them in this post. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1) iPad summit collection, Boston 2013 </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't go to the iPad summit in Boston, last year but I followed it closely and created a Learnist board about it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="456" scrolling="no" src="http://learni.st/users/36830/boards/7817-ipad-summit-posts/embed?o=v" width="300"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2) Great tips for creating PowerPoint presentations</b></span><br /><br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="456" scrolling="no" src="http://learni.st/users/36830/boards/23868-great-ideas-about-creating-presentations-using-powerpoint/embed?o=v" width="300"></iframe> <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Education uses of Learnist boards</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;">Keeps all resources together in a particular order</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is accessible from wherever one is</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One can share a board with others</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One can follow others with similar interests.</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students could also use Learnist for a project to show the sites they used</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -22.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is available as an Ipad and an Android app</span></span></li></ul></div>

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