Top 10 #socialmedia #curation apps to unleash the power of your #ipad in 2013 #edtech20 #pln - part 1

                                             
Dear friends I hope all of you had a Blessed Christmas and you like my social media curation Christmas Tree made for you .        Now I want to wish you all Happy New Year 2013 with peace and happiness and I hope next year all your dreams come true and I invite you to drink with me a cup of champagne   . I really want next year to find parteners who want to help me to launch a platform / website for Curation Restart Education Project https://twitter.com/web20education and teachers  who want to collaborate with me in this global project . In the same time I will continue to describe weekly my top10 tools related to a topic here
   My 2012 year in review - a curation story : http://checkthis.com/fvn
Now I will describe favorite social media curation apps for ipad . What app do you use / you like more and why ? Please leave a comment and feed-back .

I decided to post daily awesome ipad apps in my new blog here http://ipadappsineducationtomlearning.blogspot.com/
I invite you all also to read next blog post : 2012 year in review with my top 10 articles this year .

Learnist is one of my favorite social media Curation startup tool for education and for this reason I integrateLearnist in my Curation Christmas Tree . Learnist makes sharing what you know and learning from others fast and easy by remixing anything on the web like videos, ebooks, maps, blogs, podcasts, surveys and more into a simple and elegant learning resource on any topic that you can share with anyone. Learnist is like a collaborative, multimedia and interactive ebook from the future.

Features :
Learnist iPad app lets you browse Learnboards with content curated from websites and blogs, YouTube, Vimeo, Wordpress, Wikipedia, UStream, Scribd, Soundcloud, Slideshare, Amazon, Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Forms, Slideshows, Google Maps and Books, and more.
Learnist’s iPhone App also lets you create Learnboards with uploaded photos on any subject imaginable - live events, recipes, how-to guides, and more.
Browse and Learn
- Browse Learnboards created by experts, teachers, professors, your friends and fellow learners covering thousands of topics in categories like Art & Design, Music, Sports, Education, Food & Drinks, Politics, Technology, Travel, Games, Health & Fitness, News, Entertainment, Crafts and more.
- Follow your favorite Learn Boards and people to get updated on their newest content.
- Collaborate and ask questions about anything in Learnist and help others on topics you know.
- Track your progress on Learnboards and see that progress on your profile page.
- Find information by quickly searching tags, titles and keywords.
Share Easily
- Curate learning resources you like and share them with your followers.
- With the iPhone app you can instantly upload content to Learnist from your iPhone camera or photo gallery.
- Share via email, SMS, Facebook, and Twitter

Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the Web, from breaking news to stories on world events, sports, travel and more. Simply pick a few topics and your Flipboard is instantly populated with the news you care about. If you want more, use the search bar to find favorite sources or browse recommended reading from the staff at Flipboard. When you find a new source you love, just tap the “+” to add it to your Flipboard. And if you’re short on time, use the Cover Stories tile to see some of the most interesting stories from all of your sections on Flipboard.
But it’s not just about news. Use Flipboard to flip through social networks. Add Facebook, Twitter to browse articles and photos friends are sharing. Instagram and Flickr photos are beautiful to see in your personal magazine. Now the news your friends share is easy to flip through, with headlines and excerpts that give you an immediate glimpse into everything. It’s a fun way to catch up on all your social news.

Just tap a tile and start flipping through the pages of your magazine.

Trapit is a startup app to rule the web using ipad .

Connect with long standing passions and explore new subjects, all delivered in a elegant experience meticulously designed just for the iPad. Built with powerful AI technology, Trapit delivers an on-going personalized selection of the newest articles, features, blogs and video on the topics you care about and learns as you use it.
Escape with Trapit and hone in on only the subjects that matter to you. Keep up with the topics that don’t always make the headlines, or even the ones that do. Discover new bloggers, online magazines, newspaper features and more among Trapit’s over 100,000 hand-picked sources.. Use Trapit to explore and discover, because really, that’s what the Internet was made for.
Features:
- Trapit captures fresh content from across the entire Web.
- You define the subjects--use Trapit to explore new topics or long standing passions.
- Trapit learns from your feedback and improves its recommendations the more you use it.
- A world of discoveries at your fingertips--discover new blogs, magazines, and writers.
- Easy sharing to Twitter, Facebook, and email, and anywhere else you like. And now scheduled sharing via Buffer.
- Get real-time highlights from all your Traps in the New Discoveries feed.
- Save articles, recipes, tutorials, and blog posts to your Trapit Reading List, Evernote, Instapaper or Pocket with the “Read Later” button.
Experience the Internet on the iPad the way it was meant to be. Download Trapit today!

Do you like this app . Leave also a comment if you know other apps like this 

This week I decide to describe on my blog many curation apps to mLearning .

Scoop.it lets you easily publish gorgeous online magazines by curating content on your favorite topic using your iphone . This tool is my favorite social media curation tool .
Curate on the go with the Scoop.it iPhone App:
- Select, edit and publish posts in the same engaging visual format as from the Web site
- Review your suggestion list
- Add posts from Safari mobile
- Share on all your connected Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr... accounts
You can downlod from app store for tree scoop.it .

Pinterest 
Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard and it is my favorite curation tool for my interests .  It lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find in your life. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.
Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
Features:
• Browse pins from people and pinboards you follow.
• Repin, like and comment on your favorite pins.
• Pin with your camera!
Happy pinning!

What makes Pearltrees unique?
 have everything you like on the web organized in one place
 play with pearls, they are made to be manipulated
share great content instantly, everything is public
 join +250.000 other users who are sharing +10 million pearls access your account from PC, Mac and iPad
 its free! (with no advertising)
How does it work?
create your account
install the pearler
collect web pages with the pearler
organize your pearls into pearltrees
explore what you’re interested in
enrich your account
share!

                           

Flud - For the first time ever, the things you read about give you topical credibility among your friends and followers. Beautiful design, simple user interface, and integrated social settings make Flud the best place to read your news.
Customize Flud to your personal tastes. Follow all your favorite blogs and news sites, save stories to read when you have time or offline, Flud articles you love, connect with friends and other Fluders who share your interests. Your Flud profile allows you to discover your news personality and become a credible source of information.
Features
- Easily add, reorder, or remove feeds
- Connect to Tumblr, Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook, Read It Later, Instapaper and email
- Create a Reading List of headlines that look interesting to you
- Access your Reading List wherever you are, no Internet required
- Play video, view images, read stories
- Find Fluders who share your interests in news, blogs, and topics
- Flud articles you love and share them with your followers
- See what your followers are reading with the Activity Feed
Uses
- Build your brand by tweeting the latest industry news
- For bloggers, offer Flud to your readers as a way to experience your content on a mobile platform
- Discover new websites, writers, blogs, or topics you didn’t know you loved
- Browse niche blogs and major news brands, silly news and science journals, at the same time
- “It's easy and good looking.

Livebinders allowss you to get the most from your iPad
LiveBinders app for iPad gives you quick access to all of the binders you've created and those you've collected on your custom shelves. This version uses Safari browser to present and edit these binders.
Make an impression: LiveBinders lets you integrate the content you use and collect in the cloud. Create virtual binders of information on any topic. Add your own text to further personalize your resources. Impress your colleagues, teachers, and clients with an elegant way to present information that can easily be updated and accessed from any location at any time. You can now completely avoid those out-of-date, cumbersome email attachments.

1 . Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop. See why millions of people worldwide use Evernote:

Key features of Evernote:
Create text, photo and audio notes
Auto-synchronize your notes to your Mac, PC, and Web
Magically makes text within snapshots searchable
Mark notes as "Favorite" for quick access
All notes include geo-location information for mapping and search
✶ Premium Feature: File Synchronization - add, sync, access, and share files (PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, and more) among the different versions of Evernote you use

Here are some ways to use Evernote for your personal and professional life:

 For research and class notes
 To capture blog ideas and design inspiration
 To stay in-sync with your desktop notes, web clips, and files
To snap photos of whiteboards and wine labels
 As part of your GTD system to help you stay organized
 To record voice memos

2 . Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.

Read your docs or flip through your albums when you're out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your iPhone in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox.

Features:
● Always have your stuff with you, no matter where you are.
● Add files to "Favorites" for fast, offline viewing.
● Easily save photos and videos to your Dropbox.
● Share your photos and docs with family and friends.
● Save email attachments straight to your Dropbox

Proud to be leader in Smile EUN Project COP2 and to present my top 10 #curation tools to build #edtech20 #PLN 4 #leadershipday12

Dear friends last year I had the pleasure to participate in Leadership  Day 2011 and today August 15 Dr. Scott McLeod launch a Calling to all Bloggers here for #leadershipday12  . Click here add your post and complete online submision form . Everyone then will be able to see your post in the complete list of submissions.

Like I mention in my previous post here http://bit.ly/prgessentials about my reflections after Intel Teach Training from Pargue, Ollie Bray, our brilliant trainer invite the participants to join also Social Media in Learning and Education Project managed by EUN . Janice Richardson, manager of the project said ,,   SMILE aims to investigate these issues and, through, an online learning course and mentoring techniques, not only encourage the take-up of social media in schools but also to map best practice in order to foster the exchange of ideas and experience” 

Facebook Awards Digital Citizenship Research Grant to European Schoolnet to implement SMILE :) Project and you can read more here  .  This project has 3 parts :
1. An online learning laboratory for 100 teachers from the 30 member states of EUN partnership to investigate and embrace the educational opportunities social media offers;
2.Research with the 100 learning laboratory participants to highlight trends and best practices for how social media is being used and can be used in classrooms;
3.Broad dissemination of results of the research through EUN’s interactive portals for teachers as well as through European and international meetings and conferences.

Still the begining I must told you that I  like verry much this project and for this reason  I was involved  in the discussions in 1st part of the project on the Elearning Platform managed by EUN http://leedu.eun.org/web/smile/home and for my research http://xeeme.com/LucianeCurator I was accepted to be COP2 leader .
            In XXI Century Education, the use of new online technologies ( social media and web 2.0 startup tools and apps ) aren't regarded like a avantgarde movement, but unfortunatelly although we have many free edtools most of the teachers still don't know or don't want to know how to integrate new online technologies into the classroom although in all the schools we have now computers connected to Internet . For this reason I want to implement Curation Restart Education project http://bit.ly/credproject also for romanian teachers and in the same time I am proud to be leader in COP2 organized in Smile Project and we discuss in our Community of Practices about : ,, Using Social Media in schools, whole-school approach " . First we must chose the tools for easy collaboration and sharing ( I chose scoop.it and Pinterest ) and now I will describe the features of 10 of my favorites ( 5 tools described here are startup tools many in beta ) and we must chose what to use in our Community of Practices and for this reason please add comments and proposes . We must also chose the platform who is suitable for us to collaborate 3 mounths and Smile:) I propose mightybell :) , but you can propose other .

I propose also for a good collaboration to use this blog http://smileprojectcop2socialmediainschools.blogspot.com/
where everyone can describe his / her favorite tool related to a subject . Now I will try to add a  short description of the tools and  some features for every tool or app .

I want to begin collaboration in our COP2 with the best 3 startup curation tools  to build and collaborate with  PLN  and for this reason I propose you dear members of my team to use next mounths still now in Smile Project : mightybell, scoop.it and pinterest . 

1. Mightybell is now my favorite Curation tool to collaborate eSafety with PLN and for this reason I want to use this tool / curation platform to collaborate in Smile Project . This is about infusing passion and color into everyday life. Too often, we spend time on what we have to do, not what we want to do. We’ve lost the ability to follow what makes us curious, in favor of choosing what makes us more efficient.With Mightybell, you can step into a world of curiosity and serendipity. By making space for ideas, interests and adventures with friends, you’re embracing the opportunity to create a more colorful life. Each Mightybell space has a story, one you can share with as many likeminded people as you want. You can share : a question, an article, a link, a video or a photo about something that interests you is all you need to start a Mightybell space. After all, you never know when you’ll discover your next passion.

2. Scoopit is my favorite and the best social media curation tool for easily publish gorgeous magazines. Leverage Curation to increase your visibility. Give persistence to your social media presence. I must told you that you can tag and describe every post on scoop.it .

For our Community of Practices 2  I made a community http://www.scoop.it/t/smileprojectcop2/ where everyoane can suggest a tool or a post, after follow our community .

3. Pinterest is now the tool on the wave hwo bring more trafic than twitter and facebook . For this reason I made a board here http://pinterest.com/lucianecurator/cop2insmileproject/ .

Source: scoop.it via Lucian on Pinterest

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. Teachers use pinboards to manage their projects and also People use pinboards plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite or leave a comment after you read my post with your email and I will send you a invitation to try this curation tool . Also don't forget that you must pin a immage to bookmark on pinterest .    

4. Pearltrees it is also a awesome social media curation tool , and I must told you that I was verry excited when I begin to use it and this is 1st Curation tool . Pearltrees is the best way to organize, discover and share the stuff you like on the web. How does it work? Pearl the stuff you like on the Web and collaborate with friends .
Features :
You can keep at hand the web pages you like and enrich your account with Pearltrees from other members of the community.
Who is Pearltrees made for ?

Anybody who has ever wanted to keep a webpage (about a favorite project, for researching travel, for conducting research or just because there are things you've found that you don't want to lose...) to retrieve it one day or to share it with someone. This means a lot of people!

What makes Pearltrees so special ?

It's probably different for each user but Pearltrees lets people:

have everything they like on the web organized in one place.

access their web items from anywhere using a PC, a Mac or an iPad to enjoy a unique visual interface to keep everything they like at hand, play with pearls, they're made to be manipulated.

discover the pearltrees from other members of the community, everything is public!  

5. Springpad Smart Notebooks to save, share and act on what's important to you and to your friends .Springpad now makes it easy to invite your friends so you can make awesome notebooks together. Springpad is great for just about anything and it's even better when you invite your friends.Springing just got easier .Now you can just type in the information you want to save and let Springpad do the rest. Try typing in a task you want to remember, an event you want to save, a movie you want to see, or a product you want to buy. It's that easy!
Share and explore
Have you curated the perfect summer reading list?  The best places to visit in your neighborhood? Now, you can share your knowledge and passions with the world by making any notebook public.
Or, if you see someone else's notebook that you find interesting, you can follow it to see future updates.
The privacy of your contents is now controlled at the notebook level. Make a notebook public or private, and all of its contents and attachments will have the same setting. 

6.Learnist is the latest social media curation tool for education , still in beta launch by Grockit team . Learnist super easy to share what you know by pointing to existing web resources. You can use videos, blogs, books, documents, images, anything to explain how to learn something.
Features
Use Learnist to share what you know and learn new things. Create Learn Boards on topics you understand and add learnings by pointing to videos, blogs, images and documents on the web. Board creation permissions are granted on rolling basis.

6.Chime.in is a social network based on interests, where people share, connect with others, and build communities around their favorite topics . Chime.in is designed so that people can share their thoughts, photos, videos, and links. It could also turn into a marketing channel for entertainment brands 

Features :

Broadcast your Interests

Chime.in is designed for sharing your opinions, questions, and all the amazing media you come across each day.

Combine text, photos, videos, links, or polls in a Chime

Find new audiences for your content by tagging your Chimes with relevant Interests

Make new friends

Chime.in makes it really easy to connect with people who like the same things as you do.

Join the conversation by liking, sharing, or commenting on Chimes

Build deeper relationships by joining Communities about your Interests

Discover more about your Interests

Chime.in helps you find the best content about your favorite things.

Subscribe to an Interest to see all Chimes tagged with that topic

Sort your Chimelines by likes, shares, or comments to find the most talked about Chimes

Re-Engage With A Click
Send quick follow up messages, meeting invites, birthday cards and more with just a single button click

7. Zoku is the easiest way to strenghten your business relationships .
Track Important Relationships
Organize information and communications with your customers, investors, recruits, and other important business contacts.
Stay Up-To-Date On Key News
Get alerts for key personal and professional news such as promotions, press mentions, family events, travel plans, and much more.
Re-Engage With A Click
Send quick followup messages, meeting invites, birthday cards and more with just a single button click.

After I describe this startup curation tools to build a PLN I also suggest you to use old groups for collaboration on facebook, google plus and diigo .

 

8. Facebook is a social utility social media tool that connects people worldwide with friends and others who work, study and live around them. I must told you this is a tool I use daily to keep in touch with friends and I am member in more than 30 groups,I made a group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TIS4ETWINNERS/ and a facebook page for Curation Restart Education Project . If I don't find Mightybell groups I suggest COP2 to use facebook groups .

9. Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community . Diigo Groups provides a ground-breaking collaborative research and learning tool that allows any group of people to pool their findings through group bookmarks .

10.. Google Plus is also a new tool to build a #PLN .

Google+: real life sharing, rethought for the web.


Google+ aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Check out Circles, Messenger and Hangouts, just a few of the things we've been working on.

I made a page for #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project to keep in touch with PLN http://goo.gl/wyidi

http://www.youngupstarts.com/

#edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project Circle me

on Google+

I am happy to be also Glogster Edu Ambassador and I suggest all of you to use with students the best edtool GlogsterEdu - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic!

 

Courtesy of: The Whole Brain Group

Top 10 #pln tools used in #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project voted on #c4lpt

In a social media Curation world it is very hard to use all the tools to integrate new technologies in XXI Century Education and for this reason I launch #edtech20 #socialmedia  #curation global  project gateway to knowledge in #education20 
http://www.justabout.co/edtech20socialmediacurationproject
to collaborate with teachers worldwide . Read more here . Some tools are older , but also social media curation tools are new still this year 2011 and I will try to find the best as you can see here      
I invite you also to comment and add your favorite tools in 2011 on our page : on facebook http://goo.gl/eTpsz and google plus http://goo.gl/VGoQO . I invite you to join and collaborate in this  global#edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project goo.gl/n8snMYour comments and sugestions are welcome after you read this related to my favorite tools and 
1. Twitter is the best, most powerful tool to build a PLN . In only 140 characters Twitter bring a new dimmension for global sharing and worldwide collaboration . Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news

Follow me http://twitter.com/#!/web20education and use #edtech20 hastag . http://twubs.com/edtech20
Now I will write about my favorite social media curation tools . I also invite you still 1 december to visit the blog made for #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project where I will describe many social media curation tools like this http://edtech20curationprojectineducation.blogspot.com/ .
2. Scoopit is my favorite and the best social media curation tool in 6 mounths I reached 50 visits on my topics .Easily Publish Gorgeous Magazines. Leverage Curation to increase your visibility. Give persistence to your social media presence.

Here are my 5 favorite topics

Curation

Web 2.0 and Social Media

Elearning

mLearning

Google Plus 

3. Pearltrees it is also a awesome social media curation tool

Pearltrees is the best way to organize, discover and share the stuff you like on the web. How does it work? Pearl the stuff you like on the Web .

4. Pinterest is also a new social media curation tool describe as The Best Broccoli of Your Life. LOVE this recipe. No one who has tried this has disliked it. 1 comment 1 repin

Source: chime.in via Lucian on Pinterest

5. Google Plus is also  a new tool to build a #PLN  . 
 Google+: real life sharing, rethought for the web.

Google+ aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Check out Circles, Messenger and Hangouts, just a few of the things we've been working on.
I made a page for #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project to keep in touch with PLN http://goo.gl/wyidi 

#edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project Circle me

on Google+

6. Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. I must told you this is a tool I use daily to keep in touch with friends and PLN .

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TIS4ETWINNERS/

I made a group for #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project 

and a page here

7. Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community . Diigo Groups provides a ground-breaking collaborative research and learning tool that allows any group of people to pool their findings through group bookmarks .






8. LinkedIn is a tool to build your own PLN ( Professsional Learning Network ) . Over 135 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities. Stay informed about your contacts and industry and join #edtech20 LinkedIn group

 

9. SymbalooEDU is a Social Media Curation Tool ,  Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for teachers to visually organize and share the best of the web with students. I am proud to be a symbaloo edu certificated teacher 

10 . eegoes | What matters to you?
eegoes is a social network and online community for easy, userfriendly geolocated content sharing. Meet people, share links, photos, videos and events . Join free our group and discover this new tool in beta and collabrate here http://www.eegoes.com/group/edtech20

I am happy  to be also Glogster Edu Ambassador

Glogster.com - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic!

Here is the final presentation top 100 tools for learning by @c4lpt

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011

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This blog is curated by Lucian http://bit.ly/Lucian20 ; http://xeeme.com/eCurator/ founder of #edtech20#socialmedia #curation project http://tiny.cc/edtech20 and if you like this post share and comment and also kindly I invite you to join free this project herehttp://tiny.cc/docedtech20 and follow https://twitter.com/#!/web20education Also join our facebook page here http://tinyurl.com/edtech20facebook and our PLNhttp://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/ . Also I write when I don't tweet and curate in gr8 blogs here http://weblist.me/curation. I invite you to subscribe free to #socialmedia#curation blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/edtech20CurationSemanticProjectInEducation ; web 2.0 blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Web20SocialMediaInSafetyModeInEducation ; Google Plus Blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/GooglePlusChromeToolsAppsAndMoreInEducation20
mLearning blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/MlearningEdtoolsAndAppsIneducation20
and my first blog with gr8 tools and appshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/MyPln-PersonalLearningNetwork

I want also to invite you to see a mindmeister map made by Robin Good with best tools in 2011