OLSP DIGEST - Sabanci Univ



OLSP DIGEST No:15

|Name of the tool |Flipboard [pic] |

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|What is it? |Flipboard is magazine-format application software for Android, Windows 8, Blackberry 10 and IOS operating systems. The software |

| |collects content from social media and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to "flip" through their |

| |social-networking feeds and feeds from websites that have partnered with the company. |

|How to? |Click the link and you’ll enter the website/ |

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| |Download the app for Andriod,Windows 8,IOS or Blackberry. |

| |After downloading the application, swipe through the first screen and log in . You can do so with a Facebook or Twitter account if|

| |you don’t want to register from the begining. |

| |Start subsribing to the topics you are interested in. |

|Links, articles, resources, |Link on how to get started with Flipboard |

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| |15 cool ways to use Flipboard. |

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| |5 ways to use Flipboard in the Classroom |

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| |There is also an app for this. It is compatible with Andriod/ IOS platforms |

| |Flipboard can also be used as a “ bookmarking” tool |

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|Classroom uses- sample URLs | |

| |Current Events-Can be used to keep up with current events. |

| |Class Syllabus-Teachers can use it to create a class syllabus. Teachers can make their syllabus available in a magazine, in which |

| |they could include articles for students to read and comment on. |

| |Class Projects- Teachers can ask their students to create a class-project magazine. The students could be assigned to compile |

| |images, editorials, and YouTube videos around a specific subject matter they’re studying. For example, for Book 2 level 1 Unit 1 |

| |on “ The psychology of Happiness”, students could be assigned a group project on “The meaning of happiness” |

| |Resource Guide for students-Teachers could use this by complying education material to create a resource guide for the students. |

| |Conversly, students could compile material from the unit to create a guide. |

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