  Curation social media websites introduced at BarCamp Yerevan 2011 June 6, 2011 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At BarCamp Yerevan 2011, the organizer and participant of the event, Gegham Vardanyan delivered a presentation covering Curation websites. The websites described serve as a platform to new media journalists, enabling creation of history. Mr. Vardanyan cited Storify.com, Scoop.it and Storyful.com as the most popular websites serving the purpose. At Storify, anyone can create an account to tell stories with social media; Scoop.it allows to create topic-centric media by collecting gems among relevant streams, Storyful uses the power of social networks to create an authentic, cooperative and socially useful journalism. According to Mr. Vardanyan, students might find Curation websites useful in selection of study material, with a number of sources to pick form. The websites, complete with “following” feature, also serve as social networks. A browser widget at Scoop.it allows bookmark and publish the articles of interest, Vardanyan noted.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
