{"id":4120,"date":"2016-09-07T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2016-09-07T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T15:15:34","slug":"sqworl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sqworl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many tools for organizing and sharing bookmarks. Which social bookmarking tool you choose will likely depend on the quantity of links you want to organize, what information you want to store associated with each link, cost, and the ways in which you foresee using your link collection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sqworl.com\/\">Sqworl<\/a>\u00a0is a simple social bookmarking service developed for educators. I suppose the name has something to do with putting away resources for future use (winter is coming). The service seems suited to organizing small collections for student or colleague use (e.g., three sources for information about why leaves change colors, math activities for 4th-grade teachers).<\/p>\n<p>Sqworl uses a visual method for representing sites that seems\u00a0similar to\u00a0Pinterest. You add a title and description to the visual thumbnail of the site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworla\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworla\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworla.png\" data-orig-size=\"432,226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sqworla\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworla.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworla.png\" alt=\"sqworla\" width=\"432\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworla.png 432w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworla-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sqworl is easy to use. Once you have created a group, you simply enter the link for a site you want to add and then add descriptive information when the service generates a thumbnail for that site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworl1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworl1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworl1.png\" data-orig-size=\"432,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sqworl1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworl1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworl1.png\" alt=\"sqworl1\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworl1.png 432w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sqworl1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sqworl collections are organized into groups (this seems to imply a social purpose, but you could use groups to organize private collections). Each group is associated with a unique URL that you share with intended users.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworl2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2016\/09\/07\/sqworl\/sqworl2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sqworl2.png\" data-orig-size=\"360,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sqworl2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sqworl2.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sqworl2.png\" alt=\"Sqworl2\" width=\"360\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sqworl2.png 360w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sqworl2-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a free and pro version of this service. Educators can pay $4 a month for $40 for the year to use the service. 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