Thoora


 * THOORA**

Resources:
 * Demo

Strengths:
 * FREE
 * Internal commenting feature
 * Extensive search feature that includes categories and subcategories
 * Self-updating
 * User is in control
 * Real-time news generated from Twitter, Blogs, and traditional forms of media
 * Social media sharing
 * Search friendly

Weaknesses: Opportunities:
 * Requires some knowledge regarding aggregation engines
 * Complicated set-up
 * Controlled access
 * Recently released for use
 * Limited resources available
 * No access to examples
 * Gather news regarding personal interests and needs
 * Refine, reorder, re-rank, and prioritize content
 * Find, curate, and publish content on a specific topic

Threats:
 * Can become overwhelming
 * Requires constant managing to prevent news overload

Ideas for the Classroom:
 * Sparks conversation and collaboration amongst teachers and/or older students
 * Can gather information, resources, and research for a class project
 * Create cross-curriculum links