Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by! We appreciate all the attention and have slowed down the creation of new accounts for a while to ensure a good experience for our community. We are still taking sign up requests and will bring more people in shortly. Looking forward to seeing you on So.cl.
Thank you Syracuse for helping early on!
1 week ago - permalinkWe appreciated the usability help, the ideas, but mostly the energy of the students involved. We’re looking forward to working with you again in the future.
All Syracuse students are welcome on Socl.
Wow, thanks for all the love and feedback!
1 week ago - permalinkWe’re going to get to work fixing some issues you found on So.cl and open the site again shortly.
In the meantime if you sign in we will add you to the list and email you shortly.
Thanks,
The FUSE Team!
Win Microsoft Goodies for Participating in Youth Questionnaire on Technology & Civic Engagement
2 weeks ago - permalinkThe City of Seattle, Metrocenter YMCA and FUSE Labs Microsoft Research, are working together to get a better understanding of how people between the ages of 14 and 25 use technology for community or political activities with the goal of improving local community web sites such as Puget SoundOff.
This questionnaire is completely voluntary. Responses are confidential and used only for the purposes of the research project. The questionnaire takes about 20 minutes to complete and all survey respondents are entered into the Microsoft sweepstakes and eligible to win software and games. The survey can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/YouthWebSurvey
Check out the exciting new Bing!
3 weeks ago - permalinkThe new Bing introduces a brand new information architecture with a three column design that focuses on bringing you information from the web to help you take action and interact with friends and experts without compromising the core search experience.
Students at Oak Park Elementary are bringing their imaginations to life with Kodu!
3 weeks ago - permalinkStudents at Oak Park Elementary are bringing their imaginations to life.
Whether they are magical forests or underwater worlds, students’ dreams are becoming a reality on their computer screens. Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) students are part of a pilot program that has fourth- and fifth-graders creating video games.
Introducing the So.cl Bookmarklet, share from where ever you are on the web.
1 month ago - permalink
We’re happy to announce the release of the So.cl Bookmarklet, a new and easy way of sharing content on So.cl while navigating the Web.
Whenever you visit a page on the web that you would like to share on So.cl, simply click the “Share on So.cl” bookmarklet and start building your post.
You’ll find the bookmarklet in the top right section of So.cl or click here.
- Make sure your Favorites bar is visible. (Right-click on the Internet Explorer title bar and click Favorites bar).
- Drag the “share on So.cl” button below your favorites bar.
- That’s it! Go to any web site and click the Share to So.cl button.
As always let us know what you think and how we can improve the experience.
Nice write up about So.cl from Neil Vidyarthi
1 month ago - permalinkIntroducing the new Explorer Page on So.cl
1 month ago - permalink
We’ve recently released a new feature on So.cl called the explorer. You can use the explorer to browse the latest So.cl content created by the community. Find a topic like music, food, or science and instantly see a stream of content filtered to that topic. This makes it even easier to find interesting information and people on the site. To find the Explorer page just click “Explorer” in the top left section of the site.
Today the system is grouping posts by tags; the tags are generated by the community using the tag feature on a post. Think you have a new interest you’d like to present? Create a tag and start collecting posts. Soon we will introduce feature to make it easier to follow, but that’s another post ; ).
The long term thinking is to make “interests” more discoverable on the site. As we discover and tag content we are building a collection of things we find interesting and want to share and talk about. These interests represent you and what you add to the community. This is one of the trends at the core of our experimentation with So.cl; building a network of content and people based on their interests rather than personal associations.
On So.cl we gather from all over the world (literally) to share what we’ve found in our various corners of the world. Our interests bring us together no matter our location. That is a powerful thing; and fun too! We’d like to encourage more collecting and discovery. Keep an eye out as we continue to update and expand on this new feature and as usual let us know what you think. We are in it together and together we will make So.cl a great place to be.
