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Delicious. Instapaper. Storify. Scoop.it. Content Curation Tools - The Newsmaster Toolkit by Robin Good. Twitter as a Curation Tool  I have written and spoken extensively about the use of Twitter in education: as one social network tool to connect, collaborate and amplify ( Seven Degrees of Connectedness , Upgrade & Amplification Exercise and Checklist ) as a critical component of 21st century skills and literacies for the classroom ( Twitter HOTS & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the Classroom , Twitter Policy and Rationale , Guide to Twitter in the K-8 Classroom , K-2 Twitter in the Classroom Checklist , Twitter in Education Pinterest Board ) as an important component of Professional Development for educators ( R U Ready 4Twitter?

, New Forms of Learning: How to Participate in a Conference 2.0 Style? ) In addition to the above mentioned uses of Twitter, I am increasingly becoming aware of the importance of Twitter as a tool for me. The term “ curation ” in itself has become quite popular recently. Mike Fisher has blogged about curation and what it means versus the concept of collection . Curating is different. Ex Ex. The Complete Educator’s Guide to Using Google Reader. Love it!? Hate it!? Doesn’t really matter what you think of the new Google Reader interface….. What does matter is they’ve changed some of the Google Reader functionality educators like to use. So here’s my essential guide for what educators now need to know about using Google Reader. Click on the following links to learn more: Intro to RSS and Google Reader One of the smartest things you can do is learn how to use RSS well if you plan to work online with your students.

RSS isn’t dead, isn’t hard to learn and is an essential time saving tool for reading latest students’ work in one location quickly. RSS is an acronym which stands for Really Simple Syndication. In simple terms, RSS is a simple and effective way of keeping in touch when new information is added to a website without having to visit the website to check for new updates.

The most common RSS reader used is Google Reader. How it works is you subscribe to your favorite website using the RSS feed in Google Reader. Please note : 1. 2. 3. Pipes. Paper.li.