Curating the Web, or “Content Curation” | Educational Technology The Internet is the world’s largest library. It’s just that all the books are on the floor. —John Allen Paulos As educators, what can we do to make sense of all the “books on the floor” of the Internet? Think back to when you had to write a research paper on The Scarlet Letter for English class. Curating the web is something like that for the Internet. Web Curation in the context of the classroom takes three basic forms: editor-curated, teacher-curated, and student-curated. Implications for the classroom Curation can happen at three depths or phases. Second is filtering. Third is creating. Let’s look at an example that has students going through each phase. Web curation is a media literacy skill that needs to be taught. Teachers need to be very familiar with the sites they plan to use before using them with students. Skills needed for content curation User-curation tools for the classroom Scoop.it “Build engaged audiences through publishing by curation. Storify BagTheWeb JogTheWeb Pinterest
Study Vibe - Content Curation Content Curation Content curation is the collection and sharing of content such as websites, news articles, blogs, videos, pictures, tweets and any other information that you can find on the web. The term curation is not new (art galleries and museums have been 'curating' for ages) but with the ever increasing amount of information on the web it has become a popular and very useful way to 'harvest', collect, select, and manage and disseminate(share) the information that you want to keep. Much of what is here on Studyvibe has been 'curated' from hundreds of different sources and brought together for you. If you had to go and find all of the information that is on this website it would take you hundreds of hours. So how and why would you use content curation? Helping you find information for assignments As a student you have many assignments and research tasks that you have to do. There are many other uses of curated lists but these are probably most relevant for you as a student. Scoop.it
Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies - Michelle Pacansky-Brock LIS future employment prospects are positive — new ALIA report on LIS education, skills and employment 18 September 2014 Melbourne: The Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) said there is a positive outlook on employment prospects for library and information professionals over the next five years, but the job market will remain tight. This is one of the conclusions in a new report ALIA LIS Education and Employment Trend Report 2014 today launched in Melbourne by ALIA President Damian Lodge at the Association’s National Conference. ‘This report provides a valuable overview of what has been happening in LIS education over the last five years and will contribute to our understanding of how best to direct our efforts,’ Mr Lodge said. ‘Students can use this report to inform their decisions about the level of study they wish to pursue. ‘Our analysis of the data indicates that the job market will remain tight over the next five years but there will be openings as baby boomer workers retire and these existing positions are filled.’ ALIA analysis of the report data concluded:
15 herramientas para monitorizar tu marca en Redes Sociales 15 herramientas para monitorizar tu marca en Redes Sociales Seguro que tu marca está en alguna Red Social y, seguramente, en más de una. Todo el mundo tiene cuentas en Facebook, Twitter, Google+ -sí, sabemos que la tienes pero no la usas- y Pinterest pero no mucha gente monitoriza su paso por los Social Media. Y, amigos, esto es esencial: debes saber qué pasa alrededor de tu marca para poder mejorar tu estrategia en Redes Sociales. Es necesario escuchar lo que tu público dice sobre ti para entender mejor a tu audiencia y corregir errores cuando sea necesario. Hay que analizar los comentarios, menciones, reviews, reseñas, RT, etiquetas, etc. que hablan sobre tu marca para optimizar tu estrategia de marketing. Seguro que también te interesa Las mejores herramientas para monitorear tu marca en Social Media 1. Se trata de una plataforma gratuita de búsqueda en tiempo real y análisis, que también mide la influencia en cuatro categorías: Strenght, Sentiment, Passion y Reach. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
What is a Content Curation Site? | Technology Enhanced Learning at SHU “Curators hand with glove / Intendenthand med vante” by Marinmuseum This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. A ‘Content Curation Site’ is a website that allows users to gather resources from around the web and share them in themed collections. These sites are very good for drawing together resources and adding context, such as providing a commentary on different sides of an argument based on content from multiple websites. At its most advanced, content curation sits at the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, with learners showing criticality and the ability to draw upon information from multiple sources to create a cohesive whole. “Content Curation” by Welenia General Curation Sites Social Curation Sites Microblogging Sites Which should I use? Like this: Like Loading...
Content Curation Primer Photo by Stuck in Customs What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. Content curation is not about collecting links or being an information pack rat, it is more about putting them into a context with organization, annotation, and presentation. People and organizations are now making and sharing media and content all over the social web. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out What does that mean for nonprofits and the people who work for them? For some staff members, content curation can be professional of learning. The Three S’s of Content Curation: Seek, Sense, Share Content curation is a three-part process: Seek, Sense, and Share. Getting Started
Organize, Bookmark And Curate Your Content - Red Cappi Content is challenging and as its landscape is growing and expectations of customers and content consumers, in general, are growing. Consistent Content Operations is one of the biggest problems today for marketers. If you are a small to medium business and you have one person in your office that is responsible for marketing, then you are in trouble. Why should you care about content curation when everybody talks about creation? We will show you why. What you see the top most shared results, click on them and analyze. We will make it easy this for you – analyze and answer the question – is it curated content or original? This means that if you are able to curate content about your topics productively and based on insights that buzzsumo.com provides, you can actually get some traffic. Your ability to curate content depends on the organization and bookmarking. Today you can download Pocket app, which is amazing. How to make sure that you act on it? You don’t want just to have a big pocket. 2.