Curate Your Way To Happiness
"It is not information overload, it's filter failure" Clay Shirky
Digital curation is a vital skill we all need for managing our digital environment. It is a study skill & a basic information literacy skill. What is it? Digital Curation is finding, collating & organising digital information so you access what you need, when you need it.
If you feel a little overwhelmed [here is a clue to why] that may be.
Tips:
Digital curation is a vital skill we all need for managing our digital environment. It is a study skill & a basic information literacy skill. What is it? Digital Curation is finding, collating & organising digital information so you access what you need, when you need it.
If you feel a little overwhelmed [here is a clue to why] that may be.
Tips:
- Be strategic : focus on what you want. Don't overload yourself.
- If you are not finding what you want, change things.
- Ask your librarian & your peers for their curation tips.
- Always link to your sources.
Apps that search for you: Zite, Flipboard,
Apps that remember for you: Diigo, De.licious, Scoop.it,
Apps for keeping notes: Evernote, GoogleDocs
Apps that remember for you: Diigo, De.licious, Scoop.it,
Apps for keeping notes: Evernote, GoogleDocs
Avoid 1. hoarding, 2. being a scrooge, 3. being a tabloid or 3. being a robot (find out what these mean [here]).
Search for bloggers, tweeters and sharers in your field.
Follow their sites, their tweets and blogs.
Subscribe to key individuals, organisations, universities you trust for feeds to your email.
Apps for subscribing: pinterest.com, Zite, Flipboard, Diigo, De.licious, Scoop.it.
Search for bloggers, tweeters and sharers in your field.
Follow their sites, their tweets and blogs.
Subscribe to key individuals, organisations, universities you trust for feeds to your email.
Apps for subscribing: pinterest.com, Zite, Flipboard, Diigo, De.licious, Scoop.it.
Don't just be a consumer, create, contribute and share. Join in chats & forums.
Value add: Add comments to your sharing & links to assist your followers.
Apps for sharing: Storify, Twitter, Youtube, Wordpress Blogs, edublogs, Wikipedia (join in and edit), Wikispaces.
Value add: Add comments to your sharing & links to assist your followers.
Apps for sharing: Storify, Twitter, Youtube, Wordpress Blogs, edublogs, Wikipedia (join in and edit), Wikispaces.
FIND OUT MORE >>
Kay Oddone: learning the art of digital content curation.
Joyce Seitzinger: When educators become curators (keynote slides).
Edshelf: for more curation apps.
Studyvibe.com.au: research skills
Kay Oddone: learning the art of digital content curation.
Joyce Seitzinger: When educators become curators (keynote slides).
Edshelf: for more curation apps.
Studyvibe.com.au: research skills
Curate Your Way to Happiness by Philip Williams is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://linkinglearning.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/digital-content-curation-a-vital-strategy-for-education/.