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15 Digital Curation Tools for the Classroom

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15 Digital Curation Tools for the Classroom

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Digital Curation: Putting the Pieces Together | Sue Waters Blog

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Digital Curation: Putting the Pieces Together | Sue Waters Blog

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Through digital curation we collect, manage and collate the best, most relevant content, on a specific topic or theme, for ourselves and share with others.

Using tools like Scoop.it, Pinterest, Diigo and Livebinders educators collect the best resources to put them into context with organisation, annotation and presentation.

This post is a summary of the ideas. tips and resources shared during my presentation for the 2013 Reform Symposium e-Conference on digital curation.

Digital curation in education

It's no longer just about creating content. We are living in an era of content abundance.

It's now about finding and putting content into a context, in a meaningful and organised way, around specific topics.

Using tools like Scoop.it, Pinterest, Diigo and Livebinders educators collect the best resources to put them into context with organisation, annotation and presentation.

Types of tools needed

There are two types of tools needed for curation ( watch Harold Rheingold's interview with Robin Good on Curation):

News discovery tools select and aggregate the content while the curation tools are used to display your content with context with organisation, annotation and presentation. News discovery tools are all about saving time by feeding you the most relevant content.

CurationTools

There are a gazilion tools you can use.; and which tools you use, and how you curate, is a personal as the tools you use to build your personal learning network (PLN).
Digital curation is a simple as:

1. Find the tool(s) that you prefer to use for news discovery and for curation.

2. Curate the content that helps you, and is helpful for others.

3. Make it part of your routine to curate and share content.

You can check out examples of the different tools used by educators to curate in our Digital Curation - use in education storify or share information on how you curate by participating in our Digital curation survey.

Check out Curation: The Next Big C by John Pearce.

My Curation tools

My main curation tools are: my blogs ( The Edublogger, Edubogs Teacher Challenges, Sue Waters); Flipboard; Pinterest; Storify; and Twitter.

Flipboard

Flipboard was originally designed as a social network aggregation, magazine-format app for iPad in 2010. It is now the most popular of the magazine-like content aggrregator apps for iOS, Android, Kindle and Nook.

Flipboard's strength is you are able to bring your social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn into one location alongside your favorite news sources and anything else you like to read, or watch (like YouTube) - all while making it easily to share your favorite content with your social networks and enabling you to easily curate your favorite content into Flipboard magazine(s)

Flipboard is one of my key news discovery and curation tools because:

1. It allows me to easily aggregrate content from a range of different sources.

2. Quickly curate and share articles I like directly to my own magazine from within Flipboard (or using the Flip It bookmarklet in your web browser) while also sharing the articles with with social networks at the same time!

Here's a quick video on how I use Flipboard magazines to find, curate and share content.

You'll find a complete step by step guide to setting up Flipboard here.

Pinterest

Pinterest is a pinboard-style visual booknarking website that allows users to create and manage visual content. You can share images or videos you find online, or you can upload images directly to Pinterest.

Here's some examples of our Pinterest boards:

Here's a quick video on how to use Pinterest.
Storify
Storify allows you to curate your own stories from photos, video, tweets, what people post on social media sites and your own narration.

I use Storify as a way of pulling information shared on a topic in Twitter into one locate where I can refer back to it later. For example. I asked my Twitter network to share "Do you curate? What tools do you use? Why you curate? Why you don't curate? Are you confused by what is digital curation?" and then pulled their answers into this Digital Curation - use in education storify.

Here's a quick video on how to use Storify.

What are your tips?

How do you curate? What advice would you give others on curating content? Is there anything I've included that you want covered in more detail?

Please tell us more about how you curate by participating in our Digital curation survey

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Digital Curation: Putting the Pieces Together

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Through digital curation we collect, manage and collate the best, most relevant content, on a specific topic or theme, for ourselves and share with others. Using tools like Scoop.it, Pinterest, Diigo and Livebinders educators collect the best resources to put them into context with organisation, annotation and presentation.

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AHS Tech Tips and Tools: My Top 3 Curation Tools

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AHS Tech Tips and Tools: My Top 3 Curation Tools

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To be an effective learner today, you need to know how to curate resources. There is a tremendous amount of information out there and if you do not curate your resources, selecting those that are relevant and useful, you will be overwhelmed by what you find. There are a lot of curation tools out there that allow you to do this easily, but there are three that I find myself using more than others, but for different purposes.

Flipboard to share with others

Flipboard is my curation tool of choice when I want to curate general resources to share with others. I have multiple magazines that each have their own topic, as well as other magazines which are focused on resources from various conferences I attend. Flipboard looks the best of the three I use and has dedicated web and mobile apps. As with all of my curation tools, make sure you install the Chrome extension so you can easily add to your collection. Flipboard also can be used with others as co-curators so this can be a collaborative effort.

Pocket is my app of choice when I am curating just for myself. This is usually related to specific information I am looking for based on my current needs. I quickly add to my Pocket resources and then go back to them later on my phone or tablet. Again, the Chrome extension makes this easy to curate and the app makes it easy to get back to it. It does not have the same looks as Flipboard and does lack the collaboration aspect which is easy to get with others. It works great though when I am focused on curating a specific set of info.

Whenever I am giving a presentation or working with teachers from another school, I make a Padlet wall to curate resources related to our topics. I also make it so they can add their own resources to share with others. This is a benefit to Padlet as you can easily make it so people can add to a Padlet without them being able to remove or edit other entries. You can easily link to the Padlet or embed it on a Google Site. Installing the Chrome extension should be the first thing you do. Padlet looks great and can automatically sort into a grid pattern based on the entries.

You can watch the video below to see my three curation tools in action and search my sites for other resources related to these tools.

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To be an effective learner today, you need to know how to curate resources. There is a tremendous amount of information out there and if you do not curate your resources, selecting those that are relevant and useful, you will be overwhelmed by what you find.

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Resource Curation - AHS Technology Integration

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Resource Curation - AHS Technology Integration

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Resource Curation - AHS Technology Integration

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The internet can be a very big and confusing place for students, as well as for teachers. One way that we can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of using the internet as a tool for learning is by making use of resource curation tools.

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Ditch the Binder for Projects - AHS Technology Integration

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Ditch the Binder for Projects - AHS Technology Integration

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Ditch the Binder for Projects - AHS Technology Integration

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As a teacher, I never envied the teachers who did large projects and had to lug around huge collections of binders as part of the final project. As a science teacher, I did not even like to haul around the science journals my students would turn in.

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Embed Padlet onto a Google Site - AHS Technology Integration

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Embed Padlet onto a Google Site - AHS Technology Integration

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Padlet is a great tool for collaboration, communication and curation. It can be set up so that people can add to it without needing an account or just so they can view what others have done. It has a lot of uses and is very simple to use.

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Free Online Digital Texts: CK-12.org - AHS Technology Integration

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Free Online Digital Texts: CK-12.org - AHS Technology Integration

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Free Online Digital Texts: CK-12.org - AHS Technology Integration

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The CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit that puts together and aggregates resources for the classroom for certain subjects. Initially they had only Math and Science topics but they are adding more subjects often. When I started using CK-12.org I was able to find texts of different reading levels for my subjects and select only the topics we were focused on.

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Scoop.it Basics - AHS Technology Integration

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Scoop.it Basics - AHS Technology Integration

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Scoop.it Basics - AHS Technology Integration

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Scoop.it is a digital curation/social bookmarking tool that is free and very easy to use. Like other curation tools you have a way to save websites or other pieces of media and place them in one location to share with others.

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Using Pinterest as an Educator - AHS Technology Integration

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Using Pinterest as an Educator - AHS Technology Integration

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Using Pinterest as an Educator - AHS Technology Integration

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There are many different curation tools out there being used by educators but one that many teachers are using, and do not realize they can use it for education, is Pinterest. Pinterest works by "pinning" various things you find online into different groups onto a wall that you can share out with others.

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Curate Resources For Students To Differentiate - AHS Technology Integration

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Curate Resources For Students To Differentiate - AHS Technology Integration

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Selecting a Digital Curation Tool by David Kelly : Learning Solutions Magazine

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Selecting a Digital Curation Tool by David Kelly : Learning Solutions Magazine

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In today's world of ever-growing digital content there is a seemingly infinite amount of information available. Finding what you need, when you need it, is increasingly challenging. Fortunately, there is help: digital curation. Digital curation is a growing need for anyone who routinely uses the Internet, and is especially important for workplace learning professionals, since our job is to help people work better.

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Digital Curation: Definitions, Tools, and Strategies - Resources Shared at #CNYASTD - David Kelly

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Digital Curation: Definitions, Tools, and Strategies - Resources Shared at #CNYASTD - David Kelly

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On July 31st, I had the privilege of leading a discussion for the Central NY Chapter of ASTD titled Digital Curation: Definitions, Tools, and Strategies. This blog post is being set up a follow-up resource for those that attended the session. It may also serve as a resource for anyone that wants to learn more about curation and learning.

Specific Session Resources

Content Curation: Bringing Order to Information Overload by Christy Barksdale
4 Ways to use Curation in Learning by Benn Betts
Manifesto For The Content Curator: The Next Big Social Media Job Of The Future? by Rohit Bhargava
A Day in the Life of the Internet [INFOGRAPHIC] via Mashable
Using Social Media for Professional Learning: Seek, Sense, and Share by Beth Kanter
Content Curation - What Is It? Huzzaz board by Robin Good(coming
The Unanticipated Benefit of Content Curation by Beth Kanter
Seek, Sense, Share by Harold Jarche
Comparison of Curation Platforms by Social Compare
Content Curation Primer by Beth Kanter
How can curation be used in learning? YouTube video via LearnPatch
Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" TED Talk
What is curation and how is it relevant to learning at work? YouTube video by Sam Burrough

My Curation-themed Writing
Is Content Curation in Your Skill Set? It Should Be.
Selecting a Digital Curation Tool
Filtering: A Challenge and Responsibility for Learning Professionals
Curation: A Core Competency for Learning Professionals
Computers, Learning Professionals, and their Roles in Curation
Reflections on #clouduc8 - Curation
Reflections on #lrnchat: Curation
Reflections on #lrnchat: Content Curation
Curating to Enhance Organizational Learning (T&D Magazine)

Curation Examples
Content Curation World by Robin Good
Serving Individuals with Learning and Developmental Disabilities
The Learning 2.0 Project (23 Things)
Content Curation Tools - The Newsmaster Toolkit by Robin Good

Additional Resources
So Where is the Collaboration In Your Content Curation? by Tom George
To Get the Most Out of Tablets, Use Smart Curation by Justin Reich
Why Content Curation Matters To Healthcare Professionals by Jasmine Pennic
Why Curation Will Transform Education and Learning: 10 Key Reasons by Robin Good
What is digital curation? Via DCC
Your New Role: Learning Content Curator (Part 1) by Chris Frederick Willis
Content Curation Strategies for Corporate Learning (Part 2) by Chris Frederick Willis
Curator (Wikipedia Entry)
Curation and Search: Joel Zaslofsky interviews Robin Good Audio interview
Stop Knocking Curation by Steven Rosenbaum
What is Curation? video from Percolate
Twitter as a Curation Tool by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Sharing the Loves: Understanding the How and Why of Online Content Curation by Changtao Zhong, Sunil Shah, Karthik Sundaravadivelan, & Nishanth Sastry
Collection or Curation? by Michael Fisher
What is Content Curation? And how it's useful to you and your network by Michiel Gaasterland
Take charge of the curation wave with these slick tools by Gianluca Fiorelli
40 Social Media Curation Sites and Tools by Shirley Williams
Pinterest, Tumblr and the Trouble With 'Curation' by Carina Chocano
Curation, education, and Robin Good by Jay Cross
Overwhelmed? Welcome the Age of Curation by Eliot Van Buskirk
Exploring Curation as a Core Competency in Digital and Media Literacy Education by Paul Mihailidis & James N Cohen
Curation Tools for Education and Learning Pinterest Board by Robin Good

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Digital Curation: Definitions, Tools, and Strategies - Resources Shared at #CNYASTD

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On July 31st, I had the privilege of leading a discussion for the Central NY Chapter of ASTD titled Digital Curation: Definitions, Tools, and Strategies. This blog post is being set up a follow-up resource for those that attended the session. It may also serve as a resource for anyone that wants to learn more about curation and learning.

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Top 10 Teacher Tools for Digital Curation ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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Feedly is a news reader for creative minds a fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite sites.

BagTheWeb helps users curate Web content. For any topic, you can create a bag to collect, publish, and share any content from the Web.
3-Pearltress

Pearltrees allows users to organiz thier digital content into a tree-like diagram that is neat and easily navigable.

Create topic pages with photos, videos, tweets and documents. Share them with everyone.

This is a great tool I started using recently. Listly enables you curate web content into lists that you can share with others through social media or via direct embedding.

Diigo is all about social bookmarking. I use it to bookmark reads and posts I stumble upon while browsing the net. The bookmarks are organized through categories and tags.

This is another of my favourite digital curation tools. Scoop.it lets you create boards where you can share the interesting things you find online.

8- Pinterest

Given its expanding popularity as a visual bookmarking plaform, I have started using Piterest since its incetion and I must say that I become an addict to it now. Pinterest is a tool that allows you to visually pin content and materials online.

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Flipboard allows you to create social magazines from the feeds of your social media websites like Twitter

Publish Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or any web content into your own online newspaper.

LiveBinders is your 3-ring binder for the web. It lets you organize your resources in an online binder .

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Top 10 Teacher Tools for Digital Curation

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Feedly is a news reader for creative minds a fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite sites. BagTheWeb helps users curate Web content. For any topic, you can create a bag to collect, publish, and share any content from the Web.