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In this curated section, students will explore the CO2 dragster project as an example of hands-on learning in manual arts. Padlet serves as the platform for organising resources and guiding students through the project stages: ideation, creation, and testing.

Through curated resources, students access tutorials, design templates, and assessment guidelines, all conveniently organised within the Padlet board. As students progress through building, testing, and racing their dragsters, they use Padlet to document their process, share ideas, and collaborate with peers.

Padlet's intuitive interface allows students to upload photos, videos, and reflections, creating a multimedia showcase of their dragster journey. This collaborative digital space fosters creativity, critical thinking, and peer feedback, enhancing the learning experience.

By utilising Padlet as a curation digital tool, students gain valuable skills in information organisation, digital collaboration, and project management. The CO2 dragster project becomes a hands-on exploration of manual arts and a digital showcase of students' creativity and ingenuity.

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I like to think that student-centered learning is the hallmark of visionary pedagogy, which reimagines the conventional teacher-centered approach. It places a strong emphasis on my autonomy, inquiry-based learning, and active participation to develop my critical thinking abilities and in-depth comprehension. Visionary pedagogy fosters lifelong learners like me who are prepared to navigate a constantly changing world by giving me the freedom to investigate, inquire, and create.

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Great CO2 Dragster Document

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I have loved crafting with balsa since I first came across it. It has the lovely look of wood, but is incredibly easy to work with, so is good for a lot of fun projects. But I know most people have never heard of it before, unless they know someone who makes models, so I thought I'd share some of my tips for working with balsa wood before I post any more projects.

1. Use a sharp blade on your craft knife for a cleaner edge.

If you use a dull blade the wood might split or tear. For the same reason, don't use scissors, even if you think the wood is thin enough to cut that way. A sharp craft knife, razor blade, or Stanley knife is the way to go.
2. Don't cut right through on the the first go.
It's better to gently score the outline several times, adding a little more pressure with each turn, than forcing the knife right through the first time. You get a much cleaner cut and may not have to sand the piece you're working on.
3. If you're cutting odd shapes, cut the more complicated sections first.
If possible, leave some wood around the shape you're trying to cut out, then cut out the more complicated pieces first. It will make it more stable. Break curves into smaller sections and do each section separately. Try not to pull too hard on the piece of wood when you are going around a curve or this will happen, especially on thinner pieces...
4. Use an emery board to sand down smaller pieces.
Sand paper can be a bit bulky and annoying, especially when you're working on smaller pieces, so I often use a nail file instead. Yep, a nail file. It works wonders! I try to get the ones that have a smooth side and a coarse side.
5. Use a dry brush when painting.
If you go onto model building websites, you'll notice that painting balsa is a science in itself. The wood is really porous and soaks up paint. If it gets too wet, it warps. It could easily turn you off painting your wood. The projects I'll show on Artfully Carin are pretty small though and used in a completely different way, so they can usually take a little bit of paint. The trick is to use as dry a brush as possible. But if you're worried, test on a scrap piece first.
6. Test permanent markers on a scrap piece first.
I sometimes use permanent markers to colour in my pieces, but the markers can look completely different on wood so it's best to try them out on a scrap piece before you go ahead and colour in your entire project.

If you've never worked with balsa wood before, the wooden gift tags I showed a couple of weeks ago are a perfect beginner project. I'll show some more projects over the coming weeks and hope you get to like balsa wood as much as I do.

If you want more tips and tricks like the ones above, fun arts, crafts, and DIY projects, and peeks behind the scenes at Artfully Carin, please join me on Facebook.

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Your CO2 dragster may be small, but it's going to be moving at incredible speeds when you race it. That means it will be subjected to a wide variety of forces that affect its motion and velocity. Here are some of the principal forces involved:

Mass: Obviously, this is how large and heavy the car is. Simply put, the less weight your dragster has, the faster it will go. This is the most important factor that will figure into your design. Keep it light!

Thrust: The gas escaping from the CO2 cartridge in the car. We'll cover this in a bit.

Friction: The second most important fact you'll face. Because the dragster has parts moving against one another, friction is created. You can help reduce it by making sure the axles are free to rotate, and that the wheels and tires are not rubbing on the car body.

Drag: Here's where aerodynamics come into play. As an object moves through the air, it is met with air resistance as speeds increase. This air resistance pushes against your CO2 car and prevents it from going as fast as it could in a vacuum. You can't completely ever reduce drag, but you can help reduce it by building a more aerodynamic car, but those are more difficult to create.

[source: Virginia Tech University Technology Education]

Of these three factors, drag is the toughest one to test for. It's hard to tell with the naked eye just how much drag your CO2 car will face. For that reason, you may want to opt for a wind tunnel. Believe it or not, there are small wind tunnels available designed to test models, like Pitsco's AirTech X-Stream Wind Tunnel [source: Science of Speed].

By putting your car into the wind tunnel and putting a fog vapor into the air stream, you can track how air flows over the car's body. You want a smooth flow of air free of swirling currents called eddies. If you have too many of those, you may want to use sandpaper to smooth out the design, or go with a new one altogether.

Up next, we'll examine what makes CO2 dragsters go: The power of carbon dioxide propulsion.

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Your CO2 dragster may be small, but it's going to be moving at incredible speeds when you race it. That means it will be subjected to a wide variety of forces that affect its motion and velocity. Here are some of the principal forces involved: Mass: Obviously, this is how large and heavy the car is.

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STEM Learning Activity - CO2 Dragsters

CO ₂ dragsters are cars used by miniature racing cars which are propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge, pierced to start the release of the gas, and which race on a 20 metre track. They are frequently used to demonstrate mechanical principles such as mass, force, acceleration, or aerodynamics. Two hooks (eyelets or screw eyes) linked to a fishing line on the bottom of the car prevent the vehicle from losing control during launch. In a race, senors records the time taken to reach the end of the track. Often, the dragster is carved out of balsa wood because of its light weight.

In the Downloads section below you will also find resources to support the CO2 Dragsters Learning Activity.

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Welcome to the world of general capabilities, where students develop essential skills for lifelong success. From critical thinking to digital literacy, these skills are the building blocks of 21st-century learning. Explore practical strategies and resources to nurture these capabilities in your students and prepare them for the future.

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1. Collaborative Platforms: Tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, and Slack facilitate communication, collaboration, and project management among students and educators.

2. Digital Storytelling Tools: Platforms such as Storybird, Adobe Spark, and Book Creator enable students to create and share multimedia stories, presentations, and projects that showcase their learning and creativity.

3. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Apps: VR and AR apps like Google Expeditions, CoSpaces Edu, and Merge EDU provide immersive learning experiences that transport students to virtual environments and enhance their understanding of complex concepts.

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1. Project-Based Learning (PBL)

In PBL, students work on real-world projects that address authentic problems or challenges. This approach promotes collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills as students investigate, design, and present their solutions.

2. Flipped Classrooms

Flipped classrooms invert the traditional classroom model by delivering instructional content outside of class time, often through video lectures or online resources. Class time is then used for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on learning experiences that deepen understanding and reinforce concepts.

3. Design Thinking

Design thinking is a problem-solving framework that emphasises empathy, ideation, prototyping, and iteration. By applying a human-centred approach to innovation, students develop empathy, creativity, and resilience as they tackle complex challenges and develop solutions that meet user needs.

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Welcome to the world of digital tools! In today's fast-paced educational landscape, digital tools have become indispensable resources for educators looking to enhance their teaching methods and engage students in innovative ways.

But what exactly are digital tools, and why are they so important in education?

Digital tools encompass a wide array of software, applications, platforms, and technologies designed to support various tasks and activities in education. From streamlining administrative tasks to fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, these tools offer endless possibilities for enriching the teaching and learning experience.

In this curated collection, we'll explore the diverse world of digital tools and their relevance in education. Whether you're a seasoned educator or just dipping your toes into the digital realm, this collection aims to provide valuable insights, resources, and tips to help you navigate the vast landscape of educational technology.

So buckle up and get ready to discover the power of digital tools in transforming teaching and learning!

But what exactly are digital tools, and why are they so important in education?

Digital tools encompass a wide array of software, applications, platforms, and technologies designed to support various tasks and activities in education. From streamlining administrative tasks to fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, these tools offer endless possibilities for enriching the teaching and learning experience.

In this curated collection, we'll explore the diverse world of digital tools and their relevance in education. Whether you're a seasoned educator or just dipping your toes into the digital realm, this collection aims to provide valuable insights, resources, and tips to help you navigate the vast landscape of educational technology.

So buckle up and get ready to discover the power of digital tools in transforming teaching and learning!

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Design and Technologies Subject Specific General Capabilities

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Design and Technologies Subject Specific General Capabilities

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1. Literacy

Text knowledge and structure

Metalanguage

Text cohesion

Vocabulary knowledge and use

Syntax and sentence structure

Phonics and phonemic awareness

Text processing strategies

Textual concepts and conventions

Expressing and developing ideas

2. Numeracy

Number and algebra

Measurement and geometry

Statistics and probability

3. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability

Investigating with ICT

Creating with ICT

Communicating with ICT

Managing and operating ICT

4. Critical and Creative Thinking

Inquiring – identifying, exploring, and organising information and ideas

Generating ideas, possibilities, and actions

Reflecting on thinking and processes

Analysing, synthesising, and evaluating reasoning and procedures

Problem-solving

Decision-making

5. Personal and Social Capability

Self-awareness and self-management

Social awareness and management

6. Ethical Understanding

Understanding ethical concepts

Reasoning and decision-making about what is right and wrong, fair and unfair

Developing moral and ethical values and reasoning

7. Intercultural Understanding

Recognising culture and developing respect

Interacting and empathising with others

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility

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F-10 Curriculum | V9 Australian Curriculum

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Integrating digital tools into the curriculum enhances student engagement, fosters collaboration, and promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Digital tools provide opportunities for personalized learning experiences, allowing students to explore topics at their own pace and in ways that cater to their individual learning styles.

By incorporating digital tools, educators can create dynamic and interactive lessons that leverage multimedia resources, simulations, virtual labs, and other digital content to deepen understanding and retention of key concepts.

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Significance of digital tools in curriculum

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A Previous Teachers Design Process.

Great Example for Students to Follow

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Source: ​Kidder - http://173.254.21.80/single-c02-dragster-kits.html

This unit has been developed and modified by Mr. Shaikh and Mr. Kachaluba

This activity also provides an opportunity to further develop research, construction, and graphic communication skills.draw freehand isometric sketches, then select a design and create an to scale Assignment Overview:
Most manufactured items have gone through a detailed process before they actually become a final product. Exploring Construction Technology will prepare you to choose a career or pursue it as a hobby. This unit will prepare you with valuable skills of using hand tools and to further understand the Design Process in a fun and enjoyable way by building the fastest CO2 powered foam Dragster Race Car.

Assignment Stages:
You will research, design, develop, build and test a Orthographic Drawing.

Stage 3: Construction
After this you will use hand tools safely to build the foam Dragster Race Car. This model will then be tested for performance.

Stage 4: Evaluation - Final Report CO2 powered Dragster Race Car build out of foam. This assignment will be done independently.

Stage 1: Research
You will first research aerodynamics, drag etc. to determine what will be required to design the fastest CO2 car. You will research both CO2 car models and automobiles for inspiration for your design.

Isometric Sketches and Orthographic Drawing

After the assignment is completed you are required to type a detailed evaluation report of what you observed and learned throughout the process.

1. Describe the challenge.

2. Explain the problems faced and solutions you came up with.

3. Mention the strengths and weaknesses of your project.

4. Summarize by listing changes you will make if this project was done again.

1. ​Use the Isomeric Sketches Template below.

2. Watch the video tutorials below and following along with the process to create the rough 3D form structure of the raw foam/wood material.

3. Continue to watch the video tutorials and follow along to sketch four unique designs inspired by your research for the fastest CO2 dragster car. Remember to consider aerodynamics, drag etc.

4. Indicate which of your four sketches are your top two with a star or #1 and #2. These two top sketches will be the focus of your evaluation for this stage.

​Final Orthographic Drawing Design Part B - Orthographic Drawings (Front and Top Views)
​CO2 Car Final Photo Submission Requirements Stage 2: Isometric Sketches and Orthographic Drawings
Part A - Thumbnail Sketches (Isometric)
​CO2 Car Assignment Rubric Stage 1: Research

1. ​Using the internet, research three ideas to inspire and assist you with creating your fastest CO2 Car design. Remember to consider aerodynamics, drag etc. during your research.

2. Your research must include the following (to assist you in creating your stage 2 sketches and drawings):

visual images

​ ​ one design can be an automobile, the other two must be CO2 car designs​

brief descriptions (point form notes are fine) of what you found interesting or helpful from each website/source

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1.     Canva

2.     Evernote

3.     Flipgrid

4.     Google Docs

5.     Google Slides

6.     Kahoot

7.     NearPod – AT1 Blog Link Here

8.     Padlet

9.     Pinterest

10.  TinkerCAD – AT1 Blog Link Here

11.  YouTube

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Great Third party insight as to why digital tool in schools in vital

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Digital tools have transformed the traditional learning environment, enabling educators to enhance teaching methods and offer students more engaging and personalized learning experiences. These tools provide students with access to a vast amount of educational resources, including online courses, interactive learning platforms, digital textbooks, and multimedia content. Moreover, digital tools enable teachers to create more interactive and engaging learning activities that cater to the diverse learning styles and abilities of their students.
Benefits of Using Digital Tools in Education
The use of digital tools in education has numerous benefits, some of which include:

1. Enhanced Learning Experience: Digital tools provide students with access to interactive and multimedia content, making learning more engaging, fun, and effective. They also offer personalized learning experiences that cater to individual learning styles and needs.

2. Access to a Wealth of Information: With digital tools, students can access a vast amount of information online, from e-books to online courses, videos, and tutorials, expanding their knowledge base beyond the traditional classroom.

3. Improved Collaboration: Digital tools enable students and teachers to collaborate and communicate more effectively, regardless of their location. This collaboration enhances the learning experience, encourages teamwork, and helps students develop social skills.

4. Cost-Effective: Digital tools are generally more cost-effective than traditional learning methods, as they eliminate the need for physical textbooks, classroom materials, and other supplies.

Limitations of Using Digital Tools in Education
Despite the many benefits, digital tools also have limitations that need to be considered. Some of the limitations include:

1. Technical Issues: Digital tools can be subject to technical issues such as connectivity problems, software bugs, or compatibility issues. These issues can lead to delays in learning and may negatively impact the learning experience.

2. Limited Interaction: Although digital tools enhance collaboration and communication, they may limit face-to-face interaction, which is essential for building social skills.

3. Accessibility: Not all students have access to digital tools and the internet. This creates a digital divide that may impact the quality of education for those who are unable to access these resources.

Fears Associated with Using Digital Tools in Education
There are also fears associated with the use of digital tools in education. These fears include:

1. Privacy and Security Concerns: With the increased use of digital tools, there is a growing concern about privacy and security issues. This includes the protection of personal information and data breaches.

2. Addiction: With the increased use of digital tools, there is a risk of addiction to technology, which may negatively impact the learning experience and lead to other issues such as social isolation.

3. Disconnection from the Real World: Over-reliance on digital tools may lead to a disconnection from the real world, impacting social and emotional development.

Conclusion
The use of digital tools in education offers numerous benefits, including enhanced learning experiences, access to a wealth of information, improved collaboration, and cost-effectiveness. However, there are also limitations and fears associated with their use, such as technical issues, limited interaction, accessibility, privacy and security concerns, addiction, and disconnection from the real world. To ensure that digital tools are used effectively in education, it is crucial to address these limitations and fears and develop strategies to mitigate them.

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Importance of Using Digital Tools in Education - DigitAll Schools

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Topics covered in this lesson*:

What is Digital Curation

The value of digital curation for you and your students

Selection of digital curation tools to explore

* Remember you don't have to explore everything in this lesson. Pick what interests you most.
INTRODUCTION

What is digital curation? Traditionally, we think of a curator as someone who selects objects, interprets context and manages collections in a museum. But it also describes what librarians do with their collections, aka: collection development. It's also what teachers do when they select resources for classroom projects. And it's a skill that can be used to help students develop their critical thinking abilities.

So why the explosion of interest in digital curation? With a mind-boggling amount of content on the Internet, content that varies enormously in quality, there's huge value in relying on experts to select the best content for a topic. And with that need, many new tools have been developed to make it easy for anyone to select, collect and share their own collections of digital resources.

Ironically, this hearkens back to early days of the web, when we had easy-to-use directories of good resources that were curated for us. Anyone remember Yahoo's Subject Directory? OpenDirectory? And even earlier, the InfoSlug directory of resources in Gopher servers.

Curating vs Dumping! These days anyone can easily be a curator, the challenge is to be a good curator! Dumping links into an electronic "bucket" isn't really curating, though it may be a valuable first step to growing a curated collection. For example, I collect lots of links to articles and resources that might be useful for future updates to this Cool Tools workshop. My raw collections are disorganized and full of things that won't make the cut for the workshop. But they're my starting point for selecting what will make it into the workshop lessons. This terrific article by Jennifer Gonzalez speaks to this point, Are You a Curator or a Dumper?

SOME BACKGROUND READING

These are quick reads and will get you up to speed on the why curation is important, both for you professionally and as a skill to teach students.

USES IN SCHOOLS

Sharing Your Know-How: No one can be an expert on everything, but we all have things that we're passionate about and perhaps even are experts in. If we create collections of the best resources on those topics, share them and maintain them, then everyone can benefit from our expertise. This is also a great way to share information about what's going on in the school with parents and other educators.

Open Educational Resources: As the use of Open Educational Resources grows, curation takes on an even larger role. To quote Joyce Valenza: "The opportunity, especially for school libraries with little or no budgets, is to leverage this free content to promote access and equity, to create new user-friendly collections, and to embed the best into instruction school-wide." Want to know more about OER? We have a lesson on that!

Digging for Gold: You may not feel like creating collections of resources yet, but you can still benefit from these services. They are goldmines of great material. If you find an expert in an area you're interested in, then you can follow what they're curating. They're filtering out the dreck for you and sharing the most valuable resources.

Student Use: Students can gather materials for research, create bibliographies, create collections of news articles around a topic, collect graphics for art projects, and so much more. Curating a collection of resources in response to an assignment requires higher order thinking skills to assess the value of material and to describe the importance of an item.

Essential Skills: Students learn essential literacy skills when curating content: how to search for and evaluate resources, how to organize and create a balanced collection, reflecting multiple points of view. Check out this excellent handout on Building Link Collections to help students learn these skills. From the article Teaching Kids to Curate Content Collections.

TYPES OF TOOLS

Social Bookmarking: Diigo is a popular tool for collecting and organizing links to web resources. With Diigo you can save links to your favorite web sites, add notes and tags to help describe them and improve findability. It also includes a variety of social features that let us share our bookmarked resources with others. And Diigo has collaborative feature than can be useful for groups sharing resources. It doesn't present your collections in a particularly attractive way though.

Many Digital Curation tools are geared for presenting your collections in a graphically appealing layout that can easily be shared with others. Most let the you add notes to explain context, offer opinions and ask questions. These collections can be great resources for discovering and keeping up with information. And they're great tools for students gathering resources for research projects. Students can gather information, write notes and reflections on the material, share information in groups. At the same time, teachers can be following along and participating as needed. A curated collection with reflections and observations is also a way to present a final project. Some tools in this category include: LibGuides, Symbaloo, elink.io, EdShelf and Pinterest. How to Curate Like a Rockstar is a short slidedeck that would be great for teaching students how to curate.

Real Time Content Aggregators: These tools take quite a different spin on curation. They use the social media, blog, news, etc. sources and topics that you specify and present you with a selection of materials from those sources. Tools like paper.li & Nuzzel scan your Twitter stream and other social media streams and produce a selection of the most popular articles mentioned by the people you follow. Nuzzel helps you create a daily newsletter of your favorite articles that you can share with others. Other tools in this category include: Flipboard and AndersPink.

This is a small selection of some popular tools. Explore one of the following tools, tools mentioned above or any other curation tool that you're interested in.

: Diigo has a bit more of a learning curve, but that's because there are so many features. To be honest, I haven't explored them all! Like many tools, you can add a browser extension or a bookmarklet to your browser toolbar to quickly add sites to your account. One of the most useful features here is the Groups feature.

PINTEREST: An excuse to play with Pinterest! Visually appealing, Pinterest is tons of fun and is a great way to create a collection of resources to share with students and staff. Basically it's like an old fashioned bulletin board where you pin photos of things you want to do, places you want to go, books to read, etc. Users create boards on whatever topics they're interested in and when they find a great resource, recipe, book, craft idea, etc., they click on the Pin-It button/extension on their browser toolbar to add it to their boards. To discover new content, you choose to follow other people's boards. Pinterest has good search features to find content from all users. Check out 14 Ways Students Can Use Pinterest in the Classroom for some interesting ways to use Pinterest with students.

Makes attractive pages to share your content. Collection feature to organize content and share it. Collections can be embedded on other webpages. For example, our WAKELET: A newish curation tool that is currently free. Cool Tools MORE TO EXPLORE pages are created with embedded Wakelet collections. Whenever I add a new resource to a Wakelet collection, it automatically appears on the correct MORE TO EXPLORE page. Web, iOS and Android apps.

ELINK - Another free tool that creates attractive collection pages that can be embedded on a website or linked to directly for sharing. The paid Pro version has an option to send out your collection as a newsletter. Free account has a variety of layouts and display options. Also has browser addons to quickly add resources to your collections. Free account has advertising on the collection pages.

PADLET* - Padlet can be used for many purposes and curation is one of them. Add the Padlet browser addon to quickly add content to your Padlet pages. With a free account you can create 3 Padlet pages. There are multiple ways to arrange the content on the page. Collaboration features include the ability to leave comments, vote and rate content, add contributors and let them add content. Pro (paid) accounts have features for managing student accounts. (*Referral link)

SCOOPIT: This service has been very popular, but unfortunately has discontinued their educational discounts and has limited their free version. Still, take a look, there are tons of great Scoopit collections curated by experts that are well worth following.

Scoopit pages are collections of short previews of articles and resources. Anyone can create a Scoop on any topic and start adding content, though the free version only allows for 1 collection now.

A browser bookmarklet lets you easily add articles directly from the web. Topics that are particularly well-curated will attract followers who will come to rely on you to select the best content in a timely manner. Sound a bit like a newspaper or magazine?

As Joyce Valenza talks about in Curation is the New Search Tool, curation services are terrific places to turn to when searching for content and an opportunity to hone evaluation skills.

Examples

LIBGUIDES: This is a very popular service with schools and colleges. The service isn't free, but it is being offered to many schools around through consortium purchasing. Check with your regional School Library System to see if you have access to it. It provides a framework for creating guides to resources and makes it simple to reuse content across multiple guides.

To get an idea of the range of possibilities check out:

- As a real-time news aggregation tool, it pulls in the latest, popular content from your twitter stream. Good way to monitor twitter without ever visiting your twitter account. As a curation tool, Nuzzel helps you create a daily newsletter with articles and posts that you select from any source you like. If you don't have time everyday, Nuzzel will create a newsletter for you with content from your twitter friends. Or you can turn that option off. Send a weekly newsletter if you prefer. People can subscribe and get your updates in their email. Examples: Polly's Newsletter, Tony Vincent's newsletter

PAPER.LI: Once you've set up your account, this service does all the work for you and produces a daily newspaper of content based on the sources you've selected in the setup process.

If you're interested in following the articles and resources being discussed using the #tlchat hashtag on twitter, you can set up a Paper.li that pulls just that content.

Or you could include particular individuals, groups of people or everyone you follow on twitter.

Some popular Paper.li's to check out include: #tlchat and #edchat.

More education related paper.li pages.

Joyce Valenza talks about using paper.li with her students in The Kids are Curating.

LEARNING ACTIVITY
Activities

1. Read an article or two about curation - either from the sources in this lesson or find something new and share it with us.

2. Options

Pick at least one curation tool that is new to you and create a small collection on a favorite topic, your favorite apps, tools for your classroom, resources for a lesson, etc. You choose!

Or dig deeper into a tool you already use and explore new aspects of it.

Your Blog Post

Reflect on your readings and share your experiences and ideas about the tools you explored. How could they help you professionally? Personally? How might you use them with your students?

Share the collection you created. Either link to it or embed it in your blog post if that's possible.

*TURNING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Write & publish your blog post.

Copy the URL (webpage address) for your post.

Return to your Google Classroom, find the assignment page for the lesson you just completed and follow the directions for turning in and sharing your work.

*Only for students participating in the workshop for PD credit hours through the Google Classroom.

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Thing 8: Digital Curation Tools - Cool Tools for School

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