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for workshop 3/21/12 at methuen lit vol. Online resources for tutors and volunteers to find, organize, share and access information
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Finding & Organizing Great Internet Content for Your Students
Patty BallNortheast SABESMarch 2012
Textbooks
No textbook has every been perfect- supplementing used to be the focus, now we spend more time on
primary sources and commentaries beyond the text, that the text is merely a basic reference point
for us
Use articles, movies, experiences, websites to supplement the textbook
For as long as I can remember, teachers have been searching for and developing resources to use in a
course
Is your textbook the one and only source of expertise you use in the classroom
Information Overload
How do you first search and then filter through the massive amounts of information now available?
Quality & relevance
Wouldn’t it be great to have someone do this for you and deliver it right to you?
Information Management
Finding – timely, relevant content
Selecting - specific to our unique interests and
perspectives Storing
Access/Retrieving
*Sharing
The Old Way
Browser Bookmarks
Excel spreadsheet
RSS feeds
Screenshots
Print outs
*”In the beginning there were file cabinets; about 14 in all, full of articles, brochures, pamphlets, cassettes and videotapes. In
two closets, at opposite ends of the office, a mishmash of books, journals and reports
completed the collection.”
The New Way - Content Curation
50 best ways to curate and share info
Without such additional layers, a curated collection of links is just a collection of links
Curation online also has to demonstrate: mastery, passion, knowledge and expertise
Instead of searching for information, you plug in to knowledge of somebody who is an acknowledged
specialist in the field
Curation
the key to curation is not the identification of content
This can be done with search engines
It is the collection, commenting and rating/placing of content that matters
Terms & Tools of Curation
As the amount of information accumulates- increasingly important to use tools to help find & organize information that’s relevant and useful
What are Tags/Keywords
What is a Bookmarklet
Cloud Storage – store and access your information anywhere
Tags
Tags are keywords used to classify content
Helps you and others find content
You select as many tags as necessaryTags allow readers to quickly locate topics of interestHash Tag - #prefix (twitter) #edtechAllows you to create communities of people interested in the same topic by making it easier for them to find and share info related to it
Bookmarklets
Simple tools that extend the surf and search capabilities With a single simple mouse click, you can share a video on FaceBook, add an item to Amazon wishlist, add a bookmark to Delicious, and perform various activitiesYou don't actually "install" a bookmarklet - You simply add it to your bookmarks - It just sits there patiently until you want to use itVery safe – ignore if you get warning message
I use it to save and store useful websites I find
Social Bookmarking is Still Useful
What are the best Sites
Social bookmarking may be the most well-known, with services like Delicious and Diigo, -people to tag and save interesting blog posts and websites
http://vimeo.com/12687333 - Diigo video
By following others who use these sites, you can not only handle your own curation efforts, but subscribe to the things that other people have deemed important
Limitations
Bookmarking may not adequate
Content changes/disappears
Even when it does not change, it can be difficult to remember why you stored that link
Visual – like a list of links
Scoop.it
Scoop.it’s first mission is to help people publish gorgeous magazines by means of curation
Visual, appealing magazine format
What is Scoop.It - video
Been named over and over as the hottest new website for 2012
Virtual pinboard - allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web
Browse pinboards created by others to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests
Courtney Lowery Cowgill’s article - it’s part social networking (kind of), part bookmarking, part curating, part blogging
What is a pin? - Image added to Pinterest - can be added from a website using the Pin It button, or upload images from your computer
Links back to the site it came from
Pinterest in Education
Pinterest in Education (good article)
Teachers use it to display ideas regarding classroom organization and management, lesson plan ideas and assessment tools, etc.
Could have great potential, as does scoop.it, for students to organize their research/sources on particular areas or topics they are exploring
I think it could also be a great portfolio device to post progress of their work and thinking, adding visuals, audio and video etc.
Others Worth Considering
Shelfster - allows you to capture information from everywhere and create online documents with all the gathered information at your fingertips.
MentorMob - getting quite a bit of press on Twitter lately, it's one of the best around for curating the web into "playlists." These playlists can contain different types of media such as video, articles, pictures, etc. Once these playlists are created, they can be rated and shared with others.
Pearltrees
Bundlr
Paper.Li - very popular site among bloggers and educators for creating an online newspaper out of their web content - once a "newspaper" is created, Paper.li automatically updates the paper by monitoring news content
If that’s not enough – 50 more
Teacher/Student
The teacher remains the igniting source and helps students find the resources in a process where they learn how to find the answers to their own questions
In this process they appropriate the learning and exploration process thus engaging themselves in the adventure of gaining knowledge
Great Tools if You Know How to Use Them
YouTube
LiveBinders
http://vimeo.com/28110981
LiveBinders Tips and Tricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV8RQp8F5mQ&feature=colike
Storage/Sharing
Box.net http://www.box.com/s/3a8c6508fcaf89f654cb
Dropbox
My sites information
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