icurate: digital tools for gathering and sharing information

Digital Tools for Gathering and Sharing

Information

Joquetta Johnson Library Media Specialist Pikesville High School Baltimore County Public Schools

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“…It’s about adding quality back into the equation and putting a human filter between you and the overwhelming world of content abundance that is swirling around us every day. Curation replaces noise with clarity.”

Hamilton, Buffy. "Summer Seed Ideas:Curation, Participation, and Student PLEs." Web log post. The Unquiet Librarian. Web. 19 June 2011. <http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/>.

Steven Rosenbaum, author Curation Nation

“…a curator is the keeper of their interest …By discovering, organizing, and sharing relevant content from around the Web, curators invest in the integrity and vibrancy of their nicheworks.

Brian Solis says that in social media…

…Information becomes currency and the ability to repackage something of interest as a compelling, consumable and also sharable social object is an art…

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Hamilton, Buffy. "Summer Seed Ideas:Curation, Participation, and Student PLEs." Web log post. The Unquiet Librarian. Web. 19 June 2011. <http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/>.

Rather than creating original

content, curators discover relevant

content and share it within their

networks of relevance with

added perspective.

Hamilton, Buffy. "Summer Seed Ideas:Curation, Participation, and Student PLEs." Web log post. The Unquiet Librarian. Web. 19 June 2011. <http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/>.

Scoop.it and curation in the classroom:

Curation is expression, action and passion…

Not only is curation a collaborative process allowing educators to share resources and explore Education 2.0

ideas, but it is also a tool that students can embrace to engage with other

students and teachers.

Curation and Education." Web log post. Scoop.it. Scoop.it. Web. <http://blog.scoop.it/en/2011/03/30/curation-and-education/>.

Curation also brings the possibility to build around a specific topic or subject of

research an interactive discussion between the teacher

and his or her students.Curation and Education." Web log post. Scoop.it. Scoop.it. Web. <http://blog.scoop.it/en/2011/03/30/curation-and-education/>.

Suddenly the room is open, without being an organic process

without any structure. Curation offers a context on the biggest learning playground the

world has ever known.Curation and Education." Web log post. Scoop.it. Scoop.it. Web. <http://blog.scoop.it/en/2011/03/30/curation-and-education/>.

www. scoop.it.

http://www.scoop.it/t/icurate

http://www.scoop.it/t/icurate

Tagging is a capability

incorporated into many websites as

a feature that helps describe an item and allows it to be found again

by browsing or searching.

Image URL: http://mrg.bz/FLWF5e

http://tiny.cc/m8rio

http://youtu.be/Bnr6QKKcsII

Scoop.it: Curation Made Social

Social bookmarking

is used to share,

organize, search,

and manage bookmarks of

web resources.

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Social Bookmarking

http://www.evernote.com/

http://www.delicious.com/

http://www.diigo.com

http://tiny.cc/z675o

Social Booking Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBmvDpVbWc

LiveBinders

www.livebinders.comhttp://livebinders.com/shelf/my

LiveBinder Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nKyZ4MdKc&feature=related

http://www.vimeo.com/12687333

www.diigo.com

http://www.diigo.com/user/accordin2jo

http://tinyurl.com/5wyl8rz

Diigo Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHWapAF1Txw

Dashboards & Pathfinders

http://www.jogtheweb.com/

http://sqworl.com/home.php

http://weblist.me/

http://www.speedtile.net/

http://www.symbalooedu.com/

http://www.netvibes.com/en

http://www.symbalooedu.com/

http://sqworl.com/vnnovrhttp://www.speedtile.net/joquetta

http://weblist.me/user/joquetta http://tiny.cc/videoresources

Wiki

http://pbworks.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/

www.milfordmillacademylibrary.pbworks.comhttp://tiny.cc/msjpi

http://tinyurl.com/3wkl79w

http://tinyurl.com/4yuh8y5

http://www.voya.com/2011/03/18/tag-team-tech-april-2011

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Hands-on1. Select a site. www.livebinders.com or www.diigo.com2. Create an account (use or create a username & password you will remember) or3. Explore the various Pathfinders at http://tinyurl.com/perfectpathfinder

Livebinder Things try to:1. Create a new binder &

add links2. Search for binders you

can use3. Make a Private Binder4. Copy a Binder5. Add tags 6. Share your binder

Diigo Things try to:1. Annotating, archiving &

organizing information and sites.

2. Highlight text & attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages.

3. Organize by tags or lists.4. Join or start a group5. Use "Annotated links"

to share your "diigoed" pages.

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Too Good Not to Mention…

Image Source: http://bit.ly/c5DpaV

www.zamzar.comhttp://tiny.cc/qxjb4b9odk

AVI, WMV, or Quicktime

Great for creating Playlist

www.slideshare.net

Links from this presentation & additional resources

Source: http://tiny.cc/dfu38

ANYQUESTIONS?

Joquetta “The Digital Diva" Johnson

Library Media SpecialistPikesville High School

Baltimore County Public SchoolsBaltimore, Maryland

410-887-1231jjohnson@bcps.org

joquetta.johnson@gmail.com

www.joquettajohnson.comwww.twitter.com/accordin2johttp://www.youtube.com/user/accordin2johttp://www.diigo.com/list/accordin2johttp://www.slideshare.net/accordin2jowww.milfordmillacademylibrary.pbworks.comSkype: accordin2jo

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