Curate content

Content curation is the process of gathering content — blog posts, images, videos, web pages, etc. — from a variety of sources

Useful tools to create shareable content

• Scoop.it - http://www.scoop.it/
• Wakelet - https://wakelet.com/
• Paperli - http://paper.li/

Explore the sites and look at Help
Go to YouTube for tutorials on the latest versions

As an assignment - Instructions

• Select a topic and curate content on the topic (if giving this as an assignment make sure that students do not all have the same topic)
• Needed are links to sources – journal articles, books in your elibrary, blog posts, images, videos, web pages, etc.

For teachers - Why this is important in the classroom

• Good idea to give your students a collection of suitable resources to use for an assignment, or else they spend a LONG time wandering the Internet looking for sites
• Is a way of making sure students do not use Wikipedia
• We would give the learners our curated link and encourage them to use the links we have provided

Assignment - Assessment

• Why do you expect to get full marks?
• Give your URL
• What have you done to curate suitable links on the topic?
• Why do you believe you have a representative spread of links on the topic?
• Variety of sources
• Local and international
• Answer in ½-1 page
• Submit the link and written rationale for your mark