Step 6: Using Curation Tools(I)

• To help build their PLN. Networks actively seek and follow good content curators because they save us time.
• To learn how to curate themselves so they can teach students how to curate content for research, their interests, and passions. Curation is an important part of being digitally literate.

The Curation Proccess

We simplify the process of content curation, so feel free to use it on your blog or share with others. The basics of content curation:

1. Read, for example ... blogs,Twitter Hashtags/Chats , other social media, Feedly, Newsletters, Nuzzle, Flipboard, Podcasts or Video.

2. Editorialize, for example ... add your own annotations ,select a favorite quote,consider your audience , summarize,connect with other work.

3. Share, for example ... write a blog post,share to social media, compile a Padlet, Google Doc or Wakelet.

* Marginal note: Remember to give credit and interact . We will be explaining the tools mentioned above further on in this post.The basics content curation
Examples of shared Content Curation on Twitter
The examples about share content curation is not just finding a link and putting it in a tweet. Your PLN is not going to get much value out of that. As the curator, you can challenge yourself to do a little more from time to time. Here are some examples of curated work from educators. Tony Vincent is well known for his graphics he creates for social media. These are always shared extensively.