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Information Curation
The Internet can be a maze of information. The good news is that there are lots of people sorting through that maze and organizing it by topic, highlighting the useful or interesting information. All you have to do is find these people, Internet curators, and keep track of them.There are many content curation tools. You’ve already used one! With Pinterest, you sort images according to the topics of your boards. When you choose to follow someone else’s board, you are following the content they have curated.
Another content curation tool is Scoop.it. Scoop.it users
“scoop,” or collect, web content. Each scoop can contain an image from the source
website along with a short excerpt. Scoop.it pages are organized by topic. For
example, the LibraryLinks_LiensBiblio
page is all about library news. Instead of printing out articles to read later,
you can save an article to a Scoop.it page and go back to read it later. This
will help other people discover the article, too. You can also write comments
on stories to spark discussion. While the interface in Scoop.it is in English
only, the content that is curated can be in French.
Using content curation tools is a great way to keep up-to-date with current trends around your selected topics. The key is to find good curators to follow.
THING 18 – Join
Scoop.it to discover library stories.
Go to www.scoop.it and search for or browse a Topic at the top of the screen.
Click on Recommended Topics to see popular topics.
Once you’ve found a Topic that interests you, click on Follow. You can sign up by using the Twitter account you created in Week Two. This makes it easier to share articles on Twitter. If you prefer to use your email you can click on I don’t have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account. Followers receive a daily email highlighting the top stories from their followed topics.
THING 19 – Share a
Scoop.it story on Twitter.
Find an interesting story in one of your followed Topics
and click on the share button. (Hint: the button only appears if you hover your
cursor over top of the story). Share the story on Twitter. You’ll have to connect your Twitter account to Scoop.it if you haven’t
already. Just click on the Twitter icon and follow the prompts.
There. Doesn’t sharing feel good?
Cool Extra Thing - Start curating a Topic.
Create your own online magazine by going to My Topics, Create a Topic.
To making “scooping” stories easier, install the Scoop.it
bookmarklet in your Internet browser. (Just like the “Pin It” button for
Pinterest!).
