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This week we explored the online world of curated content as well as certain
websites that are made to enable curating and collecting information. Rather you’re an online creator or curator, you’re presence on the Internet makes a difference and it is important to explore different online tools in order to build up your digital portfolio! As a
blogger, I am more of a creator than a curator but I gave curating a try
through the popular social bookmarking website called “Diigo.” I also took a different
route of curating with the online tool “Google Alerts.”
As mentioned in my previous post, there is so much
information online to sort through and content is being created on the Internet
at a rapid pace everyday. This is when an RSS feed comes in handy, however
curating websites are also resourceful tools because they enable you to view
several websites surrounding a particular topic, rather than sifting through
thousands of Google searches. The blog “If You Can’t Be a Creator, Then Be a Curator” takes a closer look at curating websites and why they are helpful tools.
Content curators filter through all of the information online on a specific
topic and then this forms a “library” per say, of all the most significant and
reliable information about this topic. Prior to this week I did not know much
about content curating, thus this was a whole new world for me and it was also
a great learning process. As I am introduced to new web tools I am building my
digital citizenship and learning which information online is more reliable. It is especially important to ensure the information you are using in your university assignments are reliable and I usually do this by looking through peer-reviewed journal articles. Another method that I have used in the past to identify if a resource is trustworthy is called TRASH. This is a simple checklist method that helps to ensure all information is reliable.
Furthermore, as I explored the several blog posts about
content curation I learned more and more about different curators and the
advantages of curating content. In Beth’s blog “Content Curation Primer,” she
describes how content curation is beneficial because it organizes the most
significant and updated content surrounding a topic. It is much more efficient
to look at a curated magazine, news page, information hub etc. about a topic,
rather than looking through thousands of links that can pose unreliable
information.
Additionally, I’ve been keeping up to date with the postings
in my RSS feed and I have been exploring blogs online to find new and exciting options
to subscribe to. Recently, I have been very interested in DIY projects so I
found a popular blog called “A Beautiful Mess,” which is run by Elise Larson
and Emma Chapman. This blog is chalk full of recipes, beauty tips, interior
design, and fashion, it is also very well put together and organized. The main
article that caught my eye this week in my feeder was “3 Ideas for DIY PhoneCases,” and I highly recommend this blog if you are interested in DIY’s!
Have a great week, and happy blogging!
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