week 4 Curating the Web

Bookmarking is not a new concept to me, but the idea of “Curation” has bought me to a ah-ha moment in week 4.

 “Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme.” (Bharati Ahuja, October 31, 2012, “If you can’t be a creator, then be a curator)

I explored a few digital curation tools this week and I found Diigo is a great social bookmarking tool for search and share references like articles, journals, news and blog posts. It allows me to bookmark and highlight important sources and organize in my account. 

Personal Profile Screen Shot,
(cc) Kawai Sabarillo, 2013

The other curation tool I like is scoop.it. it works effectively by just punching in a few key words in the search box, the site will automatically suggest sources that relate to the topic that I’m interested, all I need to do is “scoop it” and the sources will be framed and on my dashboard.

Scoop.it Screen Shot, (cc) Kawai Sabarillo, 2013

There are many many great digital curation tools available on line, and what I learned in this week is why these tools are important?

We can basically bookmark anything on any web page of our choice, however, the meaning behind bookmarking I think is to share the best of our content. We have equal opportunity to be involved in a digital world but as a good digital citizen, it is also our responsibility to handle the internet assess appropriately.

Fiorelli in his blog post “Content Curation: definition and generation”) states that, “the future of the social web will be driven by these Content Curators, who take it upon themselves to collect and share the best content online for others to consume and take on the role of citizen editors, publishing highly valuable compilations of content created by others” and to be efficiently curate the web, Fiorelli suggests curator to find the best content, add value and credit it.

The internet is like an open sea, and the digital information seems endless. I started to realize that a good search result is somewhat depends on how we curate. The internet and digital tools support learning by bring resources to others attention. It is critical that we know what and where information should be curated. The curator should always review the resources and make sure it matches the topics and purpose of the curation.

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Souces
Ahuja, B. (2012, October). If you can't be a creator, then be a curator. Retrieved from http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2221068/If-You-Cant-Be-a-Creator-Then-Be-a-Curator

Diigo -- https://www.diigo.com/user/kawai1p32

Scoop.it – www.scoop.it/u/kawai-1p32