Week 3
This week, we'll explore Weebly and build the frame for your own website. We'll also briefly discuss digital curation apps and sites.
WEEBLY
It's my Web platform of choice. It's what I used to create this Web site and also those for my other classes. They recently introduced some new capabilities and removed others (such as columns), so please be aware that the video below will be a bit outdated. I'll switch it out for a newer one as it becomes available. |
DIGITAL CURATION
Digital curation is a phrase used in academic to describe the processes (and sites) people use to organize and share content that interests them. It's an organized and purposeful collection of shared, annotated resources.
A useful acronym for this process is FACETS (find, assess, choose content; explain, tailor, share a collection).
Sharing your curated content with others is a great way to become known in your field, to connect with influential people, and to direct debate. Try it!
Digital curation is a phrase used in academic to describe the processes (and sites) people use to organize and share content that interests them. It's an organized and purposeful collection of shared, annotated resources.
A useful acronym for this process is FACETS (find, assess, choose content; explain, tailor, share a collection).
Sharing your curated content with others is a great way to become known in your field, to connect with influential people, and to direct debate. Try it!
Pronounced as Dee'go, it is an abbreviation for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff." Diigo is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page. Here is how you can use Diigo:
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DELICIOUS
This social bookmarking site is for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. You'll be able to save bookmarks and then access them from any Internet-connected computer. (No more forgetting those great sites you've found!) And if you're job-hunting, consider locating, evaluating, and publicizing all the great stuff you've found. You could become the "go to" person in your field! |
PEARLTREES
Pearltrees is a visual and collaborative curation tool that allows users to organize, explore and share any URL they find online as well as to upload personal photos, files and notes. It features a unique visual interface that allows users to drag and organize collected URLs into units called pearls that themselves can be further organized in a hierarchical structure with pearltrees for customizable folders that contain pearls. Users of the product can also engage in social/collaborative curation using a feature called Pearltrees Teams. |