Hello Everyone!
The main topics covered in this week’s
session were content curation, and online bookmarking. My understanding of
these two topics was very vague before beginning this session. I knew that I
was really going to have to look harder into the materials covered in this
session if I was going to come out on top. After reviewing the information
provided, I believe I have a lot better of an understanding then I did before
hand. However, I would still like to continue this exploration, especially
towards content curation tools!
A definition of content curation was
provided through one of the blog posts in this weeks session by Gianluca
Fiorelli called “Content curation: definition and generation.” The definition states, “content curation is the capacity of filtering and adding value to the content
we receive and are exposed to everyday from all the online sources (Search and
Social).” Simple put, content curation allows you to sift through the vast
amount of content on the web, and present it in a meaningful and organized way
around a specific idea.
The quality curation tool I had a
closer look at this week was Google Alerts. This tool is essentially exactly
what the name implies; it alerts you when a resource of your interest has been
added to Google. As stated in this week’s session about Google Alerts, “it is
useful for staying up-to-date on news and happenings in your field or interest
area.” A huge benefit that Google Alerts will bring to my learning comes from
its ability to streamline processes. This tool will free up more time for my
self when conducting research or everyday activities as it provides the alert
to me, right when new information is posted about my alert of interest.
The other part if this week’s material was
focused on bookmarking, and online bookmarking tools. A simple definition on an
online bookmark is, “An Internet browser feature that allows a user to go back
to a previously visited website by clicking on the saved link without retyping
the site’s address” as stated by the BusinessDictionary.
As the definition specified, bookmarking allows for easy access to information
you may want to re-read, or want repetitive access to.
The bookmarking tool I looked at this week
was Diigo. At first, I found this tool to be very challenging to figure out and
was wondering why I would use this tool when I already have a bookmarks tool
bar. However, after I got comfortable with the tool, I could clearly see the
benefits it possessed. I found Diigo to be a form of Google, based on websites
you fine necessary to bookmark. Diigo allows you to place a description on the
bookmark allowing you easy access to and from a page, without forgetting why
you tagged it in the first place.
A great benefit I could see from Diigo
would be during a school project. In the
initial phase of the project when you are doing your research, you could
bookmark many pages and websites, tagging them all under a specific tag. After
you completed your search, you could refer back to your Diigo library and
quickly jump back and forth between the websites you already researched. I
think this would reduce redundancies in the research process and make the
entire research phase more efficient.
My RSS Feed Reader…
What better way to end off this blog then
talk about hockey…? A post that I enjoyed from my Feedly reader this week was
called “Inside the matchup: Penguins vs. Capitals.”
For those of you who do not follow hockey, the NHL has created a rivalry
between these teams based off of their captains, Sidney Crosby and Alex
Ovechkin. Since these team play each other this week, what better way to get
the fans going then talk about them through a blog! This posts talks about there matchup, noting
that Pittsburg has beaten Washington every time they have played each other
this season. If you would like more information on this article, you can read
it though the link I provided above!
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I hope you enjoyed my post this week.
Take care,
Chris
Chris,
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing me to Google Alerts. I have a Gmail account but have yet to use this tool. I think it would be interesting to be used for breaking news for sports and other general news updates that capture my interests. However, I already use so many apps on my iPhone and iPad that already do this for me so I do not know if using Google Alerts would be high on my priority list to use. Otherwise, if I was looking for something new, Google Alerts would be a great place to start, so thank you for sharing that.
And like you, I used Diigo as well. I found so many benefits of using this bookmarking tool, especially for educational purposes. I find that for papers, Diigo is most effecting by capturing and tagging specific websites that I may lose or forget about. I agree that by having Diigo, it gives me the opportunity to jump back and forth between websites and reduce a ton of redundancies. Very crucial for university work.
And finally, I love the article you provided from your Feedly. I am a huge hockey fan and obviously every hockey fan loves the debate between Ovechkin and Crosby. For me, I pick Crosby because he is the better all around player offensively and defensively. Though Crosby does not score as much as Ovechkin, I will take the playmaker any day.
Cheers,
Ryan DiBattista