1.29+Video+Project


 * CURATION – VARIETY OF TOOLS (50 POINTS) **

media type="youtube" key="ri-X8aDrhAI" width="420" height="315" align="center"

[|Pathfinder Tutorial Module by Julie Gareau] (4:19)
 * Introduction: ** Before we go into the last curation project next week, I want you to explore the wide variety of curation tools that can be used in order to organize information for your students. If I were in a library today I would definitely be using the tool you will be examining next, LibGuides. However, LibGuides does cost and there is much to be said for other tools that are … FREE! But there are so many to choose from and how do you know which one you might like?


 * Information Types: ** You saw in the last assignment the kinds of information that I want in an organizing information pathfinder:
 * Web sites (including Smore, Padlet, Voki, Infographic, Pinterest, etc.)
 * videos
 * podcasts
 * PDF file
 * ability to enter information from your own library
 * ability to create some kind of table of contents or readily observable order to the information
 * ability to contextualize the information rather than just being a list of links

**ASSIGNMENT** Sometimes, the pathfinder doesn't need to be as elaborate as the contents of the LiveBinder or LibGuide. Sometimes, you just need a quick and dirty app that will collate information that you can integrate into your library Web site or information that you can contextualize in some other manner.

You are going to make a screencast that will be a review of a curation tool. In your review, you will address these issues. Answer these questions as you take us through the tool and demonstrate its capabilities. ( ** Rehearse this ** in order to not stumble through the process in your presentation. You are not professional presenters and so don't expect that you will get it right on the first time through. Presentation counts.)
 * 1) How could this tool be used effectively (or can this tool be used effectively)?
 * 2) Is this tool a reasonable substitute for the kinds of information that you included in your LiveBinder assignment?
 * 3) Is it free? If it does cost (perhaps to get an enhanced version) would the cost be worth it to you?
 * 4) Does the tool lend itself to collaboration with other teachers?
 * 5) Is this a tool that you would recommend to students as a way to organize the information they are collecting for a project?
 * 6) Show us a completed project using this tool that someone has done -- or do a brief project yourself.


 * Procedure **
 * You need a screencasting tool. Jing will not work because the free version will only give you five minutes and you will inevitably go over that length. My suggestion is to get a Screencast-O-Matic account (free). It is super simple and you have up to 15 minutes per lesson.
 * Sign up for which curation tool you would like to explore. **Up to two students can sign up for the same tool. If there are two students already signed up for the tool, please choose another to review.**
 * To sign up, go to this Google Sheets @https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qpyChRcc3K1Y7Wafgk_g4tsfZOQEQVPA7DjKnj5X8mw/edit?usp=sharing and indicate your preference. If you know of a curation tool that I've not listed and would like to discuss it, please e-mail me and we can talk about it. I'm sure there are new things all the time.
 * Some of these tools are described at this site: http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Curation+Tools
 * Explore the possibilities of the tool and go to sources like YouTube for quick tutorials that will give you insight on how to use the tool for curation.
 * Answer the questions above as you give your review of the curation tool and post a link to your review on Blackboard.
 * There is a rubric in the COURSE DOCUMENTS link in Blackboard.
 * Also: keep in mind that it is not your job to sell us on a particular tool (unless you own stock in the company) but to evaluate it critically as to whether it would be useful to a librarian as a curation tool. We need to know how it works but we need to also know if it can easily display the various types of information sources that are required for this assignment.