A Little Bird Told Me: Curating Resources for Students

Allowing time for student to explore and share their ideas about a topic before launching into a specific learning objectives creates a curious classroom community that's willing to take risks and ask questions. Teachers can support this process by vetting and curating a variety multimedia and web links to share with students. Learn about some content curation strategies from Edutopia: 6 Tips for Curating Resources for Students.

Some of my favorite tools for content curation:

Wakelet

• Wakelet Help Video Playlist

HyperDocs

• Beginners' Guide to HyperDocs

Google Sites

• Google Sites Two Minute Drills

Google Classroom

• Create Materials
• Organize Topics

Looking for some curation inspiration? Check out the Tweet below from Matt Miller as he shares some ideas for how both students and teachers can use Wakelet to collect and share multimedia resources, web links, and more.