What filters do you use when curating? Here's a brief list that approximates my process.
1. Re-scoop from my community. I trust the folks I follow and often find a few on topic articles in the scoops of others.
Scoop.it encourages you to follow the work of other curators. It's easy to 're-scoop' articles selected by people you trust. This is one way that Scoop.it becomes a community of experts helping each other discover ideas and resources.
2. Prismatic:
http://getprismatic.com/ This search aggregator is my 'go to' filter for new stories on all the topics I curate. Once you set up your areas of interest, Prismatic presents you with a long scrolling page of articles. I open them up, scan or read deeply then make the Scoop or No-Scoop decision
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3. Dig deeper into credible sites. There are many websites out there rich in content, These sites have archives of articles and many resources that are not readily apparent. I go below the surface and find valuable resources to post. One of the sites I use, is my own website the 21st Century Information Fluency Project
http://21cif.com . It has been built up over 10 years with scads of material about information fluency: Other deep websites with solid content:
4. Twitter: the more I use it, the more I find. I'm setting up lists of big hitters on Twitter and skimming their recommendations weekly. Follow me:
@wiredinstructor
5. My own writing; I blog on on several sites:
The Keyword Blog,
The E-Learning Graduate Certificate Blog,
E-Learning and Online Teaching Jobs blog. I always curate new materials and often 're-run' key articles I want in my networks.
Questions for all: Where do you find your articles?
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