CuratingWhat is content curation?
Pulling together information is an important part of research, and then storing that information in such a way that it is easily accessed at a later date is equally important. Curation tools are ways of capturing, organising and holding useful information to be accessed at a later day. (You have already seen Scoop.it and Bag the Web examples in previous activities.) You need to decide, by examining the tools below, which curation tool you will use for your inquiry and then start searching and collating material pertinent to your chosen topic. |
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Scoop.it
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Blendspace
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Trello
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Evernote
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Primary and Secondary Sources of Knowledge
Primary sources of knowledge are the original documents, photographs, letters, manuscripts, reports and statistics that have been created by an individual. If you are using the work of others then you are using secondary sources of information.
As you complete your topic investigation you will not, in all likelihood, be collecting data (primary source) - you will be analysing materials you have collected from the web or other reports and sources (secondary source). You need to analyse the secondary data and ensure that it is reliable, accurate and valid.
As you complete your topic investigation you will not, in all likelihood, be collecting data (primary source) - you will be analysing materials you have collected from the web or other reports and sources (secondary source). You need to analyse the secondary data and ensure that it is reliable, accurate and valid.
