Content Curation to Enhance Learning and Engage Learners

Discovering content is the easy part. Managing it all is the challenge. The gallery below by Shirley Williams is a strong collection of tools to better discover, manage, and share digital content. And with the imminent death of Google Reader, several of these apps could help fill that huge hole (though not the one in your heart).

Create stories using social media. Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories. Collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish them as simple, beautiful stories that can be embedded anywhere.

A few years ago, I began using Scoop.It! to collect and curate articles that I thought were important or interesting so that I could find them later and share them with my colleagues and peers. Since then, a number of other web services have begun to offer similar services for different purposes.

Like explorers approaching an unfamiliar landscape, teachers who are ready to take the plunge into flipped classrooms and blended learning often approach the opportunity with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Just dipping a toe into the virtual waters of online content can be overwhelming, and there's a risk that even the most fearless educator can become paralyzed by the bottomless depths of content and endless pools of resources.

Easily curate engaging magazines. Effectively feed your web presence.

Your Social Magazine. Available for iPad, iPhone & Android.