Rebecca WestCurated Content Resource File

Blendspace- http://blnds.co/M9HC4CStorify- http://storify.com/rwest/volcanoes

Theme: VolcanoesContent Area: ScienceGrade Level: 6th grade

I used Blendspace and Storify for this project. I found the websites I wanted to use and added them to my favorites before adding them to the two programs. I liked that on both of these programs you could easily enter the link and search for it. With both programs you would then just drag and drop it onto the list. I do think that Blendspace more user friendly especially if you already have links that you want to use. I personally preferred using Blendspace. I liked that you could change the template and add color if you want. There are a couple of different ways I would use this tool in the educational setting. The first would be to share the sources with students to research and report on as I did for this project. This is a great resource to be able to have everything in one place instead of sharing or listing a bunch of different links with students. When they click on the tab it takes them directly to the information you want to share with them. The second way I would use this resource in the educational setting would be to have the students create their own curated content resources. If they are assigned a project and are required to share the websites they used to create their project they could easily use one of these tools to share the sites with the instructor. Not only can they share links but they can also search for videos on these sites that they could incorporate into a project.