IEC4037 - Wk 2 resource

1. The Art & Science of Curating Content
GATHERING BOOKS |www.gatheringbooks.org

2. Why Books?
Why Reading?

5. GATHERING BOOKS 101
Women
countries3
Posts/Year365themes/Year6
years7

6. Website versus Blog

7. Website
Organized by content-
hierarchy
Has its own domain name
With clear
(semi-permanent)
structure/headings/ default page
Blog
Similar to an online journal
May be hosted by free online domains
(wordpress, blogspot, livejournal)
Updated with regular posts

8. What does the literature say about blogs?
Social networking sites are becoming a standard
means of living and interacting (Kolmes, 2012)
Blogs have become highly fashionable among writers, readers, and marketers.
They are now leading destinations among Web users. (Colliander & Dahlen, 2011)

9. Motivations for Blogging
(Baker, Psych, & Moore, 2011)
Keeping up
with
trends
Professional
advancement
Connecting
with
others

10. Our Story
Actual Book Club
Online Book Club
Psychology Students + Teacher + Gifted Kids
Distance à NING (Book
Club Discussion)
Gathering books Blog
2010 Inspired by AFCC

11. The Team
•Clinical
Psychologist
•Teacher Educator
•Researcher
•Founder of GB
Myra
•BA Psychology
•Vocational Nurse
•Circulation
Assistant (Library)
•Founding Member
Fats
•Psychologist
•Mgmt Consultant
•Teacher
•Founding Member
& Web Admin
Iphigene
Books Psychology

12. The Art of
CURATING and
CREATING Content

13. Art
Expression
Random
Curated
What to post?
How to go about
blogging?

14. Art
Expression
Random
Curated
What to post?
BOOK REVIEWS?
READING CHALLENGES?
RECENT BOOK PURCHASES?
Newly published
vs. Classics?
SingLit?
Join or hostchallenges?
ARC or purchased
books?

15. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?

16. Art
Expression
Curated
Reading Challenge

17. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
GB Signatures

18. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
GB Signatures

19. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
GB Signatures

20. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
Kidlitosphere

21. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
Book Clubs

22. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
Online Reading Communities

23. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
What moves you?
What do you stand for?
What is it you want to share to
the world?
A blog post directly or
indirectly reflects the blogger--
their purpose, their goals, their
advocacy.

24. Art
Expression
Curated
What to post?
Social Advocacy

25. Art
Expression
Curated
Special Books by
Special Kids FB Page

26. Art
Expression
Curated
Special Books by
Special Kids FB Page

27. Art
Expression
Curated
How to go about
blogging?
Our approach towards posts
Surfacing
Themes
Beyond
Rating
Providing
Resources

28. Art
Expression
Curated
How to go about
blogging?
Frequency of posts
Daily
scheduled
variety

29. Art
Expression
Curated
How to go about
blogging?
Visual Presentation

30. The Science
of Curating
Content

31. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
GENERIC
customized

32. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
GENERIC
customized
How do we organize our
content?
How do we reach more
people?

33. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
How do we organize our content? customized
Layout

34. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
How do we organize our content? customized
Types of Post
Day Type of Post
Monday What we are reading? (Current +
Reviews)
Tuesday Photo Journal
Wednesday Nonfiction Wednesday
Thursday Reviews
Friday Poetry
Saturday Reviews/Reading-related Musings
Sunday Book Purchases, Bookshop Visits,
Theme Launch

35. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
How do we reach more people? customized
Presence and Readership
Social Media Stats
Engagement

36. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
How do we reach more people? customized
Presence and Readership
Facebook
Page Instagram
Goodreads Litsy
Pinterest Twitter

37. Science
Building &
Organizing Knowledge
How do we reach more people? customized
Presence and Readership

38. Art Science Community
Resource
Push boundaries
Continuously
Evolving

39. We are not silos,
Cold steel standing across
Vast barren space
For art and science
Mean not to sit
Upon ivory towers
But be air
Coursing through
Our bodies
Our bodies,
With arms that stretch
cradle and hold
Hands, interlocking
Fingers feeling
the pulse telling us
we belong
In this tribe called
Humanity.
Poem by Iphigene Daradar

40. Now Begin creating Your Content
Think special needs education
Reflect on what makes allied educators unique
Build your concept. Start from there. Commit.

41. The Art & Science of Curating Content
Prepared by: Asst/Prof Myra Garces-Bacsal
with organizational layout by Iphigene Daradar