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Michelle E. ColquittContent Curation

May 20, 2016

Evaluation

The CRAAP test provides a useul !eans to evaluate resources shared "y the

Media #pecialist $ith a %roup o students or teachers. CRAAP, $hich addresses the

Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose o a source ite!, allo$s the

user to !a&e certain decisions a"out sources to include or o!it ro! a list o inor!ation

provided to novice, or less inor!ed, users.

The topics chosen or this assi%n!ent are not especially current topics '(ane

 Austen and Appalachian )istory*Culture+ thereore, in ter!s o currency, thou%ht that

any lin& created $ithin the last ive to ten years $as one that potentially could "e

included in either list. -ith re%ard to the (ane Austen learni.st list, the oldest ite! o

inor!ation is the 2012 Pe!"erly listin% o lin&s related to (ane Austen. chose to

include this "are"ones listin% o lin&s "ecause it is an a%%re%ate o lin&s a"out Austen,

speciically lin&in% to $here readers can ind the pu"lic do!ain tets o all o Austen/s

$or&s. -ith re%ard to the Appalachian )istory and Culture topic, the oldest ite!

presented is a 16 ournal article 'copyri%ht 201 "y the -est 3ir%inia Archives and

)istory 4ivision+.

Reflection

The content curation tools chose or this assi%n!ent $ere very user5riendly

and are tools that $ill deinitely e!ploy in the uture. or the (ane Austen list, used

the learni.st tool. The only issue encountered $as that did not pu"lish chan%es and

this sho$ed up as the pa%e not eistin%. $as a"le to i this error "y lo%%in% in on

another "ro$ser, savin% the ne$ chan%es, and then pu"lishin% the pa%e. 7nce did

this, the error $as ied. t $as very easy to deal $ith and this !ade the (ane Austen

topic very attractive.

or the Appalachian )istory and Culture topic used the storiy tool. This tool

$as incredi"ly user5riendly and very visually attractive. a! !ore o a an o ho$ storiy

presented inor!ation, si!ply "ecause li&e that the author has an option to turn this

into a story. $ould pro"a"ly use the learni.st tool in the uture, "ut $ould "e !ore apt

to use storiy due to its ease o use, attractiveness, and overall proessional loo&*eel.

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