Quad blogging is also another way to ensure an audience for your blog. We have had great success organizing ourselves into quads over at #edcmooc. http://quadblogging.net I mentioned it in #etmooc, but no takers yet.
Here are some good tips on how to streamline the information you face on the Internet, email, etc. Like Jodie, I'm working to implement the GTD organizational system using Evernote & Web Clipper, Diigo, Google Mail, Google Reader, Twitter, Google Drive, etc.
"Students and teachers are making trailers to do things like demonstrate their learning, explain vocabulary words, document experiments, preview novels or textbook chapters, summarize historical events and promote school activities. " Tony provides great tips on how to outline a trailer and student/teacher examples.
"Through digital curation we collect, manage and collate the best, most relevant content, on a specific topic or theme, for ourselves and share with others.
Using tools like Scoop.it, Pinterest, Diigo and Livebinders educators collect the best resources to put them into context with organization, annotation and presentation."
This post is a summary of ideas, tips, and resources to become an effective curator.