This video is the second in a series on how you can keep current with journal articles, blog posts, and other digital resources in your academic field through the use of a number of free and easy technology tools. In the first video, I demonstrated how to subscribe to RSS or syndication feeds from journals and Web sites that are important in your field using a free service called Feedly. In this video, I walk you through: 

• how I process those feeds in an IOS app called Reeder, 
• send those that I'd like to read more carefully to Instapaper, 
• and then finally send those that I want to archive or work with further to Evernote. 

How do you use tools and strategies to stay current in your discipline? What questions do you have? 
Please post your comments or questions below.

My academic discipline is educational technology. When I tell people that (assuming their eyes don't glaze over), they often ask me how I keep up with a field that is in a constant state of flux. Educational technology tools and resources, not to mention the related emerging research, is continually evolving. This is what is exciting about the field for me, but it is a challenge to keep current. Fortunately, I have a system in place that helps. In a pair of video posts, I'm going to walk you through how I try to stay current in my field. Specifically, in the video I explain:

• how RSS (real simple syndication) feeds can bring new content to you;
• how to find and aggregate feeds from professional journals, Web sites, blogs, and podcasts;
• and, how to quickly scan and process the content in your system. 

Want to learn more? Check out Keeping Current in Your Field, Part 2. 

How do you use tools and strategies to stay current in your discipline? What questions do you have? 
Please post your comments or questions below.