Tips for “Tending Your Digital Gardens” After the Semester-Start

Jason B. Jones offers a good set of tips for maintaining learning and curriculum content after the rush at the start of a new academic term:

The opening weeks of the semester are always a bit crazy, but your future self will thank you for setting aside regular time for keeping things tidy. What I’m trying to do this semester is, rather than get all caught up at once, to spend a few minutes once a week behind the scenes in Flickr or delicious or PBWorks. That way, there’s less sobbing, and more of a chance to find things in the future.

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