This document discusses content curation. It provides examples of tools that can be used for curation like Scoop.it, Diigo and Google Sites. It also discusses how curation differs from simple collection by being more targeted, intentional and adding context like telling a story. Real-time curators need to bundle content, reorder it, distribute bundles, add commentary and track their audience. Curation can promote learning by helping students evaluate resources and become better researchers.
24. The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators
This is a guide for how we can build “info molecules” that have a lot more value
than the atomic world we live in now. First, what are info atoms? A tweet is an
atom.A photo on Flickr is an atom.A conversation item on Google Buzz is an atom.
A Facebook status message is an atom.AYouTube video is an atom.
A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to
build an info-molecule.Then adds value to that molecule.
Robert Scoble 27 Mar. 2010
Interview
with
Howard
Rheingold
25. The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators
Robert Scoble
1. Real-time curators need to bundle.
2. Real-time curators need to reorder things.
3. Real-time curators need to distribute bundles.
4. Real-time curators need to editorialize
5. Real-time curators need to update their bundles.
6. Real-time curators need to add participation widgets.
7. Real-time curators need to track their audience.
27. hDp://langwitches.org/blog/wp-‐content/uploads/2012/12/cura^on-‐by-‐mike-‐fisher.png
Collec,ng
is
what
kids
do
when
asked
to
find
resources
for
a
par,cular
topic.
Usually,
it
represents
the
first
3
or
4
hits
on
a
Google
search,
without
meaning,
discernment,
or
connec,ons.
Cura,ng
is
different.
It’s
the
Cri,cal
Thinker’s
collec,on,
and
involves
several
nuances
(see
Figure
1)
that
separate
it
as
an
independent
and
classroom-‐worthy
task.
Mike
Fisher
hDp://digigogy.blogspot.com/2012/06/collec^on-‐or-‐cura^on.html
30. #
books
journal
ar^cles
mobile
apps
aggregated
content
infographics
google
docs
ebooks
presenta^ons
student
work
museum
collec8ons
So
much
stuff!!
31.
32. Curating is:
• Targeted & selective
• Intentional
• Like telling a stor4 (with voice &
contex9)
• Like staging museum exhibit
• A generous act of passion
48.
hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kCV4EEy2IE&t=11m50s
Are
we
building
knowledge
ci,zens?
Everybody
is
becoming
a
specialist
in
library
science.
You
do
it
for
yourself
to
organize
your
memory
but
at
the
same
^me
you
organize
the
memory
for
others.
Every
^me
that
you
that
create
a
link,
every
^me
that
you
put
a
tag,
you
are
organizing
the
common
memory.
You
exercise
the
role
of
the
keeper
of
a
library.
So
this
is
a
very
new
thing
and
I
think
that
the
ques^on
of
categoriza^on
is
very
important.
You
do
it
in
a
conscious
way.
HR:
So
it
sounds
like
you
are
talking
about
something
for
which
we
don’t
have
a
word
yet,
that’s
kind
of
like
a
knowledge
ci,zen.
PL:
That’s
it,
yes.
A
ci^zen
of
the
knowledge
society.
53. determine relevance
detect crap
search without Google/it’s not about the answer
find a niche/take a lead
maximize the new OER resources
even a kid can be a trusted guide
develop digital literacies
not on the test
take responsibility for learning
Curation to promote learning
54. If we can teach our students to curate,
rather than merely collect, information,
they become better evaluators of
resources – and better researchers and
writers.
Pearle, Laura. “Curated v. Collected.” 25 Jun. 2011. Venn Librarian. Web. 27 Sep. 2011. <
http://lpearle.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/curated-v-collected/>.
83. A social bookmarking service
is a centralized online service
which enables users to add,
annotate, edit, and share
bookmarks of web
documents. Tagging is a
significant feature of social
bookmarking systems,
enabling users to organize
their bookmarks in flexible
ways and develop shared
vocabularies known as
folksonomies.
Wikipedia Social Bookmarking
95. The
difference
between
PKM
and
Cura^on
is
that
the
former
is
personal,
while
the
laDer
is
for
an
intended
audience.
I
prac^ce
PKM
for
myself
and
my
blog’s
primary
audience
is
me.
Sharing
online
makes
it
social
so
that
I
can
learn
with
and
from
others.
Sense-‐making
(as
described
by
Ross
Dawson)
is
the
most
important
aspect
in
both
cases:
Filtering
(separa^ng
signal
from
noise,
based
on
some
criteria)
Valida^on
(ensuring
that
informa^on
is
reliable,
current
or
supported
by
research)
Synthesis
(describing
paDerns,
trends
or
flows
in
large
amounts
of
informa^on)
Presenta^on
(making
informa^on
understandable
through
visualiza^on
or
logical
presenta^on)
Customiza^on
(describing
informa^on
in
context)
hDp://www.jarche.com/2012/07/pkm-‐as-‐pre-‐cura^on/
96. How
will
you
use
the
Seek-‐Sense-‐Share
model
to
support
your
personal
learning
agenda?
The
Seek/Sense/Share
Framework
10
Feb.
2014
The Seek, Sense, Share Framework
Capturing knowledge, as crudely as we do, is just a first
step. Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) is a
framework for individuals to take control of their
professional development through a continuous process
of seeking, sensing-making, and sharing.
Seeking is finding things out and keeping up to date.
Building a network of colleagues is helpful in this
regard. It not only allows us to “pull” information, but
also have it “pushed” to us by trusted sources. Good
curators are valued members of knowledge networks.
Sensing is how we personalize information and use it.
Sensing includes reflection and putting into practice
what we have learned. Often it requires experimentation,
as we learn best by doing.
Sharing includes exchanging resources, ideas, and
experiences with our networks as well as collaborating
with our colleagues.
The multiple pieces of information that we capture and
share can increase the frequency of serendipitous
connections, especially across organizations and
disciplines where real innovation happens. As Steven
Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From says;
“chance favors the connected mind”.
224. Cura^on,
Cura^on
Cura^on!
Cura^on,
Cura^on.
Cura^on!
Who
day
and
night
must
aggregate
the
content,
pull
together
knowledge,
harness
all
the
feeds
And
who
must
make
sense
of
media,
tags,
and
text,
keeping
learners
up
to
date
at
school
Librarian,
Librarian
Cura^on!
Librarian,
Librarian,
Cura^on
Who
do
we
rely
on
for
crea^ve
stuff
What’s
best
so
we
avoid
the
fluff?
Who
must
point
the
way
to
stuff
that’s
good
enough
So
we
don’t
miss
the
stuff
that’s
really
buff!
The
Network,
the
Network.
Cura^on
The
Network,
the
Network,
Cura^on
At
ten
my
three-‐ring
notebook
really
held
all
my
school
stuff.
I
know
by
now
that
binder
can’t
contain
my
research
The
student,
the
student.
Cura^on
The
student,
the
student.
Cura^on.
And
who
does
TL
teach
to
curate
with
new
tools
So
we
can
gather
knowledge
both
in
and
out
of
school?
The
learner,
the
learner!
Cura^on!
The
learner,
the
learner!
Cura^on!
225. Curator,
curator,
build
me
a
mash
Gather
the
feeds,
so
I
can
cache
Media,
blog
posts,
and
tweets
that
make
sense
And
mix
me
a
perfect
mash
Curator,
curator,
so
much
to
read
Google
exhausts
me
with
more
than
I
need
I’m
seeking
relevance,
so
I
must
plead
Let
human
touch
intercede
For
teacher
let
it
be
scholarly
Me,
well,
I
want
the
feeds
To
keep
me
current
with
fashion
Or
causes
for
which
I
can
take
the
lead
Curator,
curator,
give
me
new
tools
So
I
can
learn,
cura^ng
rules
Livebinders,
storify,
scoop.it
and
sqworl
So
many
new
research
jewels
Please,
please
make
it
dynamic,
I
don’t
need
the
same
old
rehash
I
rely
on
your
knowledge
and
passion
To
open
the
newsfeed
sash!
Curator,
curator,
demonstrate
mash
Use
networking
skills,
to
help
us
in
school,
Through
you
we
discover
the
big
picture
view
To
manage
new
info
search
tools.