Carla ArenaAugust 2013 IATEFL BESIG

Filtering Relevant Information for the EFL Classroom Through Content Curation

Art CurationThe eye of an expert

content curation is old newsThe eye of an expert

content curation is old news - our notebooks

What has changed?Why is content curation a trend?

In the past, silos of knowledge with expert authority who filtered information for the rest of us

Now... our social networks are our new filters >> from filtering out to filtering forward >> bringing the results to the front

““If it were possible to define generally the If it were possible to define generally the mission of education, it could be said that its mission of education, it could be said that its

fundamental purpose is to ensure that all fundamental purpose is to ensure that all students benefit from learning in ways that students benefit from learning in ways that

allow them to participate fully in public, allow them to participate fully in public, community, [Creative] and economic life.”community, [Creative] and economic life.”

— — New London GroupNew London Group

Now... our social networks are our new filters >> from filtering out to filtering forward >> bringing the results to the front

Knowing-by-reducing substituted by

knowing-by-including

The new filters of the online world remove clicks, not content.

DAVID WEINBERGER

“Knowledge now lives not just in libraries and museums and academic journals. It lives not just in the skulls of individuals. Our skulls and our institutions are simply not big enough to contain knowledge. Knowledge is now a property of the network, and the network embraces businesses, governments, media, museums, curated collections and minds in communication.”David Weinberger - Too Big to Know

Evolving digital curation > from algorithm to interest and social graphs

Tools for CurationRSS - social bookmarking - interest social graphs - Platforms for curation

Platforms for Curation& Ideas for exploration

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

Ideas for your educational context?

COWBIRD.COMSTORYTELLING

PINTEREST.COMVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

PINTEREST.COMVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

Two ways you envision using Pinterest with

learners in a Business English setting

PINTEREST.COM

NEWSMIX.MEVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

NEWSMIX.MEVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

POCKET.COMVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

LEARNING PLAYLISTS

MENTORMOB.COMLEARNING PLAYLISTS

MENTORMOB.COMLEARNING PLAYLISTS

LEARNIST.COMCONTENT CURATION VIEWED AS A LEARNING LIST

LEARNIST.COMCONTENT CURATION VIEWED AS A LEARNING LIST

THEEMEFY.COMCONTENT CURATION VIEWED AS A MAGAZINE

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THEEMEFY.COMCONTENT CURATION VIEWED AS A MAGAZINE

WORTH EXPLORING

SCOOP.ITVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

TRAP.ITTHE INTERSECTION BETWEEN INTEREST & SOCIAL GRAPHS

TRAP.ITTHE INTERSECTION BETWEEN INTEREST & SOCIAL GRAPHS

ZITETHE INTERSECTION BETWEEN INTEREST & SOCIAL GRAPHS

EDSURGE

EDUTECHER

A WHOLE NEW SET OF CURATORIAL PLATFORMSVISUAL CONTENT CURATION

EDUCATORS AS Curators

find select/filter arrange

create share engage

EDUCATORS AS digital archaelogists >> digging knowledge within the network and making sense out of it

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EDUCATORS AS Curators

USE THE power of your Network TO continuously learn AND TO give your share

Creditshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lfphotos/542000734/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lortica/1749838957/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfphotos/5177889583

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viknanda/339956374/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ydeng/5651600230/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownpau/3732144089/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27797863@N07/7993186858

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffee001/4861636756/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/3976415352

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/03/the-age-of-relevance/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/2578637041/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/7559499264/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jorge-11/2773792572/

https://vimeo.com/6239027#