Find,

Filter,

Organize,

Share

A Beginners Guide To

Content Creation

http://www.cyberjohn.org

John Goldsmith

Curation

AKA:

• Content Curation

• Data Curation

• Digital Curation

Curation

Not To Be Confused With

Art or Museum Stuff

Curation

From:

Curation - What?

1. Finding

2. Evaluating/Filtering

3. Organizing/Saving

4. Sharing

Information From The

Internet

Curation

• Why?

• What’s The Problem?

1. The Internet/Web Is Big

The Internet In Real Time

1. The Internet/Web Is Big

Information Overload Video

Information Overload Video

2. Search Tools

Are Not Good

• Google

• Bing

• Yahoo

• Duck Duck Go

Search Tools

Information Overload!

Information Overload!

Filter Failure?

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabqeJEOQyI

Clay Shirkey: Filter Failure

Filter Failure:

• Where are the filters?

• How to cope?

Solution?

21st Century Skills:

• Information Literacy

• Media Literacy

• Technology Literacy

• .

To hold information-age jobs, students need to think

deeply about issues, solve problems creatively, work

in teams, communicate clearly in many media, learn

ever-changing technologies, and deal with a flood of

information. http://www.thoughtfullearning.com/resources/what-are-21st-century-skills

The Most Important Skill?

Becoming A Curator

4 Step Process

Step 1:

Finding The Good Stuff

More then the occasional Google search

Finding The Good Stuff

• Friends

• Colleagues

• Prof Contacts

• PSA Groups

• Conferences

Finding The Good Stuff

• Email Lists

• Social Media

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Pinterest

• Blogs

• Web Searches

Info Sources: Educators

Info Sources: Organizations

Info Sources: Aggrigation

Professional Information Network

• Quality Resources

• Consistent

• Timely

• Manageable

• “Push” Technology

“Push” Notifications

• Email Message

• Facebook Notification

• Twitter - Tweet

• RSS Notification

Step 2:.

Evaluation

Evaluation/Filtering

• Appropriate ->

• Timely ->

• Comprehensive ->

• Useful

• Topical

• Worth Keeping/Sharing

Step 3:

Organizing/Saving

Organizing/Saving

• Organize

• Categorize

• Tag

• Searchable

• Sharable

Organizing/Saving

Social Bookmarking

In Plain English:

Common Craft Video

Organizing/Saving Tools:

Step 4:

Sharing

Sharing

• Social

Bookmark Site

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Social Media

• Blogs

Popular Sharing Sites

Popular Sharing Sites

Content Curation

In 4 Easy Steps

• Finding

• Evaluating/Filtering

• Organizing/Saving

• Sharing

Some Advice:

• Must Work For You

• Fine Tuning

• Keep Separate From

Personal/Professional Life

• Post Once Distribute Many

• Apps

Learning More

Questions?

Thank you