From Curiosity to Curationpresented by

Valorie A. Stokes, Library Media SpecialistPlatte County R3 High School

http://bit.ly/1QNnfqX

@See_Spot_Readstokesv@platteco.k12.mo.us

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”

--Albert Einstein

By the End of This Session...

● Common causes of problems/confusion for learners pursuing knowledge and answers online

● Some simple principles to help learners mindfully find, grapple with and curate online information

● Some online tools and resources learners can use when moving from curiosity to curation.

“When everything is so accessible,

nothing is very special.”

Unfortunate Results:

Being attracted to style over substance

Photo Credit: “Result Scrabble” by Kelsey O’Brien is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Superficial questioning, thinking and pursuing of answers

Settling instead of discriminating or determining

Style over SubstanceSound bites vs. Investigative Reports

Kardashian vs. Pope Francis or Dalai Lama Twitter followers

Photo Credit: “Kim Kardashian Chanel Clutch Bag” by Ashley Cooper is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Photo Credit: Francisco (20-03-2013) by Presidência da Republica/Roberto Stuckert Filho - Agência Brasil. Licensed under CC BY 3.0

Superficial questioning, thinking, pursuing of answers

Make Just One Change by Rothstein and Santana

A Curious Mind by Grazer and Fishman

Photo Credit: “Dipping a Toe In” by Kelsey O’Brien is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Settling, not Determiningor Discriminating

Literally Googling It

“Squirrel!” Distractions

Being too single-minded

Searching for info is nonlinear and iterative

Photo Credit: “The Google Bike” by Roman Boed is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

There is a better way…but common sense isn’t always so common.

Photo Credit: “ Laptop and Stethoscope” by jfcherry is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Principle #1Don’t hinder curiosity;

do help corral it just a bit

Photo Credit: “Corral” by Michael Rael is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Principle #2Think aloud about your searching process; model how you handle “hiccups” and grapple with decision-making along the way

Photo Credit: Gerardo Mosquera teaching a seminar on curating in Lima, 2013By pamvzt (Own work) CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Principle #3Show some options

but not a whole smorgasbord at once.

Photo Credit: “Chocolate Plate - Lakehouse Restaurant, Daylesford” by Alphal is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Principle #4Be sure learners understand the difference between collecting and curating

Demonstrate and think aloud again

"IT Family", © 2011 Ed Ivanushkin, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via WylioPhoto Credit: By Chip Clark, SI, NMNH (Smithsonian Institution) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Principle #5There are different

purposes for curating and people who

curate; some tools will suit some purposes

and people better than others.

Photo Credit: “Content Curation” by Sally Wilson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Now for a brief tools and resources tour...

Searching and Pursuing

Information

Asking Questions for

and/or of information

Curating Information

Photo Credit: “Nooku Server Roadmap” by Nooku is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0/Transparency of the original

Collecting and Annotating Information

Searching and Discovering Information

For your consideration...

Newsmap

Curiyo

Instagrok

Addict-o-matic

Asking Questions for and/or about InformationFor your consideration...

Scamper Tool

HBR The Art of Asking Questions Video

HBR Article

Questioning Toolkit

Great Questions: Story Corps

Now Comment

Collecting/Annotating Information

For your consideration...

Readability

Pocket

Instapaper

Scrible (in beta)

Marqueed

Curating Information

For your consideration...

Scoop.It!

Pearltrees

RooJoom

Google Cultural Institute

Seesaw

Thanks for your time and attention

and remember...

“Curiosity needs a curatorial approach that guides it, that lets it absorb the signal and tune out the noise.”

--Maria Popova (Curator of Brainpickings)

Works that Inspired or Informed this Presentation

“The Art of Curation: An Interview with Maria Popova from BrainPickings.” Interview. Weblog post. Nebo Blog. The Nebo Agency, 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 28 Dec. 2015.

Grazer, Brian and Charles Fishman. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015. Print.

Purcell, Kristin, Lee Rainie, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Freidrich, Amanda Jacklin, Clara Chen, and Kathryn Zickuhr. How Teens Do Research in the Digital World. Rep. The Pew Research Center, 1 Nov. 2012. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.

Works that Inspired or Informed this Presentation

Pew Internet Project. “13 Things to Know About Teens and Technology.” Pew Research Center. Pew Internet Project, 23 July 2014. Web. 28 Dec. 2015.

Rothstein, Dan and Luz Santana. Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2011. Print.

Waters, Sue. “Curation: Creatively Filtering Content.” Web log post. The Edublogger. Edublogs, 12 June 2014. Web. 28 Dec. 2015.