CURATION THE EASY, FREE,

MEANINGFUL WAY

Phyllis Snipes, O.P. Cooper, Dawn PutneyUniversity of West Georgia

School Library Media Program

CURATION “An exciting new genre of search tool, a tool for scanning the real-time environment, as well as opportunities for evaluating quality and relevance in emerging information landscapes”

Valenza (2011)

Curation is not just a collection of websites and videos and tweets on a specific topic…

It’s a marriage of content and standards and objectives and literacies

Historical thoughts… Wooden drawers (one entry point) Online public access catalog for the

collection (one entry point) Search engines – google it! Youtube and social networks Variety of tools for aggregating data: wiki

LibGuides, Google Sites, Library catalog

Digital curators can prevent oversaturation by filtering and diverting the onslaught and by directing what is worth sharing into more gentle and continuous streams. (Valenza)

Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community of learners. Human filters make a difference. Librarians can be filters in the best sense of the word. Librarians can synchronize communities.

Curators make sense of the vast amounts of content that are continually produced. They are talented at scouting, identifying relevance, evaluating, classifying, organizing, and presenting aggregated content for a targeted audience. This is the librarian!!!

(Valenza, 2014)

AggregationThe act of curating the most relevant information about a particular topic into a single location (Bhargava, 2010)

Valenza: arranging online tools and resources in school library websites so they are available in one location

DistillationThe act of curating information into a more simplistic format where only the most important or relevant ideas are shared (Bhargava, 2011)

Valenza: extracting pertinent information and synthesizing it into a concise format

ElevationRefers to curation with a mission of identifying a larger trend or insight from smaller daily musings posted online (Bhargava, 2011)

Valenza: browsing the most current research literature through social media (RSS feeds, blogs, social networking, etc.)

MashupsUnique curated juxtapositions where merging existing content is used to create a new point of view (Bhargava, 2011)

Valenza: combining media to create new ideas

ChronologyA form of curation that brings together historical information organized based on time to show an evolving understanding of a particular topic (Bhargava, 2011)

Valenza: developing personalized guides on the Web to manage information

Valenza on curation: Librarians are uniquely poised to curate! http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/v

alenza2012-v29n1p20.html

• Support teachers with their graduate research needs

• Assist second graders in their quest to master division

• Guide seniors in their study of Shakespeare• Provide access to primary source documentrsCuration is the new search method!!!

Curation web 2.0 tool examples http://

joyce-valenza.wikispaces.com/Content+Curation

LiveBinders Delicious Paper.li ScoopIt LibGuides

Creation vs. Curation

It's important to remember that curation can't exist without creation. (Rosenbaum, 2010)

SURVEY: LM_NET & Ga Listserv

Results are in!

Pinterest pinterest.com

Follow interesting boards! Create boards to share!

Pinterest ideas

Book fair themes Bulletin board ideas iPad apps Lesson ideas Search portal Personal uses

Sqworl http://sqworl.com

Great for sharing Pathfinders with both students and faculty

PearltreesOrganize, explore web pages, files, photos, notes --- and Collaborate!

Pearltrees.com

Evernote https://evernote.com/

Capture experiences and retrieve from anywhere using any of your devices: keyboard, camera, post-it notes, email, geo-tagging through atlas, simultaneous searching, voice through phone – say it, don’t type it!*** Use as notebook for coursework

Symbaloo symbaloo.com

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/434365890574680065

Create your own personal desktop:Websites, search widget, title search with click & drag, and webmix feature.

Learnist https://learni.st

https://medium.com/teachers-and-the-future-of-learning/how-i-use-learnist-in-and-out-of-the-classroom-601dade2da18

Curated web, print, and video content covering tens-of-thousands of topics – crowdsourced collections

RebelMouse https://www.rebelmouse.com/

https://www.rebelmouse.com/AdventureSoCal/

Individuals, marketers and publishers can brand and publish information on a social conversation platform

Scoop.it http://www.scoop.it/

Find information of interest, scoop it up and personalize it, then publish to your social networks

List.ly http://list.ly/Great tool for creating and finding lists of people, places, apps, media, resources, and all sorts of “things”

Keeeb http://keeeb.com/Save, organize, and share information from the web – personal projects can remain private or be shared – unlimited space for uploading

Curation Defined http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/C

uration+Tools

55 Content Curation Tools to Discover & Share Digital Content

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/55-content-curation-tools-to-discover-and-share-digital-content/

(te@chthought)

Comparison of Curation Siteshttp://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/curation-platforms-amplify-knowledge-plaza-storify

SocialCompare

The Ultimate List of Content Curation Tools and Platforms

http://www.youbrandinc.com/ultimate-lists/ultimate-list-content-curation-tools-platform/

YOUBRAND