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Evdokia Roka
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Lately, we’ve watched as images – from photos to infographics – have taken over the web. As photos take over Facebook newsfeeds and Pinterest explodes, I see so many people trying to accomodate an image-centric process into their digital curation.
Via sarspri
Robin Good: Facebook has introduced a new curation feature designed to allow its users to collect and organize their favorite "products" into so-called "Collections". According to Hubspot "the new feature called 'Collections,' allows marketers to add “Want” or “Collect” buttons to news feed posts about products." Source: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33698/Facebook-Tests-Pinterest-Style-Feature-Called-Collections.aspx The new FB "Collections" is publicly available to everyone, and it is being tested "with 7 retail partners -- Pottery Barn, Wayfair, Victoria’s Secret, Michael Kors, Neiman Marcus, Smith Optics, and Fab.com." (you need to go to those FB brad pages to test it). It also seems that the feature can be activated in at least three different ways by one of these three upcoming action buttons: a) "Want": adds the product to a Timeline section of a user's profile called “Wishlist” b) "Collect": adds the item to a Collection called “Products” c) "Like": a special version of the standard "Like" button that also adds the item to “Products” N.B.: While Collections are free for business pages to use, they're only visible to the page's fans. You have to "Like" the page in order to see these types of posts. Find out more here: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33698/Facebook-Tests-Pinterest-Style-Feature-Called-Collections.aspx and here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/08/facebook-collections/ ;
Via Robin Good, Miguel Gajete, Jimun Gimm, Jose H. Flores
On her blog, Nancy White did a great job detailing the various levels at which Curation adds value. And how it differs from collecting. A Learning & Innovation specialist, she also greatly outlines how curation and education are a great fit.
Via Neli Maria Mengalli, gdecugis, Patty Ball
In today’s ever changing world of SEO, one thing has remained the same; quality and relevant content is crucial for your websites overall success. However, creating original content isn’t always needed.
Via Informatics
This piece was written by Eric Brown for social media explorer. I selected this article because it reaffirms what many of us already know but it's still good to see this in writing: Content curation and Media Curation (a mix of machine aggregation and Human Curation) are starting to pick up steam. Here are some highlights: Curation comes up when search stops working,” says author and NYU Professor Clay Shirky. But it’s more than a human-powered filter. **“Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.” The author says and I agree with him: **"The value will be in the expertise of the curator, people will not read junk, and the best of the best curators will create digital domination with vibrant communities". There is also a great quote from Fred Wilson's AVB blog in which he details what he would do if he were starting the Village Voice now: **I would not print anything. I would not hire a ton of writers. I would build a website and a mobile app (or two or three). I would hire a Publisher and a few salespeople. **I would hire an editor and a few journalists. And then I’d go out and find every blog, twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube, and other social media feed out there that is related to downtown NYC **and I would pull it all into an aggregation system where my editor and journalists could cull through the posts coming in, curate them, and then publish them Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond" Read full article: [http://bit.ly/kmZvJg]
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Robin Good: Excellent guide to digital curation resources by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.. It includes alphabetically organized lists of digital-curation related resources from academic programs to file formats, guidelines, organizations, blogs, and a very rich list of digital curation software tools. From the site: "This resource guide presents selected English-language websites and documents that are useful in understanding and conducting digital curation. It is also available as an EPUB file (see How to Read EPUB Files)." Excellent. 9/10 Full guide: http://digital-scholarship.org/dcrg/dcrg.htm (Image credit: GroupPartners)
Via Robin Good, RPattinson-Daily, Paul Rawlinson, catspyjamasnz, Dennis T OConnor, Vicente Montiel, Rui Guimarães Lima, Adriana Favieri, Professor Jill Jameson, juandoming, Ramon Aragon, Juergen Wagner, Paul McKean
Robin Good: Content curation will play a major role both in the way we "teach" and in the way we educate ourselves on any topic. When and where it will be adopted, it will deeply affect many key aspects of the educational ecosystem. This article, builds up over my recent presentation on Content Curation for Education that I delivered at Emerge2012 virtual conference. In that presentation I claimed that the adoption of "curation approaches" will directly affect the way competences are taught, how textbooks are put together, how students are going to learn about a subject, and more than anything, the value that can be generated for "others" through a personal learning path. If we learn not by memorizing facts, but by collaborating with others in the creation of a meaningful collection-explanations of specific topics/issues/events then, for the first time in history, we can enrich planetary knowledge each time we take on a new learning task. And it's already happening. Yes, we are only at the very early stages, but, in my humble opinion, there are enough signs and indications that this is not going to be something marginal. In this article I outline ten key factors, already at work, which, among others, will very likely pave the way for a much greater and rapid adoption of curation practices in the educational / academic world. Full article: http://www.masternewmedia.org/curation-for-education-and-learning/ (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Via Robin Good
Storify is now a noun and a verb. At Storify you can gather stories, quotes, pictures, videos and web pages. If you need to create your stories with pictures and videos away from your desktop, there’s a free iPad app for that. You can use as a blog, to accomplish your assignments, and to organize thoughts for a paper or project. Above all collaborate and don't forget to share a lot.
Via Paula Silva
Aujourd’hui le métier de veilleur s’est démocratisé pour devenir un usage grand public permettant de diffuser de l’information déjà triée, évaluée et présentée sous une nouvelle forme. Ce nouvel usage...
Via Michel Guillou, Emmanuel Zimmert
If you want learn more about social media curation and/or start your own scoop.it you should read this excellent and detailed blog post from Shirley Williams. [note mg] Are you asking the following questions: “What is social media curation?” and “How does it add value?” Are you like many business owners trying to get your head around curation and the associated benefits? Well I have come to realize, you are not alone! In an earlier post I defined curation. In this post I would like us to revisit that definition and share how value can be gained by demonstrating how to use Scoop.it. Reminder of What’s Social Media Curation? With the exponential growth of social networks and blogs, the amount of information on the internet can be overwhelming and time consuming. Consequently, the role of the social media curator has become increasingly more attractive. Social media curation is when you filter, select, review and reposition quality content on the web for a specific audience and/or topic... Read more: http://bit.ly/IRXDad
Via Martin Gysler
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