It is important to consider that education and business have a lot of connecting points. 

Thanks to John Evans for sharing Educator's Technology recent post on the updates to Creative Commons.  

This visual does a nice job of explaining each CC diagram. 

Important changes to know about Creative Commons Licenses...

Curating is about finding and selecting information in order to learn about a subject. Youngsters can be encouraged to do this  pre-school.  This motivational 21st century skill can be encouraged at home. with educational games toys and and books which stimulates interest.  For example children can learn about  science by interacting with Chemistry Lab; Horrible Science - explosive experiments; Newton's Cradle and Science Museum.  By the time they get to school they are already full of curiosity and ready to increase their knowledge.  Audrey curating for www.homeschoolsource.co.uk

By Robin Good,

Here's a short first-hand report highlighting how an 8th grade social studies class teacher (Terri Inloes) has fully leveraged the content curation potential to let her students dive, discover and make sense of topics (in this case social reform movements) that they had not studied before. All by themselves.

Here the steps taken to make this happen:

a) By using the Question Formulation Technique, the teacher prepared pairs of photographs representing each of the reform movements, one picture dating back to the late 19th century, and another representing where that social reform movement stands in today’s society. 

b) After checking out all of the photos, students settled on the pair of pictures that most caught their interest.

c) They brainstormed and refined a set of specific questions, and then shared their thinking with the class. 

d) With the feedback received they selected the topic which they would curate. 

e) At this point students planned their research strategies. By using 5 different graphic organizers from the book Q Tasks, by Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan, students were allowed to choose the one that they thought would help them the most in planning their keyword search strategies. 

f) Students were assigned WordPress blogs and provided basic instructions on how to use them to 

curate and publish their research work.

g) Discovery and real learning kicked in as students proceeded in collaborative groups to research and document their chosen topic. 

You can see some of the outcomes that this assignment produced right here:

General Conclusions

http://tmsredvotingrights.d20blogs.org/2014/02/24/conclusion-3/

Voting Rights Inequality

http://tmsredvotingrights.d20blogs.org/

Mental Health Treatment
http://tmsorangementalhealthcaretreatments.d20blogs.org/

Prohibition Acts

http://tmsorangeprohibitionacts.d20blogs.org/ 

A very inspiring example of content curation can be effectively applied in the classroom with impressive results. 

Highly recommended. 9/10

Thanks to Nancy White of Innovations in Education for participating, writing and reporting about it.

Important 21st century skills

AMR as a Framework for Education 3.0

What if we considered content curation as a value, not just a means to market products & services?

Tips to improve curation and benefit both you and other users

"Explain, always clearly why something you are curating/communicating is relevant. Contextualize."

This is just one of the five great points from Sam Burroughs that we should consider when communicating relevant information to people on our list.

There are four other great tips equally as important, that we should use when communicating information to others.

In today's fast-paced world the information that we are trying to communicate to others should be user centered.

You might want to check this one out. I know that I am
Tim
TimothyLeyfer.com

Another Good-One From Mr Robin Good

Great article about the imporatnce of being an effective searcher and tips to help you help your students!

Interesting concepts listed by the author on what is digital divide.

Critical thinking and information literacy skills are key for students in order to progress...

Teacher Librarians curate as part of their job for teachers and students in their schools.  What's ahead?  Good article.

Interesting write up on content curation tools from Robin Good (pt. 1)

Artículo de Robin Good en el que habla de las posibilidades de las herramientas de content curation.

Sorpresa!, me topo que no puedo acceder a esta liga, porque me mandan un mensaje que está desconectado el sitio debido al pagón del gobierno de EU.

This modern media skills is a must.

mmm... obviously important topic, but no chance to review this yet as the weird machinations of the US government mean ERIC is currently unavailable while the world's biggest debtor convinces itself to advance itself some more credit.

I am eager to delve into this further....  

Essential findings and commentary on this important issue for each school community.

We need to keep reading to keep learning in life.

There is a definite need for guidance - finding the right material for the most effective learning does not "just happen".  So many schools are losing the advantages they could give struggling learners by opting to lessen or eliminate certified librarian positions.

Thank you Elizabeth, this a good visual for guiding the development of skillful searching.

The practical steps described here could be adapted into a very useful language lesson for advanced language learners preparing to enter university.

Evaluating information is a critical life skill. Without sufficient practice, our students will not internalize this skill, and will not remember it from lesson to lesson. Talk to you librarian today about integrating the process of evaluating information into your research projects and lesson plans today!

Something m ost librarians already do; but good to remind us about it!

Proposta de 4 dimensões prioritárias para as bibliotecas escolares em 2014:

Pensamento Crítico

Aprendizagem Construtivista

Colaboração

Cidadania Digital

School Libraries of the future

4 themes for 2014  for  school libraries  are critical thinking,, constructivist learning, collaboration and digital citizenship

Using Google apps for collaborative activities.

These are great resources to use in your 21st century learning environment!

Great, I just want to learn and use these interesting tools in my classes.

How True! "Every act of journalism is an act of curation" - that is as long as what is being reported is accurate and unbiased!

Giornalisti a scuola di Curation

Print material is still so important!

Yes! My year 7 students expressed the same view last week. They prefer to interact with paper books and love the fact that I can guide them to find a book which is a "perfect fit". Many students said they would then use the recommendations from their classmates, particularly those with whom I'd encouraged to try a new author or series.

The future of libraries is strong. It is evolving to include digital media, but most patrons still prefer print! @Truce_CISD #CISDlibrarians #CastleberryISD

Here is Part II of my look at the future of content curation tools and at what features and facilities they are likely to introduce in the coming months and years.

While In Part I I have looked at:

• Display formats
• Slicing & Dicing
• Micro - Macro
• Recurating
• News discovery
• Ownership
• Credit & Attribution

In Part II I am checking out:

• Preservation
• Private collections
• Full capture abilities
• Monetization
• Content types begging ti be curated
• Beyond news, articles and mood boards
• Specialized curation tools

Here's the full story: http://www.masternewmedia.org/content-curation-tools-future-part2/ 

See also: http://www.masternewmedia.org/content-curation-tools-future-part1/ 

A useful summary of the current shortcomings in content curation tools and services, and what we features and innovations we might see in this developing market. From the author:

"In the near future it is likely that new content curation tools will provide more dedicated features for specific application and uses while becoming more aware of user needs that so far have not been taken into serious consideration (attribution, archiving, monetizing).

While large content curation hubs and platforms are likely to start realizing that their best value yet to be extracted is in the content being curated by their users, new tools will likely target more specific and professional uses rather than the general public needing simply to collect and repost content on their blog or social media channel."

Link to the full article: http://www.masternewmedia.org/content-curation-tools-future-part2/#ixzz2nuOEQZag

Interesting write up on content curation tools from Robin Good (pt. 2)

Time to move from a nerd to a geek.  A deep look into future competency skills

This article is not just applicable to graduates. All teaches need these skills. Some may need upgrading.

i like changes in google search eninge..........http://www.kmatechnoware.com

cambios en Google

I went to a Google Apps For Education Summit last weekend. They did not say much about these changes, but interesting ideas were shared among participants.  

An excellent story for lecturers or teachers thinking in content curation as a tool in their aulas.

Useful for educators - key digital literacy skill

content curation and critical thinking skills

Great skills for our student's and support CCSS.

Good article to share with your teachers who are looking to improve student research skills to meet standards.

A number of great points that are both practical and theoritical in terms of how to assist students' understanding of digital literacy skills, preparing them for the future, increasing their understanding of what the future might bring!