It Is True Sharing Is Caring



My Professional Development with ICT  is becoming more interesting as I continue to learn new things at every step of the course.
According to BethKanter's blog (http://www.bethkanter.org) , content curation has three S's that is Seek , Sense and Share. So with content curation it is do with you and the community.

 And after going through Social bookmarking and social curating, and looking at their pros and cons here  I express the value of being a content curator rather than a content consumer. 

1. Content curation  provides context and convenience.

Much online content may not be well explained and in some cases, is used incorrectly. And there is a lot of content. Content curators take the time and effort to filter, reword or explain the information to their audiences. In that sense, the aim of content curation is to make information more useful to audiences for specific reasons, but a content consumer does not organize and filter the content for any audience.

2. Content curation does not overwhelm.

The Internet has a great deal of informative content on various subjects, especially now. In fact, there is so much information and content that it often leads to information overload. Content curation creates value by making the content better suited for the goals and target audiences whiles a content consumer just swims in the sea of unsorted information.

3. Content curation can build authority.

Content curators can build a more authoritative voice by locating and reformatting content in a way that it remains relevant to the readers. The authority arises from the fact that curators help people gain a better understanding of issues that confuse them. So, it’s not the act of content curation as such alone, it’s also about how you use curated content to inform, educate, entertain and engage target audiences. To  the consumer little attention is put on relevance.

4. Content curation and search engine optimization.

Content curation, when well done, can positively impact search engine optimization. You can also embed curated content, within your own content, to make the experience of the audience more valuable.  Curation means being open and sharing content of others. It’s an open Web, yet the consumer doesn't mind about sharing.

Am I ready to be a content curator?

To curate content one has to visit many sites to curate his/ her curator site and it has to be done carefully to make sure the content curated benefits the community, and since  Sharing Is Caring  , I have been cared for,  NOW it is time to also care for others out there by becoming a content curator.

 Some of the values of organizing and sharing resources to me 

• When you organize, you become certain of the content you are to share so it will build more confidence both in me and in my  content consumers meanly the learners.
• As I organise the resources about  specific topics, this will increase the subject scope  and with quality information hence commanding authority. 
• It will increase my social network as I will be sharing what I have curated.
• Through organizing I will look at the best teaching strategies  that work today hence improving my  teaching methods making teaching easy and interesting, for the learners.

• When you share there is always a feedback , that is comments on what you have shared and this I feel will help me improve on the content quality.
• It will help me stay informed with the ongoing technology trends and hence becoming an effective teacher. 

Your greatest value is how you benefit those around you,  so to the new users of technology I recommend content curation, for it makes you look out to an audience, find out what they are interested in , look for it , organise it for them in the more understandable way, which Beth Kanter on her blog (http://www.bethkanter.org) calls  to Seek, Sense and Share.

Just for a thought .