Content Curation
Planning
My thought process for the planning of this lesson involved narrowing down what aspect of content curation I wanted to focus on. This was a word that I was not familiar with before this lesson, and I assumed that many others had not heard of this specific lingo to refer to activities many have experienced with the use of Pinterest. I also wanted it to focus on exploring and thought and implementing different tools into participants daily activities and classes. Because of these ideas, the objectives of the lesson were to:
- Describe the content curation process.
- Explore various content curation web tools.
- Create a content curated board using Pinterest.
Assessments were conducted throughout the lesson and are further described here: Formative and Summative Assessment.
Integration of Technology
In order to lead the lesson, I created a PowerPoint which can be downloaded and viewed here. Please follow the Creative Commons License on the PowerPoint.
Due to time restraints, we were not able to create a content curated board using Pinterest, but the activity was described and the link sent out to students so they could do it independently.
Part of the lesson included a video by Steven Johnson about Where Good Ideas Come From, which you can watch below. This allowed for further discussion of where content curation can take us and how it can be useful independently and as a class.
Additional aspects of technology management can be viewed here: Technology Management
Lesson Delivery
The PowerPoint provided the means to guide the lesson through the content curation process and to give students opportunity to explore a variety of content curation sites. The exploration process took a little longer than I thought it would when I was planning the lesson. I think if I were doing it over again, I would have set a timer for that activity so I could monitor time more effectively. I think the activity was important to the lesson and I think it was beneficial to see how curation tools work and the differences between sites. I hope this will encourage further exploration, and provide understanding of how content curation sites work.
Individualization
Content curation was related to students in several ways. First, I asked what students knew about content curation to provide as a starting point. I also asked about Pinterest, which got everyone else involved in the initial discussion. Second, I provided a partner activity, which turned into a couple people working individual because a few were absent. This activity provided the exploration of a specific curation tool, which was then shared with the class and we were all able to see comparisons between them. Questions were asked throughout this process and we were able to have good discussions. Finally, we had an individual activity that time prevented us from getting to. This Pinterest activity would have allowed for in class time for students to curate items of personal interest relating to technology in education.
Further descriptions of differentiation can be viewed here: Differentiation.
Resources relating to this lesson are further described here: Resources.