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The 21st Century Curator

ID Reflections

Curation today takes on a new meaning in the context oftechnological affordance, information abundance, diminishing attention, hungerfor contextual and timely information, and constantly shifting, globally linkedlandscape. And this is what today’scurators do—aided and inspired by technology. But I digress.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

And, as Clay Shirky has said: “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”. I scoured the web and paid particular attention to curation champions like Robin Good and Howard Rheingold.

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GE TV: An Coppens on Engaging the Brain with Gamification

Growth Engineering

The more you can build on old information and make new connections, the better it will stick. And it will also encourage information-seeking, to go further and look for more information. They already have that fun-loving spirit, so It’s only natural that learning should follow the same pattern.

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