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Kill the curriculum?

Clark Quinn

We need a new pedagogy, problem-focused on things kids are interested in, as Harold suggests, and focusing on their information seeking and experimentation and evaluation and the self-learning skills, not on rote exercise of skills. State standards are a joke. I don’t do long-division anymore.

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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.”. The basic process I followed is the standard for curation. Google for “Future of Conferences” and my work comes up #2. Research the field.