Curating Content A Strategy for Common Core & 21st Century
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White 21st Century Learning & Innovation Specialist Academy
District 20
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Research in the Common Core Researchboth short, focused
projects (such as those commonly required in the workplace) and
longer term in depth research is emphasized throughout the
standards but most prominently in the writing strand. From Key
Points in the ELA Standards. Available
http://www.corestandards.org/resources
Research in the Common Core Students are to be given extensive
practice with short, focused research projects. Writing Standard 7
emphasizes that students should conduct several short research
projects in addition to more sustained research efforts. Materials
should require several of these short research projects annually to
enable students to repeat the research process many times and
develop the expertise needed to conduct research independently. A
progression of shorter research projects also encourages students
to develop expertise in one area by confronting and analyzing
different aspects of the same topic as well as other texts and
source materials on that topic. From Publishers Criteria for the
Common Core Standards. Available
http://www.corestandards.org/resources
Helping students master 21st century skills?
STRATEGY? Curating!
Collecting vs. Curating
Thinking Level Collecting Classifying Lower Level of Blooms
Curating Synthesis Evaluation Higher Level of Blooms
Process Collecting Not a lot of depth in collecting process
Examples: Pinterest, Facebook Somewhat random process Curating
Cherry-Picked Synthesizing, Interpreting, Evaluating Theme &
Context Disciplined, purposeful, continuous process of inquiry
Organization Collecting Thematic Curating Thematic AND
Contextual Includes real-world examples & uses
Value Collecting Meets a personal interest Value to collector
Quantity matters Curating Meets a learning goal Value to collector
and other learners QUALITY matters
Audience Collecting Not necessarily shared Curating Arranged,
annotated and published somewhere Available to the general public
beyond the life of a particular course Shared
Collecting vs. Curating
Stripling Model of Inquiry
http://tps.govst.edu/pdfs/StriplingModelInquiry.pdf
Stripling Model of Inquiry
http://tps.govst.edu/pdfs/StriplingModelInquiry.pdf
Inquiry Based Learning Traditional Hands-on Structured Guided
Student Directed Student Research Topic Teacher Teacher Teacher
Teacher Teacher/ Student Question Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher/
Student Student Materials Teacher Teacher Teacher Student Student
Procedures/ Design Teacher Teacher Teacher/ Student Student Student
Results/ Analysis Teacher Teacher/ Student Student Student Student
Conclusions Teacher Student Student Student Student Focus on
Teaching Focus on Learning Bonnsetter, Robert J. (2001). Inquiry:
Learning from the past with an eye on the future. Retrieved 15 May,
2005 from the World Wide Web:
http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/bonnstetter.html
Inquiry Based Learning Traditional Hands-on Structured Guided
Student Directed Curating Topic Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher
Teacher/ Student Question Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher/ Student
Student Materials Teacher Teacher Teacher Student Student
Procedures/ Design Teacher Teacher Teacher/ Student Student Student
Results/ Analysis Teacher Teacher/ Student Student Student Student
Conclusions Teacher Student Student Student Student Focus on
Teaching Focus on Learning Bonnsetter, Robert J. (2001). Inquiry:
Learning from the past with an eye on the future. Retrieved 15 May,
2005 from the World Wide Web:
http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/bonnstetter.html
Self-Directed Learning In its broadest meaning, self-directed
learning describes a process by which individuals take the
initiative, with our without the assistance of others, in
diagnosing their learning needs, formulating learning goals,
identify human and material resources for learning, choosing and
implement appropriate learning strategies, and evaluating learning
outcomes. (M. Knowles, Principles of Androgogy, 1972)
Self-Directed Learningdescribes a Diagnosing Own Learning Needs
Formulating Learning Goal Identify Resources Implement Learning
Strategies Evaluating Learning Outcomesand)
Curating by Teachers Aligned to content standards and
curriculum Deeper understanding of the why to pass on to students
Dialogue: Learning is social Connect with community of learners
Great place to startbut why not
Let Students do the Curating! Higher level thinking Students in
role of teacher Constructing knowledge Enduring understanding
Making connections Content Experts Active, engaged learning!
Skills Identified in Workforce 2020
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/front/docs/.../future_work_skills_2020.pdf
When you think of what might come after the textbook what do
you think it might be?
#beyond the textbook I imagine a techbook looking like a
science notebook or journal. It would be a place where students can
take notes, pin articles and videos, record experiments and
discussions or lectures, organize data tied to these experiences
sketch out ideas in words and pictures, and send and receive emails
or other messages. -Marybeth Hertz
#beyond the textbook For me, going beyond the textbook means
giving students a toolbox rather than an instruction manualSo what
would a student see when they first opened such a book? Its blank.
-Frank Noschese